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~the people sign~rally for Westernport ~POSTPONED
March 7, 2020Like everyone else, Save Westernport and Environment Victoria have been closely following the developments around COVID-19 and public health advice. To reduce the risk to all of us of being exposed to the virus and ensure that our events are safe for everybody, we have made the decision to postpone the People Sign Beach Rally that was planned for Sunday March 29 on Somers Beach. Instead, we will be meeting online on March 29 at 7:30pm to discuss our visions for protecting Westernport permanently from heavy industrialisation and pollution. You can RSVP here. We believe this is the most responsible thing to do to ensure that we are not contributing to the spread of the virus, and to protect our collective health and all those that we have contact with in our daily lives. We are disappointed that these circumstances mean we can’t all gather together on March 29th but we are still excited about getting together online to talk about our visions for protecting our Bay permanently from heavy industrialisation and pollution. You can RSVP here. Here is a how-to guide demonstrating how to use zoom for online meetings. If you would like a call beforehand to discuss how...
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Julie Lyford OAM (Groundswell Gloucester) visits Crib Point
February 27, 2020On Tuesday February 18th 2020, Save Westernport members and supporters gave a big welcome to Julie Lyford OAM. Julie is the Chairperson of Groundswell Gloucester, a community group who were instrumental in 2016 in stopping AGL’s coal seam gas project (fracking) in Gloucester NSW as well as the ground-breaking climate legal decision in 2019 against the Rocky Hill coal mine proposal in the Gloucester valley to stop the mine from going ahead on environmental grounds. Julie is the former Mayor of Gloucester and in 2015, she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to the Environment, Community and Local Government. In her presentation to our Save Westernport meeting, Julie spoke about how the Gloucester community fought tooth and nail for 10 years to stop AGL from “fracking” in their precious valley. Her advice to the audience was "Never to give in!" and to tell AGL “If they don’t discontinue their dangerous, floating gas factory proposal in your pristine UNESCO Biosphere and RAMSAR eco-system in Westernport Bay then you will do everything in your combined community power to ensure that the AGL brand will suffer which will seriously impact their bottom line.” Julie told the audience...
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World Wetlands Day 2020
February 2, 2020Today is World Wetlands Day and Save Westernport celebrates all things wetlands as one of the most precious ecosystems on our planet. We must all do everything we can to protect, preserve and enhance our wonderful wetlands. On this day we call out to everyone to ensure no more wetlands are threatened and to ensure that proposed threats like the AGL Floating gas plant at Crib Point in Westernport bay are rejected. Tell AGL you do not support their plans, tell your local Member of Parliament and tell your friends to boycott AGL. Sign our Petition Sign the pledge to boycott AGL Celebrate our wetlands
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World Wetlands Day on Sunday 2 February 2020 at Boneo Park
February 1, 2020World Wetlands Day will be celebrated again on Sunday 2nd February 2020. 2nd February each year is World Wetlands Day to raise global awareness about the vital role of wetlands for people and our planet. This day also marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The theme for 2020 is Wetlands and Biodiversity - visit the Ramsar website here. Boneo Park (near Tootgarook Wetland) will be hosting a number of activities on the day including wetland walks, a workshop and speaker Sean "The Birdman" Dooley. The Boneo Park property has the largest privately protected habitat on the Mornington Peninsula with over 160 bird species across 300 hectares. Tickets are only $5.00 and children under 13 are free - see website here.
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