Door knocking in Preston and Reservoir – success! 400 homes door knocked

A fantastic turn out for door knocking in Preston and Reservoir. 30 keen door knockers from DCAN and YCAN met in Preston and fanned out across the suburb to spread the word to the local residents. With a target of about 100 homes each we met with and chatted to about 400 homes in total. [...]

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Big solar campaign launch – Darebin

SATURDAY MARCH 3 was the launch of the BIG SOLAR CAMPAIGN DCAN is one of 50 groups across Australia working together to let our MPs know we support BIG SOLAR. To solve the climate crisis we need to move to 100percent renewable energy as fast as a we can. Large scale concentrating solar thermal plants with molten salt storage [...]

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Moving Planet Day – bike ride through Darebin to Docklands

Hi all A great bike riding day was held by the 50 or so riders that made the trek from Preston, through Northcote and Thornbury to Docklands for the moving planet day. DCAN met up with Climate Action Moreland and CERES along the way which made for a massive bell ringing opportunity. Variously adorned helmets [...]

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4degrees and beyond – presentations now available

4degrees and beyond – DCAN info night A great night was held by DCAN at the Northcote town hall, where David Spratt and Jane Morton presented the key outcomes of the recent climate change conference held at Melbourne University. At this conference the world’s leading climate change scientists presented a stark and bleak vision of [...]

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Northcote candidates ranking on climate change

So how do the Northcote candidates rank?? Find out here! Darebin CAN is one of four inner Melbourne climate action groups campaigning in the Vote climate campaign You can find the Vote Climate campaign here: http://www.stateelection.net.au Read about how the parties rate and also how the parties in this state election rate on policy and [...]

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Climate Q & A video now available

Darebin Climate Action Now is pleased to publish links to video of presentations by five local candidates in the 2010 Victorian State election on climate change. How did they stack up? You decide! Each presenter was allotted five minutes (though some took more!), with a Q & A following the presentations. The event was expertly [...]

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Ferguson’s coal a climate message for Batman voters

Following the previous weekend’s successful solar rally on the steps of Parliament, on Friday Darebin Climate Action Now followed up with its own local events to highlight the climate and energy policies of Labor and the Coalition in the local Batman seat of energy and resources minister, Martin Ferguson, as part of its “F” for [...]

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Truth and Lies event a call to action

It was a dramatic night at Northcote Town Hall – not least because news of the Labor leadership spill came via text message towards the end of the highly successful Truth & Lies event. With the room well filled, David Spratt – co-author of Climate Code Red, Jenny McCracken, Beyond Zero Emissions’ Mark Ogge and [...]

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Below 350 campaign – photos and video!

Here’s some photos and video taken of our cupcakes and tea in the Darebin Parklands on Sat 24 Oct. Thankfully, the weather was fantastic, and a great day was held by all, including many passersby who “stopped” in for one of the free vegan chocolate cupcakes. So long as we had more voices for the [...]

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Safe Climate Forum

DarebinCAN held its Safe Climate forum on Thursday 17 September 2009. A great turn-out of more than 100 local residents on a cold and very wet night – fantastic to see so much interest in the community! David delivered the ultra-clear message of the urgency of the issue – the personal story from the Himalayas [...]

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