Door knocking in Preston and Resevoir THIS SATURDAY

This Saturday, 1pm till 4pm, we will be knock-knock-knocking in Martin Ferguson’s heartland – Preston and Reservoir. This Saturday – 14th April 2012 Meeting at: 19 Murphy Grove Preston Time: 1 – 4pm. Start with training at 1pm, door knocking 2-3pm, tea and debrief 3-4pm. Must finish with a cuppa! Please RSVP to darebincan@gmail.com It’s important you [...]

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DCAN and DADA in the news again!

Today, DCAN and DADA (Darebin Appropriate Development Association) held a protest at 48 Murphy Grove Preston Victoria in protest to the unnecessary removal of a beautiful 70 year old lemon gum tree. This kind of tree is rare to Preston, and after a lengthy battle in VCAT about over development on the property is the only causality so far. [...]

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Big Solar – door knocking Sat March 31 and April 14

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Martin Ferguson Martin Ferguson who? Oh, I used to be Minister for Energy but I got kicked out because I kept making excuses for my fossil fuel industry buddies instead of working to get Australia powered by large-scale solar… What’s this about? Do you think Martin Ferguson is doing enough to [...]

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BIG SOLAR CAMPAIGN – Sat March 3rd

This SATURDAY MARCH 3 come to the local 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 [...]

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Climate Change Games Night….

CLIMATE CHANGE GAMES NIGHT MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19 Join us for a fun night with a serious issue!!! We have agreed to trial some board/table games on climate change that have been developed by the group Psychology for a Safe Climate.  The aim of these games is to foster discussion and to help engage people at [...]

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350 Campaign day – Moving Melbourne

Here’s the map of the route, and meetings point etc. Please click this map to download what you need. And here’s the route in Google maps…   For Moving Planet in Melbourne come and join a giant human sign for a transition to 100% renewable energy! It’s time to get moving on the climate crisis. [...]

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Climate Science Update

4 Deg+++ DCAN invites you and your friends to join us at our special Climate Science update event. Following from the recent climate science conference here in Melbourne, some of the world’s and Australia’s leading climate scientists provided an update on the climate science with specific focus on a world at 4 degrees or more. [...]

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Solar Power Info Night – Environment Shop – Wed 3rd Aug

Hear the latest on Solar Power from the solar power experts Learn about the latest rebates and incentives Find out if your house is suitable Bring along your last electricity bill to find out what system is best for you Learn how to get the most out of your solar investment When Wednesday 3 August [...]

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DCAN monthly meeting – Monday 27 July

Just a reminder about our DCAN meeting tonight. We have a special presentation on the pros and cons of the Carbon Price and what an effective package would look like. Come along and have all your questions answered! Our guest speaker is Simon O’Connor, Economic Adviser at the Australian Conservation Foundation. Meeting location: Northcote Library [...]

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Rally this Sunday 5th June

Say YES! Huge Rally this Sunday for Climate Action 11am State Library Build Clean Renewable Energy! Don’t support the big polluters! Meet DCAN members on the library lawn on the pavement in Swanston St at the corner of Little Lonsdale St at 11am on Sunday June 5 Help with banner making, PLEASE!! Friday June 3 from [...]

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