Kristy's blog

Come along for a night of alternative country music in support of the switch off hazelwood arrestees and an alternative energy future!

FRI, MARCH 12th
From 7pm

NORTHCOTE UNITING CHURCH
251 High st, Northcote

$5 / $10

Bands include:
SAL KIMBER and THE ROLLIN' WHEEL
POWER and GRIEG
DUCKS IN THE MUD
LUCAS PAINE (USA)

with DJs BUFFALO CAM and AIDY THE KID

Country fair, raffles and vego tucker.

SEE YOU ALL THERE!!

The group of Hazelwood arrestees are looking to continue the campaign to urgently transition away from coal-fired power, beginning with shutting down Hazelwood power station, and replacing it with renewable energy and alternative clean energy jobs in the Latrobe Valley. We will also be targetting the corporation running Hazelwood- International Power Australia and their major financiers The Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

After the complete failure of Copenhagen and with upcoming elections at both the state and federal level, 2010 could be a really successful year for climate action.

Civil Disobedience is the most effective form of protest and is now more necessary than ever as Copenhagen, the world's last ditch effort to secure our climate, has resolutely failed to deliver a binding treaty to reduce CO2 emissions.

See: http://indymedia.org.au/2009/12/19/climate-shame-copenhagen-agreement-fa...

Our politicians have sold out the people and our planet and it is clear that coal power must become a thing of the past as quickly as possible.

Three people were arrested in March 2009 attempting to shut off the supply of coal to Hazelwood as part of Earth Hour. 22 people were arrested as part of a mass civil disobedience action attempting to slap a decommission order on the plant in September 2009. All 25 are charged with trespass and are facing court.