Some climate action news in Tasmania …

Frack Free Tasmania

Great news in FrackfreeTas’s campaign: http://frackfreetas.org/fracking-company-surrenders-tasmanian-licence/

Divestment Day Friday October 7th, 12.30

Elizabeth St mall, Liverpool St end, near NAB,

Does your bank and superfund use your money to the fund fossil fuel industry/global warming?

Turn your money into a force for good and help the global divestment campaign.

Get info and advice.

Group photo and selfies to share with others around the nation!

More info: www.marketforces.org.au/divestmentday

Can you help? Please contact Dominique dom@intas.net.au 0419579545

AGL Campaign

AGL contributes significantly to carbon emissions in Australia though its involvement with the fossil fuel industry.

350.org is campaigning to get AGL to move to a cleaner business model.

To get involved, read more, sign a petition, write a letter to the board etc, seewww.350.org.au/campaigns/fossil-free-agl

If you’d like to help out with this campaign in Tasmania, please contact Ben Ross at 350 Hobart, Hobart@350.org.au

Hobart Council divestment update

In May 2016 350 Hobart’s delivered a petition of 1500 signatures to Hobart Council calling on the council to move its cash reserves away from the big four banks (and thus away from investment in the fossil fuel industry). At its meeting this week, Council passed a motion to:

1. Reaffirm its decision to proceed with a detailed external

review of its investment approach, and

2., That ‘…Council’s approach to ethical investments and borrowings, and

in particular the matters raised in the petition presented to the
Council at its meeting of 9 May 2016, form part of that review.’

We await the review and commend the council for committing resources to this important issue!

Sustainable Living Festival

350 Hobart will be holding a stall at the festival. If you can help out, please get in touch. We need to fill two days of two hour shifts. It will be lots of fun – we’ll have our superhero divestment photo board, and lots of 350 info, and be sharing the stall with Climate Action Hobart. www.slt.org.au/festival

www.facebook.com/DivestHobart

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Ben Ross 350 Hobart