Sydney Knitting Nannas joined many other groups including Move Beyond Coal, 350.org, XR Drum Rebellion, Australian Religious Response to Climate Change and Lismore activists at a demonstration outside the Financial Review Banking Summit at the Hilton last Tuesday. All these like-minded people were there to tell the Big Bankers plotting inside to stop funding destructiveContinue reading “Nannas join like-minded people”
Tag Archives: Climate change
Explaining Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism
On Wednesday evening Nannas met one of their heroes economist Richard Denniss after the forum on federal Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism at the Sydney Town Hall. The forum posed the question: will it safeguard the climate and the future, or the fossil fuel industries?
Violet is free
Sydney Nannas once again were up early to support Violet Coco outside court before her appeal hearing at the Downing Centre Court. Violet was sentenced in December to a 15-month jail term with a non-parole period of eight months.
Wins in 2022
Here we are at the end of 2022 and Sydney Knitting Nannas & Friends are thinking about what we have achieved this year. The Nannafesto calls for us to leave our children and grandchildren a clean and healthy environment – so how did we go?
We are the crowd who knows that climate action is urgent
Nannas were outside Parliament yesterday, with others, to speak out against the sentencing of Deanna “Violet” Coco to a non-parole period of eight months. Violet blocked a single lane of traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in April in a protest staged to draw attention to the global climate emergency.
COP27 Climate Rally
Knitting Nannas from Sydney and the Hunter joined a rally and march in Sydney last Saturday to call for much stronger climate action by the global leaders gathered at the COP27 in Egypt.
IMARC Conference protest
Knitting Nannas are still puzzling over police actions at the International Mining and Resources Conference at Darling Harbour on Friday 4 November. One of the Sydney Nannas struggled to make sense of what’s going on in the following short video.
Nanna condemns police intimidation
Media Release: The Climate Coalition Sydney is alarmed by police intimidation of environmentalists in the lead up to the International Mining and Resources Conference next week. The alliance of climate action and environmental groups has vowed to continue to rally against expanding coal and gas mining and to push for a step up in actionsContinue reading “Nanna condemns police intimidation”
No New Coal and Gas Rally
Sydney Knitting Nannas co-hosted a ‘No New Coal and Gas’ rally at Sydney Town Hall on Sunday. A series of excellent speakers were introduced by organiser Rachel Evans and Nanna Marie. After the short and passionate speeches the group marched to Hyde Park, pausing along the way to observe a minute’s silence for all theContinue reading “No New Coal and Gas Rally”
Media Release: Emergency Climate Rally
No new coal and gas. 43% emissions cut by 2030 is not enough!SUNDAY 7 AUGUST 1pm SYDNEY TOWN HALL