ALEC Update Tuesday March 3, 2009

ALEC Update
Tuesday March 3, 2009
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G’day all,
The ALEC Update is early this week due to the Strategising for Change workshops on Wednesday and Thursday plus there are loads of things happening this weekend and further into March.

ALSO...

I’m interested in what you folks see as priority areas for me to work on this year.

Currently ALEC is involved in:

1, Community Garden – working with CG Steering Group and Town Council

2, Building Community Resilience and adaptation to climate change– organising workshops - tba

3, Recycling – lobbying for CDL but also interested in setting up a system for plastics

4, Uranium mining – Supporting Angela Pamela campaign but more broadly Central Australia

5, Rangeland Management – pastoral land management, reducing camel impacts on vegetation and involvement in Caring for Our Country

6, Water Efficiency Program (WEP) – lobbying for implementation of WEP

7, desertSMART - Built environment sustainable housing, energy, water and waste

or are there any I have missed or things you’d like to see ALEC do.

Please email me with your insights and interests. Some of these things, like recycling plastics just needs some serious time dedicated to it to set up a system of collection (drop off), baling and sending to Adelaide, others will be on-going.

Also, we need to raise funds. If anyone is interested in assisting in organising fundraisers or fundraising for ALEC please contact me.
info@alec.org.au
8952 2497



Grab your diaries:

Sat Mar 7 COOLmob Gardens Challenge and Workshop 8204 Ragonesi rd 9.30am-12.30pm (details below)

Sat Mar 7 Labyrinth Walk and Multifaith Prayer Circle 6.45pm- 9pm
8204 Ragonesi Rd (details below)

Sat Mar 7 Frog Watch Simpsons Gap BBQ Area Frogwatch 7-9pm

Sun Mar 8 International Women’s Day Celebration 10am-2pm
Council Lawns (details below)

Fri Mar 13 FFANFF Pram Jam Council Lawns 9am (details below)

Sun Mar 22 World Water Day – Todd Mall Markets- All day

Fri Mar 27 Public Meeting Kon Vatskalis re: Angela Pamela – Andy McNeill Room – 11.30am-12.30pm

Sun May 24 Biodiesel-making workshop (See Attachment) more details to come

Have a great week.

Kind regards

Jimmy

The ecological crisis is doing what no other crisis in history has ever done -- challenging us to a realization of a new humanity. - Jean Houston