ALEC Update March 12

G’day all,
Hope this finds you well.
We have got a bumper update for you this week.

Thanks for the feedback regarding the Container Deposit Legislation announcement yesterday. I wholeheartedly agree that we must hold them to this now and ensure that we do indeed have a CDL system in the Northern Territory as soon as possible.

If you’re receiving this email as a non-financial member, please renew your membership. If you sign up for a year now, you will be financial until July 2010. Also, please consider donating to ALEC. Although we will be receiving substantially larger funding from the NT Government this year, we are still in a tight situation due to the loss of income from the Centre for Sustainable Arid Towns and the Threatened Species Network.

We will be launching a 3 month fundraising campaign from April to July.
Stay tuned for details of fun nights out, informative film sessions, guest speakers and the tax-deductible community infrastructure and development fund, soon to announced.

Also, there will be no ALEC Update next week as I will be attending the Mittagong Forum in Victoria. It’s a 3-day conference of national and regional environment organisations on building capacity and effectiveness of the environment movement in Australia.

Have a good week.

Key dates:
Grab your diaries:


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

Sat Mar 14 DKA COOLmob – Gardens Challenge – 9.30am – (details below)

Fri Mar 20 Alice Solar Cities 1st year anniversary 5-10pm – Araluen Arts Centre (details below and attached)

Fri Mar 20 Dance in the Dust - 6:00pm - 8:00pm – Ilparpa (details below)

Sat Mar 21 Massive Native Plant Sale Sat. Olive Pink Botanic Gardens 8 am–11am (see below)

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

Sun Mar 22 Miss Pink Birthday celebration 3pm at Olive Pink Botanic Garden (see below).

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

Fri Mar 27 Climate Action meeting with Warren Snowdon 2.30pm (details below)

Sat Mar 28 Earth Hour – Switch off all non-essential electricity between 8.30-9.30pm

Mon Apr 6 Expressions of Interest for Caring for Our Country grants close


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

Also don’t forget
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Alice Springs Artists response to the uranium threat

Calling all poets, song writers, artists etc to create works responding to the uranium mining-dumping threats to our town.
We are hoping to create an exhibition to be displayed in the ASTC Library May-June
Queries please call Unanyntji ;0488266478 ,unanyntji@hotmail.com
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No piecemeal solution is going to prevent the collapse of whole societies and ecosystems ... a radical re-thinking of our values, priorities and political systems is urgent. -- Maude Barlow

Kind regards

Jimmy

ALEC Update December 11

From the Coordinator:

G’day all,
Hope you’re enjoying this humid, stormy day which brings us one day closer to Christmas, holidays and whatever summer plans you have.
Finally...the ALEC office is fully-functional again and rearing to go in 2009.

Thanks to everyone who helped transform the office from a smelly carpet swamp to a swanky, ‘new’ community space. Your efforts are very much appreciated and will not easily be forgotten.

Don’t forget to come along to the ALEC Christmas Party next Thursday (18th) from 6.30pm. It’s a good chance to check out the new space, meet the staff, volunteers and community that keep ALEC ticking along. If you’re not a financial member, it’s a great opportunity to get in before the New Year, maybe even sign up your family for Christmas. ;)

Next week will be the last official ALEC Update until January 15, however we will keep you posted about significant events and dates as details come to light (eg. exploration activity at Angela Pamela, funding news etc etc)

We’ll be looking to have more events next year and engaging you (the members) much more in the activities of ALEC.

Until next week, have a great one.

See you at the Christmas party

Jimmy

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.
-Zeno