The Sustainable Hour's video: Support Cr Mansfield s climate emergency declaration this Tuesday

Councillor Sarah Mansfield's climate emergency declaration motion can be seen on page 129 in the agenda for Geelong Council's meeting on Tuesday evening: https://geelongaustralia.com.au/common/Public/Documents/8d5a50ab0f129c9-councilagenda-24september2019.pdf A large crowd is expected to come to the City Hall once again, starting from 5:30pm, as it is expected that Cr Mansfield's motion will be rejected by Liberal members of the Council at their meeting which starts at 7:00pm. They are likely to instead present Council to an amended version of the motion in which any mention of the expression 'climate emergency' has been censored. This is an example of the same kind of political gameplaying and protection of vested interests that has held Australia in a stalemate without any sensible climate or energy policy at the federal level for almost a decade. Or to put it another way: It looks like that instead of listening to their own community, where 78 per cent agree that "urgent action on climate change needs to be taken now"[1], these particular Councillors prefer listening to advice from those powerful industries from elsewhere whose polluting business model is disrupting the climate, threatening our safety and economic prosperity as it is now known to literally be putting all life on our planet at risk. Do you think they care? Come and see for yourself on Tuesday night at the City Hall council chambers. . . . "At the heart of this conflict is a battle between truth and science, and power and lies." ~ Sheldon Whitehouse, American Senator . . . Meanwhile, The Pulse radio station, Geelong Ethnic Communities Council and Diversitat declared a climate emergency last week: https://www.facebook.com/TheSustainableHour/videos/405356230165899/ https://climateemergencydeclaration.org/australia-community-radio-station-declares-a-climate-emergency/ . . . For more background info about why it is an emergency, have a look at this paper Paul Gilding published last week, 'Climate Emergency Defined': https://climateemergencydeclaration.org/breakthrough-report-by-paul-gilding-climate-emergency-defined/ . . . [1] Research for the Victorian Government found that 78% of Geelong residents agree or strongly agree that urgent action on climate change is needed now: https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMWU0NmI0OTMtMmE4Mi00YTZjLWExNjUtOGEwZDA3NjkwYWI1IiwidCI6ImIwNzZjZTYwLWNhMmEtNDE4NS05MDQxLTg1MWQxYjdiYzAxYSIsImMiOjEwfQ%3D%3D&pageName=ReportSection62b06b002c5a04470961&pageName=ReportSectiond4c6be427469124d0edb . . . AGENDA - GEELONG COUNCIL MEETING ON 24 SEPTEMBER: NOTICE OF MOTION – by Cr Mansfield CITY OF GREATER GEELONG RESPONSE TO CLIMATE EMERGENCY Recommendation that Council: 1) Declare that climate change poses a serious and immediate risk to people in Geelong, Australia, and globally, and should be treated as an emergency; 2) Acknowledge the extensive local community interest and advocacy, including by our region’s young people, in relation to the declaration of a Climate Emergency; 3) Note and supports the successful motion to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) May 2017 to recognise that we are in a state of ‘climate emergency’ that requires urgent action by all levels of government, including local Councils; [ ….AND EIGHT MORE POINTS ] To read the full motion, go to page 129 in the agenda for Geelong Council's meeting on Tuesday evening: https://geelongaustralia.com.au/common/Public/Documents/8d5a50ab0f129c9-councilagenda-24september2019.pdf . . . The clip with Greta speaking at the World Economic Forum is from this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U72xkMz6Pxk . . .