Banner Drop against Coal Mining
Today members of the Save Happy Valley Auckland group and members of Walk the Walk carried out a banner drop off Helen Clarks Mt Albert Electorate office. The banner drop was carried out to oppose state owned enterprise Solid Energy’s ongoing mining of coal in the west coast.
Today members of the Save Happy Valley Auckland group and members of Walk the Walk carried out a banner drop off Helen Clarks Mt Albert Electorate office. The banner drop was carried out to oppose state owned enterprise Solid Energy’s ongoing mining of coal in the west coast.
Helen Clarks office was chosen to highlight the Labour governments complicity in coal mining and species extinction.
A coalition opposing the mining of coal and seeking real answers to climate change are walking from Auckland to Happy Valley near Westport. Today’s action was carried out in part to publicize the walk which leaves from the Sky Tower in Auckland on the 28th of January. During the walk they will meet with community groups throughout the country working to prevent climate change. When they get to Happy Valley they will join the ongoing occupation there.
To find out more about Happy Valley and the planned mine go to www.savehappyvalley.org.nz
To find out or join Walk the Walk go to http://www.walkingthewalk.org.nz/
Higher res images available here http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndarroch/sets/72157603748989993/
Comments
Re: Banner Drop against Coal Mining
It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice.
Re: Banner Drop against Coal Mining
Good on John & the crew, I salute the effort going into this walk, to give a bit of profile to what's going on in beautiful Happy Valley!
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Coal, gas, oil, and atomic energy is destroying the planets livability and therefore the last forty-four years of ecological green revolution has brought into being the hi-tech tools to put in place wind, tidal, and solar power which transforms to electricity and is more power than can be used by society. No more blackouts. This non-pollution solution is given freely in natures kinder laws and provides work for all and forever more. Viva socialist liberation. End pollution wars, not endless wars for more pollution.
Re: Banner Drop against Coal Mining
oooo a banner drop, that will show that empty office!
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its not like irritating the one staff member who works there would of achieved much.
Re: Banner Drop against Coal Mining
and what do you do?? ya smarmy fuck!
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any updates on how the hikoi is going?
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the walk the walk blog is here http://walkingit.blogspot.com/
the walk has passed through Huntly, having a vigil outside the coal powered Huntly power station, that spews out endless co2 emissions.