Climate campaigners set to walk into Happy Valley
The Walking the Walk crew are still on track to arrive at Westport on the South Island's west coast on Tuesday 29 April and then walk into Happy Valley, arriving on Thursday.
The walkers who have spent the last three months walking down from Auckland to Happy Valley will join other climate campaigners and ecologists who have been occupying the Valley for the last two years.
The walkers who have been raising awareness about climate change and coal mining have had many adventures along the way including getting shot at in Palmerston North. The Save Happy Valley campaign welcomes more occupiers, and more support will be needed if Solid Energy begin to construct an access road into the valley. Your support is needed…
More: Walking the Walk | Walk the Walk Blog | Save Happy Valley Campaign!
What is Happy Valley? Happy Valley is a stunning landscape of rocky pavement, native bush, and fragile wetlands on the West Coast of New Zealand, just north east of Westport. It is home to many threatened species including the Great Spotted Kiwi and a large native Patrickensis land snail…. and it is under attack from state-owned coal company Solid Energy!
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Re: Climate campaigners set to walk into Happy Valley
Good stuff guys.
Solid Energy will do everything it can to make sure it gets to destroy Happy Valley (the Waimangaroa Valley), its determined people like yourself that will ensure that never happens.
Kia kaha.
To bad Solid Energy couldn't spend $50 000 retraining some of the workforce rather than making a B grade PR doco and spending tonnes on the hired goons, Thompson and Clark - the most uselfess spies on the beat.
Real action on fossil fuel extraction!
Coal cooks the climate
Re: Climate campaigners set to walk into Happy Valley
Nearly there! :)
Keep on walkin y'legends!!!
FUCK Solid Energy!
-Gary
Re: Climate campaigners set to walk into Happy Valley
Kia kaha e hoa maa.
I wish I could be with you, but take my moral support. I write this looking out at a wild, grey, wet day in Wellington, even the West Coast would be an improvement today!
arohanui ki a koutou, na keri
Re: Climate campaigners set to walk into Happy Valley
You's rock.
I so wish i could join you's please keep us informed as to whats going on down there. Yep wellington still sucks. And yep solid energy still need to get lost.
Keep warm and enjoy the hills. I guarantee that they will beat the road hands down. x m
Re: Climate campaigners set to walk into Happy Valley
Great body-energy you´ve got! I´ve been with you in mind since I´m back in Germany. Summer´s coming here, I send you rays of sunshine to the Valley!
Be save & warm (at a real fire).
Arohanui, Luca
PS: There´s no email at the Walk the Walk...