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The world is teetering on the brink of unstoppable climate change. Many
now recognise the need for serious change in the way we produce and use
energy, our transport systems, food production, urban design and
forestry practices. Yet politicians are still mouthing platitudes while
allowing corporations to continue to profit from polluting our
atmosphere and destroying our ecosystem.

The need for social change has become an urgent part of preventing
catastrophic climate change. Can the market fix the problem? What is
the real record of carbon trading? How can we build a social movement
capable of averting this disaster? What models and experiences can offer
real solutions?

To strengthen the exchange of ideas and contribute towards that urgent
action Green Left Weekly is organising the Climate Change / Social
Change conference from April 11-13, 2008 in Sydney.

We are pleased to have confirmed:

John Bellamy Foster, author of Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature,
editor of Monthly Review

Patrick Bond, Director of the Centre for Civil Society, University of
Natal, South Africa; editor of Climate Change, Carbon Trading and Civil
Society

Roberto Perez, Cuban permaculturalist (featured in The Power of
Community: how Cuba survived peak oil)

We invite your participation in making this more than just an exchange
of ideas - important as that is - but a part of building up resistance
to corporate-led climate change and strengthening the movement for
sustainable development.

If you would like to participate, including presenting a workshop,
taking part in a panel, exhibiting your artwork or simply to register
your interest in the conference, please email
climatechange.socialchange@gmail.com.
To receive updates about the conference, send an email to
climatechange_socialchangeconf_announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Please forward this conference call to your networks.

In solidarity,
Kamala Emanuel and Pip Hinman
Climate Change | Social Change conference organisers