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350
25 May 2008 - 2:44pm
25 Jun 2008 - 2:44pm
Take Action
What we need most right now are your actions that take the number 350 and drive it home: in art, in music, in political demonstrations, in any other way you can imagine.
Here’s our goal: We want to take this number, 350, and spread it all over the world. We want every human, if they know nothing else about global warming, to know that 350 represents safety. We want to use protest and music and art and video and the net to make that number inescapable, ubiquitous. Everywhere. We may not get another shot at this, so let’s get to work on spreading 350.
For more information goto: http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=19
The United Kingdom’s Chief Scientific Advisor from October 2000 to Dec 2007, Sir David King:
'If you (don’t want) run-away climate change, you need to be at about 350 parts per million (ppm) of CO2 … We’re currently at 387 ppm CO2, going up at 2 per annum.'
From Reuters, 28th May, 2008: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL2829094420080528?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true
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Submitted by Jon Sumby on Sat, 24/05/2008 - 23:52.
Forty famous fiddlers flying south!
The awesome powerhouse that is the Melbourne Scottish Fiddlers is coming to Tasmania, bringing a group that has wowed audiences on the mainland for over a decade. Combining fiddling, songs, and even a former national champion Irish step dancer, the group ranges in age from 12 to 75, and puts on a show you will not soon forget. Since 1995 the group has appeared in most major folk festivals, has toured New Zealand, made three albums and has developed many fine young players who now have bands and recordings of their own. More information and bookings can be made via their web site www.melbournescottishfiddlers.com. Details of the concerts follow:
Launceston - Saturday 5 July 7.30pm
Horton Auditorium, Performing Arts Centre,
Scotch Oakburn College - $10/$7/$25 (family)
Burnie - Sunday 6 July 1.30pm
Hellyer College, Mooreville Rd – free concert
Deloraine - Sunday 6 July 8pm
Deloraine Community Complex – free concert
Westbury - Monday 7 July 8pm
Westbury RSL – “session” all players welcome
Hobart - Tuesday 8 July 8pm
New Sydney Hotel – “session” all players welcome
Cygnet - Wednesday 9 July 7.30pm
Cygnet Town Hall - ceilidh dance -$10/$7/$25 (family)
Franklin - Thursday 10 July 7.30pm
Palais Theatre - concert with
Tasmanian Heritage Fiddle Ensemble -
Port Arthur - Friday 11 July 6.30pm
Port Arthur Historic Site – $10/$7/$25 (family)
theme concert
Hobart - Saturday 12 July 7.30pm
Polish Club – concert with
Hobart Old Time String Band - $12/$25 (family)