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Want to do more than just walk at this year's Walk Against Warming? We are looking for a little help telling our politicians that we want them to take some simple first steps towards kicking the coal habit.

Tomorrow (Saturday, 19/09/09) community members concerned about climate change will attend training in peaceful direct action tactics in preparation for disrupting the coal industry - Queensland's biggest contributor to climate change.

The community is realising that only through taking action ourselves will we start to break coal's strangle hold on the Queensland Government and economy."Says Six Degrees spokesperson Eleanor Smith.

On Sunday, 21st June, the Brisbane Transition Hub will present a workshop with renowned economist and entreprenuer Michael Shuman on The Local Opportunity: Building Resilient Businesses and Local Living Economies. If you are interested in positive and viable ways to build stronger businesses and communities in the changing economic, environmental and global context, then this workshop is for you.

Toowoomba’s unique annual festival of the environment comes alive in Lake Annand Park next Sunday 31st May. World Environment Day’s vibrant multicultural mix of information, music, food, song and dance explodes into action from 10am til 4pm.

Six Degrees has formally welcomed yesterday's announcement from the Liberal National Party to protect prime agricultural farming areas from mining.

The Queensland Climate Movement Summit was a community convergence hosted by Six Degrees on the 25th October, 2008.