Inner South kicks off with a carbon-neutral Canberra evening
On 4 August 2009 at Manning Clark House in Forrest, Southside SEE-Changers listened to two of Canberra’s finest minds present a cutting-edge approach to achieving climate change and sustainability goals.
Prof Will Steffen, Executive Director of ANU’s Climate Change Institute, gave a talk entitled ‘Meeting the Climate Change Challenge: A Vision for Canberra and the Region’.
Our very own Prof Bob Douglas AO spoke about ‘What will a carbon-neutral Canberra look like and what will it take to bring it about?’
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Bob Douglas and Will Steffen |
Prof Steffen presenting his talk |
After diverse and lively questions from the audience, Bob led a brainstorming session about how we can assist the government in meeting its climate change and sustainability goals, while at the same time fostering stronger communities.
Following on previous efforts to establish SEE-Change Inner South, about ten people gathered to form a group after the bout of brainstorming. This led to the first Southside get-together on 17 August 2009 at Val Brown’s.
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Val Brown (l) and Karen Dahl |
Intern Steph, Brian Polden, Peter Abbott & Philippa Rowland's mother |
Vanessa and Susan cooked up a storm of quiches and pumpkin lasagne and gingerbread—so dark and fragrant for winter. Kim Cameron brought some killer shortbread. Gillian King and Val Brown also brought goodies. There wasn’t much left!
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Tom Bialkowski (l) and Neville Hurst |
 Philippa Rowland, Vanessa Morris and Fraser Argue
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Thanks to Director John Harms at Manning Clark House for being unflappable and flexible.
