SPEAKERS' CORNER: CLIMATE, COMMUNITY & COAL THURSDAY 18 MAY, 12 NOON Whitehaven:

 

SPEAKERS' CORNER:  CLIMATE, COMMUNITY & COAL

THURSDAY 18 MAY, 12 NOON

 

Book this date now!!

 

Come and join us on Thursday 18 May, at 12 noon, for the first of our Speakers’ Corner events, which will explore the themes of climate, community and coal.

 

This is a chance to hear how plans for the proposed Whitehaven coal mine stack up with local and national goals to tackle the Climate Crisis, and the alternatives that exist. We’ll also explore the power of community campaigning to beat fossil fuel companies - and to secure a better future for communities like those in West Cumbria, who have been let down by the government.

 

On 18 May, our speakers will include:

·        MIKE BERNERS-LEE: author of ‘There is No Planet B’, Professor in the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University, and an expert on Sustainability and Carbon-Footprints

·        TINA ROTHERY: climate justice activist and anti-fracking campaigner

·        JILL PERRY: Cumberland Council Green Party councillor

·        ANNE HARRIS: Coal Action Network

·        JAMIE PETERS: Friends of the Earth

 

The talks will be followed by Q & A/ conversation; the chance to get a T-shirt with the ‘Coal Is Not The Goal!’ logo; and - weather permitting - a chance to walk the perimeter of the site and experience the beauty of the coastal path.

 

MEETING POINT: Outside the Marchon site, Whitehaven:  

Wilson Pit Road, near junction with High Road.

SatNav: CA28 9QT 54°31'25.6"N 3°35'35.6"W.

 

Google map pindrop:

https://goo.gl/maps/k5DNHPf9Azr4YoEXA

 

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This event is co-ordinated by North Lakes XR and Greenpeace activist Allan Todd - with support from West Cumbria and North Lakes Friends of the Earth, and Friends of the Earth.

 

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and indicate ‘Going’ if you plan to come along, so we have an idea of numbers.

 

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