Thursday, 31st August 7:30 pm

Hampton Uniting Church
17 Service Street, Hampton

Please register to attend the AGM - HERE

Guests speakers for this evening

"Getting it right”
- climate predictions, impacts and IPCC reporting
- perspectives from award winning local climate scientists

Dr Pandora Hope and Dr Andrew Watkins

Dr Pandora Hope is a Climate Scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology and a lead author of the sixth assessment report of the IPCC. Her research focus is on understanding the human influence on the climate. For many years she also led the weather research of the Victorian Water and Climate Initiative.
 
 Dr Andrew Watkins is the Team Leader of Australia's first National Climate Risk Assessment designed to determine the priority climate risks for Australia over the next century.  In 2023 Andrew was awarded the Bill Gibbs medal by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society for his lifelong contribution to operational meteorological services; the first climatologist to win the award.

For Committee Position Descriptions click HERE

Join us for our final Forum for 2022

Thursday November 24, 7.30pm - 9.30pm

Hampton Uniting Church

17 Service Street, Hampton

For catering purposes please register HERE

Halting logging in the pristine

wilderness of Little Dargo

Due to Covid 19 issues, this is now a ZOOM meeting

To join the meeting at meeting at 7:30pm on the 30th June. click HERE at 7:30.

The Friends of the Earth campaign to protect dwindling unburnt habitat in Victoria

Cam Walker is Friends of the Earth Melbourne’s campaigns coordinator. Cam has been active on environment and climate justice issues for more than 30 years. He has lectured in environmental politics and change theory at RMIT and was a key strategist behind the successful campaign to ban fracking and unconventional gas in Victoria.

With State Elections in November, we invite all BCCAG Members to attend this Forum and discuss the future of old growth logging in Little Dargo and Victoria.

Due to Covid 19 issues, this is now a ZOOM meeting

To join the meeting at meeting at 7:30pm on the 30th June. click HERE at 7:30.

You will need to provide your own Tea and Coffee at home

or maybe a liqueur and ice cream

For catering purposes we will need you to register.

REGISTER HERE

Regenerating Australia - Thursday May 26, 7.30pm - 9.00pm - Hampton Uniting Church - 17 Service St, Hampton

Regenerating Australia by Damon Gameau

What would Australia look like in 2030 if we simply listened to the needs of its people? Regenerating Australia is the latest film from Damon Gameau, the award-winning director of 2040 and That Sugar Film

After the film we will have a short discussion including what the next steps might be in achieving our vision of a safe climate for all.

We will be celebrating our first face to face meeting for this event in our new venue - Hampton Uniting Church, 17 Service St, Hampton.

The congregation have offered us a warm welcome. They will be generously providing us with finger food refreshments and BCCAG will be providing beverages after the film screening.

We thank the members of the Hampton Uniting Church for their hospitality. Your gold coin donation will be welcome to help the Church defray their costs.

For catering purposes we will need you to register. A link will be added in our May newsletter.
The latest Covid restrictions will be applied.

Regenerating Australia
Thursday May 26, 7.30pm
Hampton Uniting Church
17 Service St, Hampton VIC

There is public parking in Service Street - only a short walk to the venue.
Hampton station is a slightly longer walk - map here

This event requires registration HERE

What to expect at the event

Join us and hear from experts:

• Bruce Robertson, (energy finance analyst at IEEFA) who will speak of the faulty economics and impact of the ‘gas-fired recovery’ and the role of gas in the coming years.

• Saul Griffith, (inventor, and author of The Big Switch) who will inspire us with the breadth of opportunities facing Australia in an abundant renewables future.

• Freja Leonard, (climate activist, Lock the Gate) who will demonstrate how a community campaign can stop gas.

Q&A with our Expert Panel

The webinar moderator, Naomi Hogan from 350.org, will facilitate a Q&A session when audience members can submit questions to our panel of experts. Your questions can be submitted anytime throughout the presentations. 

Be involved in the Action Session

After the speakers and the Q&A, participants can join breakout groups and devise questions to be asked of candidates at upcoming candidates forum events. This action is an important part of the event.