Author: Jim Crosthwaite

Join JCJ for a great Sri Lankan buffet in Melbourne on Wednesday 27th May. Hear Stephen Bygrave, CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions about his work and the planned trip to Sri Lanka in August to promote 100% renewables. Come and help us raise the necessary funds to make this happen.

See our other posts, and the Donate page, for more about Stephen’s proposed trip and what it will achieve. He will be holding meetings with environmental experts, NGOs, government and industry leaders to empower them to bring about alternatives to coal.

We’re dining at Sigiri. We’re already hankering for the great hoppers and curries and condiments that Sigiri make. They’re located at 338 High Street, Northcote.

RSVP: Facebook or email by Wednesday 20th May. 

$50 ticket. Students $35.

For supporting organisations, tables of 4 = $200, 6 = $300, and 8 = $400.

Please help us raise the funds by organising a group, and promoting the event. Here are our promotional fliers JCJ Sigiri flyer and JCJ Sigiri flyer 3-to-page.

We appreciate your payment in advance, via Paypal, bank transfer or cheque. Please visit the Donate page for details. Please ensure your payment reference has your name and Sigiri.

(image – JCJ’s tea tasting in 2013)

Please help us act on this appeal from BGreen Project founder Fadia Hasan.

In Bangladesh, in December there was an oil spill in the fragile and internationally recognised Sundarbans.

This event focused the minds of participants at the January BGreen conference, which JCJ supported financially.

Can you take appropriate action by Thursday (cut-off date for crowd-funding).

Here is the appeal from Fadia, with relevant links.

Help us Save the Sundarbans!

We need your full attention and support for this important, compelling cause that could pave the way for reclaiming the beautiful waterways that makes us uniquely Bangladesh.

The BGreen Project is thrilled to be joining up with Scott Smith, Mark Ruffalo and Water Defense to raise money to help with the disaster in the Sundarbans and to develop a long term plan to engage the youth in Bangladesh to preserve and protect the water ways of Bangladesh.

Please help now by donating to the Sundarbans Indiegogo campaign here:  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/water-defense-sundarbans-oil-spill-response/x/9463734

Please make sure that you help us spread the word by reposting this to as many people as you can in your networks. This is time sensitive, so, I, Fadia Hasan, the Founder of The BGreen Project am urging you personally to help us spread the word.

The following videos will better help you understand the work of Mark Ruffalo, Scott Smith, and Water Defense:

Indiegogo Campaign for the Sundarbans:  http://youtu.be/hUbwMXjzSv4

1. What can be done to help the disaster now and an in the future to preserve and protect the water ways of Bangladesh:  http://youtu.be/dY_Fvv47tIc
2. Demonstration of what happened in the Sundarbans:  http://youtu.be/FVKvlLLsUX8
3. Prototype filtration system developed from real World disasters:  http://youtu.be/gs3lcNlJD_k

Thank you very much in supporting this important cause and there is a lot more to come that will directly involve the youth of Bangladesh and the important role they will play in shaping direct, ongoing, community engaged projects related to this campaign. Stay tuned and stay Green!

Thanks!!!

Fadia

Will you be in Melbourne? Love to see you at the wind-down for Journeys for Climate Justice. Drop in for 9 minutes or 90.

5pm – 6.30pm, Friday 19th December

Jasper Hotel, 489 Elizabeth Street (city-side of Victoria Market)

We have had a great year, and more is to come for 2015. Our AGM and launch of the website on 23 November went really well. Prof David de Kretser and Dr Colin Long did the launch most ably.

And on a lighter note, Helen and Jack are taking turns on the climbing wall. What better way to finish up after our regular JCJ meeting.

Spare a thought for the people in the countries that we fly to or over on our holidays.

Instead of doing a normal carbon offset, why not direct funds to empowering youth in Bangladesh?

Support the BGreen Project conference to be held in Dhaka in January 2015. Help to train the youth leaders of the future, and empower the people of Bangladesh to act on climate change.

Please tell at least one of the people you know who is flying over this summer period.

Check out our post about this Conference.

Donate on JCJ’s website to directly fund the Conference, or support Kanchana Weerakoon to travel from Sri Lanka for the conference as keynote speaker.

JCJ welcomes new members.

JCJ is an inclusive organisation, and we encourage all members to have a say. The AGM will be held in November, and we’ll structure it to allow you to participate if you join.

Membership is $30 per year in Australia and similar countries, and $10 in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and similar countries.

Our rules allow for participation by people no matter where they live in the world. This may present us with technical challenges doing it by skype or phone hookup, but we’ll give it a go.

Each week, a core team meets in central Melbourne. We are an Incorporated Association, and is governed by a committee. It will be up for election at the AGM.

Please email us if you would like to join, stating Joining JCJ in the subject line.

Welcome to the new website for Journeys for Climate Justice. We hope you like it. If you are in Melbourne, you are welcome to the launch at 11am on Sunday 23 November. Details follow.

Volunteers have been busy behind the scenes for months, especially Viveka, Robyn and Jim. They have done our best to make sure everything works well.

Please email us if you find a problem or have a suggestion.

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Our launch

Three great speakers with deep connections to the Asia Pacific

A big welcome to all who are interested in :
—- climate – youth – justice – development —-

There will be many butterflies at our launch. Love to see you there. Please RSVP.

Sunday 23rd November
11 – 12.30
Melbourne CBD

Lunch too. RSVP needed.

How to RSVP

• Accept the event invitation on Facebook
• Email us
• Ring Jim on 0488 956 506

Our speakers

Prof. David de Kretser AC is JCJ patron. He was Victorian governor from 2006 to 2011, when he often spoke out about climate change issues. David has many honours to his name. He is now based at Monash University where he has resumed his long career of research into reproductive biology, infertility and endocrinology.

Dr Colin Long worked in south-east Asia for many years. He set up a small NGO in Laos. He is active in union rights issues in Bangladesh. Colin is also secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union (Victorian branch) and president of Victorian Trades Hall Council.

Dr Samanthi Gunawardana is a leading researcher at Monash University. She’s about to do field work for Oxfam in south-east Sri Lanka on the livelihoods of women agricultural workers, and how they can be made more secure. Samanthi helped to set up JCJ.