ACTION: People’s Climate March
on Sunday
21st September –
Sheffield Rivers Rally!
Join Sheffield
Climate Alliance on our creative walks along Sheffield’s rivers... Meet at 1pm to walk along
Sheffield’s Rivers and/OR rally outside the Town Hall
at 3pm
Connect with the huge People’s Climate March in New
York to lobby the UN Summit...world leaders
are attending a UN summit in New York City on the climate change crisis. Ban
Ki-moon is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to
dramatically reduce global warming pollution
A massive People’s Climate March in New York
City will demonstrate how people feel, and more than 1500 events are happening
all over the world to get across one big global message: We actually have the tools and the plan we
need to make sure we don't cross into a world where tipping points destroy us.
Sheffield Climate Alliance are responding -
with over 30 groups coming together under one big umbrella, we have planned
four routes with different colour themes to converge at the Town Hall and say
‘It’s Time to Act’:
Make your voice heard for action on climate change
now!
BLUE - clean water
and No Fracking: walk along the Upper Don - starting from Hillsborough Corner S6
2LP (overlooking weir) at junction Langsett
Road and Holme Lane, contact jennyc106@btinternet.com
BLACK - for divestment from Fossil Fuels and for investment in renewable energy: walk along the Porter Brook - starting from Endcliffe Park S11 7EA (Bingham
Park end), contact liamkhardy@gmail.com
RED – for Climate Jobs
and Warm Homes: walk along the River Sheaf - starting from Millhouses Park S7 2QQ at café/boating lake contact chris1broome@yahoo.co.uk
YELLOW - for safe food
and No Flooding: walk along the Lower Don - starting from entrance to Attercliffe Cemetery, near
the junction of Shirland Lane, opposite the Don Valley Hotel S9
3RQ on Attercliffe Rd, contact eulalatennis@hotmail.com
Be creative and wear or carry something for the colour or theme of the
walk you’re joining! Please like/share it on Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/Sheffield-Climate-Alliance/186677954837070
This event is supported by a coalition of UK campaign
organisations see letter to Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/07/climate-change-back-on-agenda