Wednesday 16/5/2007 Page: 5
A NEW climate change action group has formed in Manningham to help residents learn how they can reduce greenhouse emissions. Warrandyte residents Wayne and Ruth Rankin created Climate Action Now (CAN) to synthesise information in the climate change debate. "A lot of great information is emerging in the newspapers and on television, but it's pretty overwhelming," Mr Rankin said."Some of the terminology is even more confusing. What is it to be `carbon neutral'? "How do we make sense of the claims and counter-claims for wind, solar, geothermal, landfill and biomass? What about nuclear?" The group has organised a community information night at Warrandyte on May 24, featuring speakers from energy companies, a solar system manufacturer, a wind farm manager, scientists and a policy analyst from the National Emissions Trading Taskforce.
Mrs Rankin said many people wanted to help the environment on an individual basis. "There is a groundswell of people saying `what can we do?'," she said. "We're trying to guide those people and help them out." The Climate Action Now information evening will be at Warrandyte High School theatre, Warrandyte Rd, Warrandyte, on May 24 at 7.30pm. Details: 9844 1959.
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