Climate Future — a committe formed to promote action on Climate Change. 

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Our climate is changing and we are responsible. 150 years ago in 1859, John Tyndall discovered that CO2 was a greenhouse gas. Since the 1970’s we have added enormous volumes of green house gases to our atmosphere and we are still increasing the rate of emissions every year. This is causing our world to heat up. We don’t have another planet – no Plan B – to escape to. 

The consequences are that heatwaves and bushfires are becoming more intense and occurring where they previously did not. Seas are rising, ice is melting, oceans are acidifying, plants, animals and people are dying. 

Human population has reached 7 billion and is headed for 9 billion within 40 years. We are putting increasing pressure on the environmental systems that provide us with clean air, water and food (not to mention recreation).

We need to take  emergency action. The IPCC has indicated that we need to stop increasing our global emissions now and reduce them rapidly if we are to avoid very significant changes. By very significant they mean a destabilization of the climate that could lead to a mass extinction of species. Oh, no doubt humans would survive, but how may and at what cost?

This is an ethical and moral issue. We are living at the expense of our descendants - our children will suffer if we don't take the necessary action.

Please talk to our political leaders, write letters, call them. We need leadership, not more delay. If you are interested in doing more, join us to keep the issue alive and help encourage ambitious action.

If you are looking for someone to come and talk to you about Climate Change: its impacts; timing of the changes; background to the science; our responses including political, economic, social or ethical; etc – we can provide a speaker to come and talk to you and your group.

For Impacts of Climate Change specific to the Central Coast you can visit  http://cultureswervecc.wordpress.com/

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Ph: CEN on +61 2 4349 4756 

The Importance of Heritage

 The significance that we attach to our ‘heritage’ is growing each year. The past is all around us - historic buildings, landscapes and other physical survivals of our past. Our heritage is fundamental to how we see ourselves as individuals, communities and as a nation. Historic buildings can become a focus of community identity and pride and create a sense of local unity.

Issues relating to the protection of wildlife and natural habitat.

• Develop a better understanding of local and regional water issues
• Explain water related terminology
• Forming an educated opinion about local water issues
• Find useful links to relevant authorities or additional information
• De-mystify some of the 'foggy' issues in relation to water recycling and desalination plants
• Participate actively in water saving and recycling
• Attempt to represent the water discussion from a sustainable developmental point-of-view.

Water restriction information

If you want to find up-to-date information on water restriction or you have specific questions, go to the Gosford Wyong Water Authority website or call the Gosford City Council water call centre on 1800 460 612.

Funding for the CEN water portal provided by the Myer Foundation.

CEN Networking nights are a gathering of members and other interested parties to meet and discuss current issues. The night provides a forum for people to make others aware of what they are doing and to meet other like minded groups and individuals.