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Political Campaign	Futureenergy.org runs a number of political orientated activities in order to encourage governments to implement sustainable energy policies. Index Federal Election Campaign 2004 State Election Campaign 2006 Lobbying Actions Rallies Leafleting Public Education Help the Futureenergy.org campaign Back to the campaign page. Rationale Governments make many of the key decisions that determine whether as a society we take up renewable energy or put in energy efficiency measures, or whether scientific research is undertaken into new technologies. No Governments is doing enough to create a sustainable energy future, we will encourage them to do so. Futureenergy.org differs from the major environmental groups in our political campaigning as will recommend who to vote for. Major environmental groups do not do this because they have been backed into a courner by the federal government are afraid of loosing their tax deductibility status.
Federal Election Campaign 2004	Federal Election Campaign 2004 - put Howard last! There are three components to our federal election campaign. 1. The website www.fart.fm We have produced a we site that alerts visitors to the inadequacies with John Howard's energy and climate change policies. It highlights the Howard Government's Encouragement of the use of polluting fossil fuels like coal Failure to set long term targets on greenhouse gas reduction Failure to increase the renewable energy target Failure to set a target for energy efficiency Encourage continued coal use through geosequestration - a risky, unproven and expensive technology FART stands for "Friends All of Renewable Technology". 2. The "Who Farted video" We a produced a video that highlights the failure of the Howard energy policy. The video is base around the concept of greenhouse gas emissions being silent but deadly. The video is pretty funny and worth a look at. It is about 2 meg so is best used using broadband or if you are prepared to wait a few minute on a slow connection. If you like please tell your friends to visit the site and have a look. 3. The "Silent but deadly" cards Thousand's of "Silent but Deadly" cards for distribution in marginal electorates that urge voters to put Howard last on their ballot papers. Top
State Election Campaign 2006	State Election Campaign 06 - vote for a sustainable energy future Better Energy Policies We will be campaigning on getting all political parties to adopt better energy and climate change policies. Top
Lobbying	Lobbying Many politicians have very little understanding about energy issues and the impacts of climate change. We are currently developing lobbying material. Top
Actions	Actions Actions are good opportunities to get a sustainable energy message across in a dramatic way that can attract the interest of media and politicians. Futureenergy.org's campaigners held a successful demonstration outside the Liberal Party's State Council meeting in Hawthorn in April 04. An extinction cake was delivered to Dr Kemp's Office, to mark the Liberal party's Dr Kemp's time as Federal Environment minister as part of the Federal Election 04 campaign. Top
Rallies	Rallies We have run two rallies, the Wind Rally in November 2003 and the Clean Energy rally in 2004. they were supported by a large number of environment groups, but were only attended by 100 and 50 people respectfully. Public awareness about energy issues and climate change needs to be built up until 1000's of people attend rallies in support of a sustainable energy future and stopping climate change. Left - one of the reasons we campaign for sustainable energy Right - Democrat Senator Lyn Allison at the rally Top
Leafleting	Leafleting Leafleting is a simple way to deliver a message to a broad audience. Last Christmas we leafleted 20,000 fliers in Hawthorn, with a strong message on climate change and energy issues. We are soon to be leafleting a number of marginal seats for the federal election. Top
Public Education	Public Education - a vital component Futureenergy.org run a wide range of public education activities in order to make the public more aware of climate change and energy issues. Where possible we run our public education activities in marginal seats to link in with our political campaigns. Find out more about our Public Education Campaign. Top
Help us	Helping the Futureenergy.org campaign In your interested in helping stop climate change and ensure a sustainable energy future, Futureenergy.org would love your support. If you interested in helping out in the election campaign, or would like to financially support our work please contact adrian by emailing him at adrian@futureenergy.org. Top