You would already know that Green Left Weekly is hosting a climate change | social change conference in Sydney in April. But I wanted to fill you in a little more on how the program and speakers are shaping up now.
A lot of the information is on the GLW site ,but below is some extra information on the key panels and workshops. (They are not completely finalised, however.)
Climate change and its social roots
John Bellamy Foster, James Goodman, Kamala Emanuel
Can the market solve the climate crisis?
Patrick Bond, Stuart Rosewarne
Nuclear: still not the answer
Jim Green, Donna Jackson, Wenny Theresia
Transitions to sustainability
Mark Deisendorf, Roberto Perez, Stephanie Long, Matt Wright
Protecting jobs and the environment
with Tim Gooden, Cam Walker, Ben Courtice
Campaigning against power privatisation
Matt Thistlethwaite, John Kaye
Strategies for winning
Cam Walker, John Rice, Patrick Bond, Dick Nichols
The conference opening public meeting - the threats | the solutions - will be at Sydney Girls High, April 11, 6 for 6.30pm start. And it will be a chance to hear a more extended presentation from John Bellamy Foster. He'll speak alongside Patrick Bond, and David Spratt.
The deadline for workshops submissions is March 16. Email:
If you would like to receive updates about the conference, send an email to this address
