Wake up, Dunedin.

[Photo from The Age]

The appearence of a floatilla of icebergs just off the Dunedin coast has resulted in a spate of chartered helicopter flights and excited Letters to the Editor. Al's got a great pic on his blog. It's being described as a once-in-a-lifetime event. Wake up, Dunedin. Who here has heard of climate change?

A number of citizens wanting to see a more positive response to the challenges posed to Dunedin and its environs by peak oil and climate change will hold a public meeting in the Hutton Lecture Theatre of the Otago Museum on Thursday 30 November 2006 at 7pm. All interested people are invited to participate.

Speakers Bob Lloyd and Leah McBey will outline the scientific and practical issues, followed by discussion. Plans will be discussed to set up a Society or Trust along the lines of the recent Hampden community initiative, to work on creating a more secure, self-reliant and vibrant community that is better prepared to sustain itself, meet the essential needs of future generations, and encourage new sustainable opportunities.

The organisers, who include Bob Lloyd, Anton Oliver, Chris Perley, Geoff Craig, Jean Harris, Jinty MacTavish, John Cocks, Marc Schallenberg, Mark Haggerty, Mark Jackson, William Clifford, Jocelyn Harris, will invite ideas from all sectors of the community so that a plan of action can be developed.