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:: MEDIA RELEASE :: 100 students and young people from around Australia will attend the country's largest ever youth conference on climate change on October 18 th -21 st in Katoomba, NSW. The conference, "Switched On 2007", is a joint project of the Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN) and the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC). ASEN, together with the nineteen other AYCC member organisations, is mobilising a generation-wide movement to stop dangerous climate change. "There is an overwhelming urgency around climate change, and young people understand that more than anyone else," said 22-year-old Wenny Theresia, Switched On Co-coordinator involved in ASEN. "Our generation is inheriting the legacy of inaction on a polluted planet. We face the challenge of dealing with the climate crisis - however we recognise that we are part of the global movement for change and can advance an inspiring new vision for Australia." Emma Kefford, 22-year-old Switched On Co-coordinator involved in AYCC, emphasised that Switched On 2007 is the product of a growing number of youth climate change-oriented efforts. "Over the past two years, we have seen literally thousands of students campaign to switch their University campuses and schools to renewable energy, and demand stronger government action on climate change. "At the conference, participants will be strategising around a number of key climate campaigns including the AYCC 'Adopt a Politician' federal election campaign, the upcoming national Walk Against Warming rallies, and campaigns to stop the root causes of climate change such as the expansion of the coal and nuclear industries," she said. 23-year-old Amanda McKenzie, AYCC National Coordinator, continued, "Youth of all backgrounds will use their experience from local and state-level climate change action to build the nation-wide, youth response to dangerous inaction on climate change. We are creating a fresh, positive, and inspiring vision of the future - one focused on our potential to overcome the challenge of the 21 st century, build a clean energy economy, create green jobs, increase global equality and ensure the future of our planet." Photo opportunity: Group photo with a giant inflatable
white elephant (representing nuclear power infrastructure) - Friday 19
th October, 1pm, conference site (Katoomba Christian Convention Centre,
cnr Cliff Drive and Violet St). We are also happy to forward Media contacts: Email - climateconference[at]gmail.com Websiteswww.switchedon2007.com www.asen.org.au www.youthclimate coalition.org
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