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NSW Climate Active Conference

Posted 3 November 2010 by Genevieve Kelly (University of Wollongong)

On 18 September 2010, NTEU NSW co-hosted the Climate Active Conference in conjunction with the LHMU and NSW Teachers’ Federation.

The conference was a great success and brought together more than 100 activists from 10 different unions and a number of student and community environment groups.

The keynote speaker was Tim Noonan, Director of Campaigns and Communications from the International Trade Union Confederation, who spoke about the challenges and successes of the ITUC in representing a union-driven climate change agenda at an international level.

Other speakers included former UNSW branch president Susan Price, long-time NTEU member and climate activist Mark Diesendorf, Greens candidate, former NSWTF Assistant General Secretary Phil Bradley, and LHMU Clean Start Leader Lucy Fu.

In addition to the plenary sessions, NTEU, LHMU and NSWTF members ran 11 different workshops covering a diverse range of topics including ‘Education and training for a sustainable future’, ‘Climate change and low paid workers,’ and ‘Direct action on climate change: towards a progressive agenda’. In the wake of the conference, the NSW Sustainability Network has doubled in size and now has more than 50 members. We also hope to continue to work with other unions to promote sustainability agendas within the broader union movement.

The papers from the conference are below:

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