Walk against Warming

Monday, 21 December 2009 06:10

I joined about 200 people in the Walk against Warming on Cairns Esplanade last Saturday, 12th December. Interestingly, Cr Diane Forsyth and Member for Barron River, Steve Wettenhall, were the only elected representatives to participate in the walk which started at the hospital and ended up at the lagoon where we listened to speeches. Hopefully, next year the Cairns Climate Change Coalition, who organised the event, will invite the Council to participate and to share the many initiatives which Council has instigated to encourage us to live more sustainably. Council is particularly proud of its progress on enhancing cycling and walking, and is pleased that both the State and Federal Governments have provided assistance to us through their various funding programs. It's been great to see the work being undertaken to make the northern beaches roundabouts safer for cyclists, and to see that the persistence of groups such as CBUG has brought these much-needed improvements forward