Switch off Hazelwood! Switch off coal! Community Action

Switch off Hazelwood! Switch off coal!

Switch on Renewables!

Saturday-Sunday, September 12-13 2009
Hazelwood Power Station, Brodribb Road, Hazelwood, Victoria

This will be a day of fun, creative and inspiring direct community action at Hazelwood coal power station. This march and protest at the front gates of the Hazelwood Power Station, is organised by community members who care about climate change - and are willing to take peaceful community action

Take action for renewable energy & clean energy jobs! Hazelwood is one of the dirtiest coal stations in the industrialised world, spewing an average of 17 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. It was scheduled to be shut down this year but it was given a reprieve by the ALP state government in 2005 allowing it to continue operating until 2031. We need to remove that lifeline and instead support renewable energy, extending the lifeline to our planet.

On Sunday, September 13 protestors will converge on Hazelwood for a day of peaceful community mass civil disobedience to switch off Hazelwood and switch off coal. Wear blue! For more details and info re transport visit Switch Off Hazelwood

• # Saturday, September 12. We are encouraging people who are going to the protests to come the afternoon before and camp. This is important for the unity of the protest. In the evening there will be meetings of the whole protest at the campsite. There will also be workshops.