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SA Unions Climate Change Conference

This presentation highlights the urgency of addressing climate change, emphasizing the need for education to organize individuals and inspire collective action. It emphasizes the power of community alliances in addressing the climate emergency and encourages forging relationships based on shared interests and urgent issues. The message conveys that the time to act is now, as the future is running out of time. Drawing inspiration from the Brotherhood of St. Lawrence's power model, the presentation advocates for proactive engagement and collaboration to combat climate change.

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SA Unions Climate Change Conference

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  1. AEU Presentation SA Unions Climate Change Conference

  2. Strong personal concern from some of our members for some time • BUT organisationally we have been very slow to respond • Our response has been bothinternal and external “A good organiser must be able to charge anissue with a supreme sense of urgency.” Climate CHANGE - the issue IS URGENT!

  3. Start with education to organise people and give hope that things can be different if we work together Our members have much to offer and show us “We educate people in order to organise them. We don’t organise people in order to educate them.” Climate change - education

  4. Adapted from the Brotherhood of St Lawrence 4 power model

  5. Connecting workers WITH the climate emergency movement Community climate emergency activists are well organised and educated Community alliances are extremely powerful Relationships should be forged oncommon interests and urgent issues The Future ....... . . . .

  6. Running out of time

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