Ride on Canberra for a nuclear free futureby Beck Pearse ()Media release: Ride on Canberra for a nuclear free future For immediate release 28th August 2007 More than thirty years after the first Ride Against Uranium converged on Canberra and kick started both the anti-uranium movement and bicycle advocacy in Australia, a group of intrepid anti-nuclear cyclists will be repeating those same pedal strokes.
The first half of the epic Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle (CANC) from Rockhampton to Adelaide will arrive on the lawns of Old Parliament house in Canberra at 12pm this Sunday.
The journey began on June 25 in Rockhampton and will end on November 11 in Adelaide. The aim of the group is to raise awareness about the nuclear industry and to encourage people to oppose the undemocratic imposition of the nuclear cycle on their communities .
"Nuclear power is being revived from the dark days of the Cold War as a solution to climate change. The reality is that it is anything but", says cyclist Georgina Pike. "It's still too slow, still too dangerous and still too expensive. As we've cycled down the east cast of Australia, we have heard in each community we've passed through – Australians do not want a nuclear future".
The group has been campaigning along the east coast of Australia to promote the smart energy solutions that are needed to avoid both dangerous climate change and dangerous nuclear waste.
"Australia can meet its base load and peak electricity demands through a combination of wind, biomass, natural gas and greater energy efficiency", says Ms Pike. "The barriers to change are political, not scientific or technological, and that is why we have cycled all the way to Canberra. More information Georgina: 0431 303 084 Beck: 0405 105 101 |