A family fun day will celebrate and raise awareness for Geelong’s environment through live music, community art, and short films.
Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) Geelong’s free event will encourage families to learn about the importance of the natural environment and the need for stronger nature and climate laws.
Family Fun Day event organiser Wayne Jury said Australia was a “deforestation hotspot” and that the federal government needed to update the current nature and climate laws.
“Now is a critical time for us all to have our voices heard about these laws and how they need to be improved to ensure they actually do protect nature and people,” he said.
“Our government continues to approve fossil fuel projects, despite the release of the National Climate Risk Assessment (last month), which shows the danger we are facing due to climate change.”
The event will include a Welcome to Country, storytelling, flower workshops, live music, face painting, short nature films and a community art project led by First Nations artist Kiri Tawhai.
There will also be information on the current nature laws and a speech on the impact of climate change on the Torres Strait Islands by Geelong woman and Torres Strait Islander Julie Saylor-Briggs.
ACF Geelong’s Family Fun Day will be held at Cloverdale Community Centre at 169 Purnell Road in Corio from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday 26 October.
