The Southern Downs Protection Group is inviting all interested people to the upcoming May monthly meeting, to be held from 7pm, Thursday, May 9, at the Criterion Hotel meeting room, Warwick, to enjoy a special guest speaker.
Seventy-one-year-old great-grandmother June Norman, a peace and environment campaigner, will be presenting on Walking for a Future, where she undertook an amazing 29-day walk, covering almost 500 kilometres, along the proposed gas pipeline and coal rail corridor from Kumbarilla to Gladstone earlier this year.
“I have two passions in life, my grandchildren (and securing them a future) and walking,” Mrs Norman said.
“I decided to combine these two passions and walk the CSG pipeline and the coal rail corridor, with an aim to highlight the damage being done to farmers and communities and take a message to UNESCO from the ordinary people of Queensland,” she said.
Focussing on ‘the need to create a sustainable future whilst connecting with communities affected by these industries,’ the walk was timed to arrive in Gladstone the day UNESCO visited on March 7, where Mrs Norman was invited to be part of the team of environmentalists who met with Fanny Douvere and Tim Badman from UNESCO.
Although a huge achievement in itself, this walk is not the first Mrs Norman has undertaken, with her passion for peace and a sustainable future seeing her walking more than 5000 kilometres to date.
Mrs Norman’s concerns for the impacts of the coal seam gas industry has also taken her to blockades, including the Tara Blockade in 2011, where she was the first person to be arrested.
For further information on the Southern Downs Protection Group, email sdpg@live.com or phone 0459 133 132.
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