The Clarence Valley Conservation
Coalition’s September Earth Matters session will be held on Monday September 17
at 5.30 pm. It will be a screening of the
documentary “Sacrifice Zone: the story of the real Australian gas crisis”.
“Sacrifice Zone”
deals with the threat of invasive gasfields facing communities west of the
range.
Santos
wants to establish
multiple gasfields in NSW, starting in the Pilliga forest, near Narrabri. This
area is a critical recharge zone for the Great Artesian Basin. The water in this basin is vital for
communities and agriculture across vast areas of inland Australia. In addition
the Pilliga forest is a very important natural area, habitat for a variety of
threatened species including the koala.
This
film by Cloudcatcher Media illustrates the concerns of community members and
the Great Artesian Protection Group.
The CVCC
is asking those attending to contribute a gold coin as a donation to
Cloudcatcher Media.
The
venue is the Staffroom at Grafton Primary School, Queen Street, Grafton from 5.30
– 7 p.m. on Monday September 21.
Refreshments will follow
the screening.
For
further information, contact Stan Mussared on 66449309.
Earth Matters is a session on the environment which
is conducted every two months by the Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition ( clarencevcc@gmail.com ).
