Run for a Safe Climate

Emergency Service:Victoria Police

Why are you participating in the 6000-kilometre Run for a Safe Climate? Having grown up in the country and on the coast of Victoria, and having travelled the length and width of our great land, I still remain in awe of the unique and iconic country that is Australia. I feel unbeleivably blessed to have grown up in place that puts beauty, culture and adventure on our doorstep, and can’t bear the thought that it may be irreversibly damaged for future generations. Through this project, I hope to spread the message to other people on how to reduce their carbon footprint and contribute on a national scale, as well as finding new ways that I can contribute myself.

What do you hope to achieve through the run? As I am running, my thoughts and inspiration will be of my daughter Kaelah, as I want to leave Australia as I found it, so that she can enjoy, and learn from it as much as I have growing up. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to be able to contribute to this worthy cause, and to be able to share it with the hard-working members of Australia’s Emergency Services.

Emergency Service:Victoria Police

Why are you participating in the 6000-kilometre Run for a Safe Climate?Over the last few years I have become more and more concerned about the health of the Earth’s environment and the negative effects that pollution and global warming are having on our ecosystems. Being outdoors has always been an important part of my life, especially growing up in the country, and maintaining the health of the environment is therefore very important to me.

What do you hope to achieve through the run? This run provides a unique opportunity to bring awareness to the issues involving climate change and to help in finding a solution for preserving our beautiful environment for future generations.

Emergency Service: Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade

Why are you participating in the 6000-kilometre Run for a Safe Climate? I have decided to donate my 2009 annual leave and be involved in this project because I believe that we are facing a massive environmental disaster, the likes we have never seen before. I saw first hand the devastation of the February bushfires, and toured whole towns afterwards that looked like they had been hit with a nuclear blast. If ever we had a wake-up call that we are already in a dangerous place with global warming that was it. We need to rapidly and comprehensively deal with the threat by moving to a low carbon society and to draw down a lot of the carbon in the atmosphere that is driving the damage or else we are going to get belted again and again and emergency services workers are going to have to deal with the mess.

What do you hope to achieve through the run? It is time for everyday people to get off the fence and get involved directly and act on global warming. I am so very passionate about our planet, it is simply amazing, and we need to protect it. I want my children to be able to enjoy this beautiful planet just like I have, and not inherit a catastrophic environment which has been ruined by the fact we did not act when we had the chance. We have used up all the time we had to waste and have used up all the excuses for inaction. Run for a Safe Climate is a project I am very proud to be a part of.

Emergency Service: police officer

Why are you participating in the 6000-kilometre Run for a Safe Climate? I have always had a love of the outdoors and the environment and I am concerned about the effect that climate change is having on our beautiful planet. I have two young children and I want to make sure they are able to experience all the wonderful outdoors and nature that I have throughout my life. I want to leave them a planet that is not a risk of sea level rises and extreme weather events. I want a ‘Safe Climate’ for them and their children and future generations.

What do you hope to achieve through the run? I want to raise awareness of the plight of our beautiful planet.I hope that people throughout Australia are able to see that climate is a dangerous and serious issue that needs immediate action.I also want my children, one day, to know that I was concerned about the state of our planet and that I did what I could to help make a difference.

Emergency Service: NSW Fire Brigade

Why are you participating in the 6000-kilometre Run for a Safe Climate?
I am participating in the run as it is the perfect way of raising awareness to the fact that some of Australia’s most unique and fragile ecosystems could be ruined within years if nothing is done to combat global warming. As an emergency service worker working on the front line of natural disasters, it is clear that our resources will be pushed as these events increase in frequency over the coming years. I also work with Oxfam organising climate change campaigns, and both my jobs allow me to appreciate the possible destructive ramifications of climate change if we don’t take action ASAP!