It isn’t every day you get a handwritten letter from Sir David Attenborough. Yet it happened to local environmentalists Jim Bird and Helen Moffitt shortly after sending a copy of their environmental activity book to him. Acknowledgment from a respected figure as Sir David came not only as a surprise but lent support to the project which had involved months of hard work.
The activity book arose from a perceived need for the current generation to stand behind Australia’s youth, to ensure that action on man-made climate change is immediately addressed. Through the entertaining and educational medium of an activity book, young people could engage and further understand the importance of action necessary to ensure their future.
Each activity book contains not only fun puzzles and interesting facts, but each also comes with a postcard addressed to the Prime Minister, asking him to take immediate action to expand production of solar and wind power energy, building their future on renewable energies – not on fossil fuels.
It is hoped many postcards will reach the Prime Minister, alerting him not only to the voices of the young but also that public opinion holds the same passionate sentiment.
The activity books will be available free at the ‘Picnic in the Park’ – to be held Saturday 27 March, 3pm at the Tewantin Noosa Lions Park, Noosaville. The day is an initiative by the Noosa Council as part of Climate Week.
The books are designed and funded by their creators and made available free. To assist them I their work visit www.ourfutureshowbag.org
