Thank you for registering for the Sunshine Coast Climate Change Relay. It is promising to be a great event and we are really excited that you will join us on the day. The relay is likely to be the first event in the world to commence on the 21st of September so the eyes of the world will be upon us. Detailed maps for all stages can be downloaded here. To stay up to date with the latest news on the relay make sure you join the event on facebook which will also help you to...

MEDIA RELEASE 21 August The region’s peak environmental advocacy group continues to call for an urgent rethink of the location and scale of two major projects due to the combined impacts on an environmentally significant forest and the local community. With the proposal for a 534ha off-road motorcycling facility and the current design for the Steve Irwin Way to Caloundra Road upgrade requiring the clearing of 24 hectares, the Sunshine Coast...

LOCATION MOVED TO GLENVIEW GARDENS 17 GLENVIEW RD DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER NOTE: VENUE HAS BEEN MOVED TO GLENVIEW GARDENS 17 GLENVIEW ROAD, GLENVIEW WHY IS THIS FOREST SO IMPORTANT? FIND OUT MORE HERE

Click to view large version. On the 23rd of September 2014 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will host a global climate summit involving leaders of government, business and civil society. On Sunday the 21st people around the world will be running events in their community to show their concern about climate change and their support for strong leadership on the issue. Millions of people have already registered for thousands of events with mass rallies planned in London, Rio, New York, Berlin and Melbourne. The Sunshine Coast Environment Council will host a Climate Change Relay to join our voice to the global...

SCEC has produced four posters that provide an overview of key issues in the Halls Creek debate focusing on: the history of Halls Creek, future development on the SC, Pumicestone Passage and Issues to be considered. Several communities groups have asked us whether we could make these posters available. They can now be downloaded from our website using the links below. To download the file right click on the link and select 'save as'. The files are set up as A1 posters and work best in this format. Readable versions can be printed on A3 using adobe pdf reader. HC Campaign Poster...

SCEC would like to thank all the people and organisations that came along on the Halls Creek Community Cruise on the morning to the 18th of August. We hope you found the morning informative and urge you to pass on what you learned this morning to other people in your organisation. Afterall Mark McArdle and Andrew Powell have repeatedly stated that they want to hear from the community so it is beholden on us, community groups on the Sunshine Coast, to make sure the community responds.

Media reports in today’s Financial Review that the Abbott Government plans to axe the Renewable Energy Target is devastating news for Australian families and for solar workers across the country, according to the Australian Solar Council. “Axing the Renewable Energy Target will make it much, much harder for Australian families to reduce their power bills,” said John Grimes, Chief Executive of the Australian Solar Council. “Families can reduce their power bills by more than 65 per cent with solar, but the Abbott Government wants to make it harder for families to...

The Hon. Mark McArdle, member for Caloundra will be running a series of info session about Halls Creek in the Caloundra and Beerwah libraries in August and September. Mark is keen to hear the views of ordinary community members so make sure you go along to these sessions and express your views on the issue:Caloundra Library, 8 Omrah Ave, Caloundra:• Monday, 11th August, 10am-noon• Monday, 25th August, 10am-noon• Monday, 1st September, 10am-noon• Monday, 8th September, 10am-noon• Monday, 22nd September, 10am-noon• Monday, 29th September, 10am-noon Beerwah Library, 25 Peachester Rd, Beerwah:• Thursday, 14th August,...

The Halls Creek Community Forum took place on the 3rd of July. The forum, organised by SCEC, OSCAR, the Caloundra Chamber of Commerce and the Glass House Country Chamber of Commerce, brought together state and local politicians with planning and environmental experts offering an opportunity for the community to find out more about the Halls Creek issue and to ask questions of experts and decision makers. The forum was attended by over 250 people and covered a wide range of issues including threats to the Pumicestone Passage, delivery of rail infrastructure and the decline of the...

MEDIA RELEASE Australians reject Abbott Government’s efforts to fast track fracking, dredging and deforestation  23 July 2014  The Places You Love Alliance, a coalition of over 42 Australian environment groups, has called on the Abbott Government to abandon its attempt to wind back environmental protections, given they lack popular support and will damage Australia’s environmental assets. A new poll has found only eleven per cent of people think that there should be...

composite map-Motorsports & road upgrade This composite map shows the combined impact on native vegetation with its high environmental and amenity values from the proposed  534ha off-road motorcycling facility within the Mooloolah Logging Area AND the upgrade of the Caloundra Road to  Steve Irwin Way section interchange as stage 1 for the proposed future upgrade of the Bruce Highway. It's a massive and important...