350 day of action

Hundreds of Dunedin people are expected to join thousands across the world in working on climate change concerns when the "350 Aotearoa Global Climate Working Bee" is held this weekend.

Thousands of people flocked to the Spring Food Festival in Dunedin on Saturday, as part of the 350 International Day of Climate Action.

Thousands of people in Dunedin have turned out for events centred around today's Spring Food Festival being held to highlight climate change.

The Mornington Methodist Church has invited its neighbours to afternoon tea on Saturday.

An event to get Oamaru people out of their cars and into alternative modes of transport is on next week.

Young environmentalists from Otago Girls' High School (OGHS) are doing their part to raise local awareness of the global 350 climate-change campaign.

Dunedin is leading the way in the urgent fight to prevent catastrophic climate change, local organisers of next Saturday's 350 global day of action say.

More than 100 people blew whistles, rang bells, and banged pots and pans in a noisy "wake-up call" protest in Dunedin yesterday over the Government's climate change policies.

The Dunedin City Council is to support a new global day of action on climate change, after one city councillor questioned its credentials.