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Mayoral Candidate Questions

Gecko will actively engage with all levels government to strongly advocate for immediate, comprehensive and effective strategies to reduce carbon pollution and to ameliorate the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and human communities
Gecko will canvas the views of candidates in elections as to how they will achieve these policy outcomes.

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Environmental Awards Night Celebrated

Gecko’s 2015 Annual Environmental Awards recipients were celebrated on Saturday 14 November. It was a magnificent night of music, food, drinks, great company and the real stars of the night; the award recipients. Fifty individuals and organisations were celebrated this year and Gecko would like to congratulate each one once again.

By barry, ago

Presidents Speech 2015

Gecko is not an organisation with an individual directive and personality. The personality of Gecko is at all times a collaboration and representation of all of the various visions and goals of its members and volunteers. This is the heart of Gecko, and it beats powerfully to direct change on the Gold Coast.

The last twelve months has been no exception to the rule of collaborative representation of the visions of many individuals. Some very passionate people gave an adrenaline shot to the heart of Gecko this year, while others provided consistent life blood. This leaves us with a very healthy and happy “Gecko” which is effective in spreading its message of “environment”.

I’m going to speed one by one through the many different portfolios within Gecko, which all serve a different need within the community.

By barry, ago

GeckoEd – Learnscape Garden Takes Shape

GeckoEd’s plans to make the grounds around Gecko House into a ‘learnscape’ garden have moved several steps closer to becoming a reality. With the enthusiastic assistance of Brett Rowland from Jacob’s Well Environment Centre and six hard working Year 9 students from Coomera Anglican College, we were able to clear away a large area of grass and replace this with local native plants. The results are amazing and it’s now possible to see how the whole garden will be transformed once all the work has been completed.

By barry, ago

Ban opera house yabby traps in Queensland and save platypus

Platypus in Queensland are continuing to drown in funnel nets despite recent Queensland Government legislation banning the use of ‘funnel & round traps’ to catch crayfish in non-tidal waters (east of the Great Dividing Range only). This legislation offers little more than  mere token protection for the unintended bi-catch of these lethal & cruel death-traps — the native water rats, turtles, fish, diving birds, and in particular the iconic platypus that share our freshwater ecosystems with the yabby

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Proclamation of Guardianship

At the Claim the Broadwater ceremony on Sunday 25th on Wavebreak Island over 200 people endorsed the Proclamation of Guardianship formulated by Gecko and supported by Save Our Spit and Save Our Broadwater. The Proclamation will be sent to all political parties with the request that they take action to support its demands. Other actions to take back control of our public open space assets will follow. Please endorse the Proclamation

By barry, ago

No Answers & Sham Community ASF Consultation

October was the month that ASF Consortium was expected to undertake “extensive Community consultation” about its proposed development on Wavebreak Island and the Cruise Terminal. It was also the month when Gecko tried another tack to get a response to the three letters sent to Deputy Premier Seeney since June and it was the month that ASF made unsubstantiated claims that the biggest of the cruise ships could use the Broadwater.

December 7 will be your opportunity to express your opposition to the ASF Wavebreak Island and cruise terminal proposal. Put the date in your diary or phone. We will literally need every body we can muster to be at this forthcoming rally.

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