Felix Riebl urges WA audience to care about climate change
Date: 19-Oct-2007
The Cat Empire front man Felix Reibl, soon to play in Broome and Fremantle, will encourage his audience to follow his lead and decide to be part of the solution to climate change.
The 26-year-old will urge his audience to get involved in a web-based campaign – whoonearthcares.com – which brings together Australians from all walks of life who have decided to take personal action to tackle climate change.
“I care about climate change because this world is an amazing, wonderful place, and I find it depressing to think that I was part of a species that wrecked so much of that beauty,” said Felix.
According to the recent CSIRO report Climate Change in Australia, climate change is already severely effecting Western Australia. In the last ten years, water flowing into the state’s dams has dropped to around a third of what it used to be in the 60’s and 70’s.
In Perth, the number of scorching hot days over 35 degrees could more than double by 2070 unless we make big cuts in our greenhouse gas emissions. Rainfall could fall by a further 19 per cent, while evaporation could increase by 7 per cent by 2070.
Mr Riebl’s active personal commitment to stop dangerous climate change began in 2006 when he applied and was trained by Al Gore to become one of the first climate change presenters in Australia. Since then he has delivered a version of the now famous slide show to thousands of people around Australia.
As part of this work Felix will urge his audience to visit the interactive website and ‘place’ themselves on a map, leave details for others to read why they care about climate change.
“I'm concerned about climate change because this issue is moving faster than most people realise, and soon we are going to reach a point of irreversible, widespread damage. This would mean the generations to follow, our children, suffer for something we knew about, but did not avoid,” he added.
An initiative of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Who On Earth Cares celebrates both the individual and the growing community of Australians doing something about climate change.
“We hope that Who On Earth Cares will show an amazing community of Australians doing what they can for the environment and encouraging our leaders to do more about this issue,” said Don Henry, Executive Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
The Cat Empire play at Roebuck Bay Hotel in Broome, WA on Wednesday 24 October, and Metropolis in Fremantle on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 October.