Dr Matthew Nott of Bega is organising a South Coast campaign to raise public awareness of climate change. A public meeting was held on Sunday, May 21, at 11am he plans a big demonstration on Tathra beach in front of the surf club.

He wants people to gather on the beach to spell out the words 'USE CLEAN ENERGY FOR ETERNITY'.

"I know that is a lot of letters but this is a big issue and this is a way to bring it to national attention," Dr Nott said.
"I have already organised a photographer to take an aerial picture of the demonstration and I will be contacting television stations to get some coverage.
"I envisage different groups, such as sporting or service clubs, making up different letters and using lots of children to make up the word 'eternity' because, after all, it is their future we are talking about."
For more information, phone Dr Nott's office on 6492 3277.

Dr Nott and his friend, Grant Prowse, cast about for some way to highlight the "absolute craziness of burning coal to generate electricity" and came up with what they call the Kalkite Cold Challenge, a 12km swim at Lake Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains on June 24. "If our swimming in water of less than 10 degrees in the middle of winter can raise awareness of this crisis, then it will have been worthwhile," he said.

"The evidence in support of climate change claims is indisputable and we need to act now to put pressure on governments to make it a far bigger issue than it currently is."
The swimmers' ultimate aim is to generate growing and ongoing public support to a level that will force governments at all levels and of all persuasions to commit to abandoning fossil fuels as a power source for electricity generation.
"The Federal Government has said the economy can't be sacrificed to address the issue of climate change," Dr Nott said.
"To me this is a short-sighted and dangerous attitude.
"We are currently pumping seven billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere annually which is a ludicrous thing to do when we have the technology to produce energy without damaging the environment.
"Unfortunately, the general public is still too apathetic about the issue, probably because they are sick of hearing all those doomsday prophets.
"Climate change is not new but in the past it has happened over a long period.
"We have never experienced anything like the present rate of change.
"The only solution is to activate everyone into making changes."
Dr Nott said he hoped the swim would help to create that awareness and he encouraged people to support their effort to do that.