Members of Otway Ranges Climate Action (ORCA) gathered in Apollo Bay on Sunday as part of a national effort to call for renewable energy. Events are happening simultaneously in all states across Australia – with each event calling for Australia to choose a clean energy future.

We have abundant sources of local energy in the Otways such as wind, waves, geothermal biomass and solar. ORCA firmly believes that it is possible for our region to convert these sources to provide 100% renewable energy for our region,” said ORCA Co-Chair, Simon Pockley.

Support for renewable energy is widespread. Community groups from Brisbane to Ballarat, Cairns to Canberra are taking action locally. From rural communities to the streets of the city, from grandparents to students, from farmers to doctors, renewable energy has broad support in the community because it makes sense.

“Right now Australia faces a choice,” said 100% Renewable spokesperson Lindsay Soutar. “We can continue our dependence on fossil fuels, mining and burning coal, polluting our air and water, damaging our farmland and heath, and making an unstable climate or we can make the switch to 100% renewable energy.”

“Australia has an extraordinary natural advantage – access to sun, space and wind — we can use these natural resources to create clean, safe power that will never run out,” she said.

“The 100% renewable campaign is calling for the Australian government to introduce a clean energy bonus scheme – or feed-in tariff – to support renewable technologies from rooftop solar, to community solar and wind projects, to industrial scale renewable energy projects,” Soutar said.

“Renewable energy will create new industries, and lots of new jobs. Right now the rest of the world is investing in clean energy and we don’t want Australia to be left behind – we want to be a clean energy leader,” said ORCA Co-Chair Matt Armstrong.

For more information go to: The 100% renewable campaign