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The Jindabyne Swim

On the June long weekend in 2006, Grant Prowse, Matthew Nott, Jesse Greenwood and Julia Mayo-Ramsay attempted to swim 6 kms across Lake Jindabyne on what was possibly the coldest day of the year. Why? To raise awareness about global warming of course.

The water temperature was 8 degrees. The air was 1 degree, with snow. A southerly was blowing.

It was possibly the worst day of the year to choose to swim across Lake Jindabyne.

Hmmm!
Hmmm!
Coldest day of the year
Coldest day of the year
Grant Prowse, Matthew Nott and Jesse Greenwood
Grant Prowse, Matthew Nott and Jesse Greenwood
Dr Gabe Khouri, Megan and Ben ready to save lives
Dr Gabe Khouri, Megan and Ben ready to save lives
Hmmm!
Hmmm!
Coldest day of the year
Coldest day of the year
Grant Prowse, Matthew Nott and Jesse Greenwood
Grant Prowse, Matthew Nott and Jesse Greenwood
Dr Gabe Khouri, Megan and Ben ready to save lives
Dr Gabe Khouri, Megan and Ben ready to save lives
Mike Hutchisson from the ANU talked about the science of climate change, and the pressing need to curb man made CO2 emissions. He talked about the impact of a hotter and drier climate for SE NSW, and shorter ski seasons.
Julia Mayo-Ramsay, a last minute inclusion
Matthew Nott directed a panel discussion from CEFE, which included...
Set...
Rashida Nuridin, who talked about climate change from a parents perspective, and what sort of chages we could make this week to reduce our impact on the planet,,,
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and James Litchfield, who talked about the impact of climate change on agriculture on the Monaro over the next 50 years.
Blooby miserable
The distance of 6 km was chosen, as this is the thickness of the earth's biosphere that we are pumping 7 billion tonnes of CO2 into each year.
The distance of 6 km was chosen, as this is the thickness of the earth's biosphere that we are pumping 7 billion tonnes of CO2 into each year.
A quick stop at the half way mark saw body temperatures plummet. Julia and Jesse pulled out at this point
A quick stop at the half way mark saw body temperatures plummet. Julia and Jesse pulled out at this point
Restarting was enormously unpleasant
Restarting was enormously unpleasant
A long way homea
A long way homea
We were mighty pleased that the thickness of the biosphere is not greater than 6 km
We were mighty pleased that the thickness of the biosphere is not greater than 6 km
Not sure that we would have lasted another 20 mins
Not sure that we would have lasted another 20 mins
Dry land. Grant "the fish" Prowse
Dry land. Grant "the fish" Prowse
talking to the media
talking to the media

Imagine, a sustainable future for our region. If we can set up SE NSW as a centre of excellence for renewable energy, we will attract business to our region that is only going to get busier as we get hotter and drier. Renewable energy is going to be the fastest growing, most dynamic, innovative industry the planet has ever seen. Lets be a part of the new energy revolution.
Imagine, a sustainable future for our children. Tapping into the renewable energy industry helps us to adapt to climate change, and to reduce our emissions. A win for us and a win for the planet. That's all good for our kids.

Clean energy is renewable energy. Embracing renewable energy is the quickest way of reducing our emissions, and we need to act quickly. We are well positioned in SE NSW to set up as a centre of excellence for clean energy. In the mountains we have hydro electricity. On the Monaro Plains we have wind. On the coast, the dairy industry gives us bioenergy. In Austria, dairy farmers make more money from selling methane generated electricity than they do from selling milk. We have sun right across the region, and in the near future wave and tide generation will be possible on the coast.

The Maquarie Dictionary has as one of it's definitions of the word clean "the abscence of radiation"

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