Over 1,000 signatures delivered to Parliament House

In the lead up to World Environment Day in June this year, the Wilderness Society campaign staff and volunteers letterboxed thousands of households in the inner-city with invitations to our World Environment Day Forests and Climate meetings.

The Wilderness Society's Sugar Glider stands in front of the petition tree. Victorian Parliament house - 2 September 2009. Photo: The Wilderness Society Collection

These invitations had a tear-off return letter to Premier Brumby calling on him to take real action on climate change and protect Victoria's native forests.

The letters stated "We need leaders with a new plan for the future - a plan which helps reduce climate change and make Victoria safer from its impacts. Part of your plan must be to pull VicForests into line, secure our precious water catchments and protect our old-growth forests to reduce climate change."

We've collected over a thousand of these signed slips, and on Tuesday 1 September took them to Parliament House as a Giant Petition Tree.

If you're interested in finding out more about helping us stop logging in Victoria's old-growth forests please email our Victorian Community Campaigner. Details below.