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Youth Urge Wellingtonians to Vote – But not for Dinosaurs
Youth Urge Wellingtonians to Vote – But not for Dinosaurs
Tomorrow at the Harbourside Market from 9:30am-12pm, youth climate change group Generation Zero will be setting up a five metre high inflatable dinosaur and giving out local council candidate scorecards, with a message asking people “don’t vote for dinosaurs”.
Spokesperson Maddy Foreman says: “A lot of people, especially the younger generation, aren’t currently engaged in the local elections so we’re trying to do something a bit fun to grab their interest and get them thinking about voting.”
“We’ve questioned all the candidates to find out where they stand on a number of areas including transport and asked them whether they’ll commit to prioritising action to build a low carbon Wellington.
“Our scorecards hopefully make it easy for people to see which candidates will lead Wellington towards a prosperous low carbon future and which are still a bit stuck in the past.”
Generation Zero’s candidate scorecards can be viewed at http://localelections.generationzero.org.nz/wellington/
About
Generation Zero:
An organisation of young New
Zealanders promoting solutions to climate change through
smart transport, liveable cities and independence from
fossil fuels.
http://generationzero.org.nz
www.facebook.com/GenerationZero
https://twitter.com/GenerationZer0
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