The world is getting hotter. And in a global climate where world leaders are turning away from the climate change challenge, New Zealand needs to lead the way in reducing emissions. We need a new law to put NZ on track to zero carbon by 2050: a Zero Carbon Act.
This is the goal of Generation Zero, a nationwide organisation of young people who advocate for a future beyond fossil fuels. The Zero Carbon Act campaign is their biggest, boldest national effort yet – but they need your help to get it out to the public.
With your pledges, Generation Zero can build a new website for the Zero Carbon Act, and ensure that it has a public mandate for cross party support. We had a chat to Gen Zero member Rosalee about why you should be getting on board.
Why do you think this campaign is important?
Because climate change is such a big challenge! We need to reduce our CO2 emissions to net zero by 2050, starting right now, which means we need to see all political parties working together. We were inspired by the UK Climate Change Act, and have taken it upon ourselves to draft a Zero Carbon Act for New Zealand – the solution we need for meaningful action on climate change. The ZCA is a framework that demands transparency, cooperation from all political parties, and intergenerational fairness through long term planning and action. We’re releasing the blueprint via a brand new website very soon!
What motivated you to reach out to your crowd?
We need an awesome website that can serve as the main communication tool as we spread the word about the Zero Carbon Act. We’re paying professional web developers BlueTwist (look them up – they’re awesome) to create it for us, but because we want it to be super slick and a wee bit fancy, we needed some extra cash to pay for it!
What do you have planned for the rest of your campaign – anything for us to look forward to?
We’ll keep the video updates coming, and we’re looking forward to making a video shoutout for everyone who chose the social media shout out reward. In terms of the wider campaign, after we unveil the Zero Carbon Act blueprint, we’ll be doing everything we can to get the word out there and build momentum for cross-party support – perhaps even a nationwide bike tour! So stay tuned for that!
Anything you want to shout out to your crowd?
Thanks so much for getting us this close to our goal! You all rock and we couldn’t do this without your support – just a little bit further to go. As well as sharing our PledgeMe page, you can also check out ways to get involved and stay in the loop with the wider ZCA campaign at www.generationzero.org/zca
