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Links and resources

SLSA Reports and Sites

Elrick, C., Dalton, L. and Kay, R.C. 2011. Impact of Extreme Weather Events
and Climate Change on Surf Life Saving Services: A Road Map for Adaptive Action, report prepared
for Surf Life Saving Australia.

NCCARF, 2016: Adapt between the flags: The experience of Surf Life Saving Australia. Snapshot for CoastAdapt, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast.

ECOSurf SLS South Australia

Sport and Climate Change

Climate Council – Game Set Match, Calling Time on Climate Inaction (2021). A report describing climate change impacts on various sports, including surf life saving.

The Cool Down – Front Runners. Advocating for action on climate change to protect sport

Surfers for Climate – a far better organised group of Aussie surfers fighting for climate action

Coastal Flooding and Erosion Resources

Counting the Costs: Climate Change and Coastal Flooding (2014) Climate Council

CoastAdapt Smartline Explorer – Get an idea of whether your beach has rock underneath or not.

Media Reports

SMH – Climate Change and Surf Clubs September 2021

Surf Club Sustainability Activities

North Cottesloe SLSC – Eco Surf

Health Links

Smoke Kills – A collaboration between Doctors for the Environment and Comms Declare

  • When will we have an electric IRB or jetski?
  • Line in the sand: No future for fossil fuel sponsors in surf lifesaving
  • Climate Action Motions for your AGM & Director Duties
  • Electric ATV on patrol?
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Sustain.Surf

1 month 3 weeks ago

Tell your local surf club and SLSWA what you think about kids being used to advertise fossil fuels.

Take Action — Dump Woodside

It’s time for SLSWA to Dump Woodside. Contact your local Surf Life Saving Club and tell them you do not support fossil fuel branding on kids. This is a people-powered campaign vs. a billion dollar gas company. Join us!

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3 months 6 days ago

Hot weather forcing nipper carnival schedule to be split over two days. Thanks for your contribution Woodside - increasing the heat as one of the

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3 months 3 weeks ago

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3 months 4 weeks ago

Heatwaves caused by fossil fuels make cycling races more dangerous. Yet a fossil fuel sponsorship persists! Surf life saving is the same, with organisers needing

‘It’s embarrassing’: riders say time is up for fossil fuel sponsorship of heat-affected Tour Down Under

Cyclists prepare for Australia’s big race by training in extreme temperatures – and they have noticed a contradiction in the relationship with Santos

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4 months 1 week ago

Good to hear Kate raising this issue which makes many nipper parents uncomfortable. Exploiting children to advertise fossil fuels isn’t nice

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5 months 2 weeks ago

Don’t forget Sunday down at Point Walter! www.gobeyondgas.com.au/paddle_for_the_planet

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5 months 2 weeks ago

Meditation - embrace the rising tide ;)

Oilwell - Redirecting...

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7 months 2 weeks ago

Nice work Comms Declare: Climate Crisis

Submission: Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy - Comms Declare

Comms Declare submits that urgent reforms are needed to address the risks posed by dis- and misinformation as it relates to climate.

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7 months 2 weeks ago

Surf Life Saving Australia - maybe a new bit of kit for the Gear and Equipment list? #electricpatrol

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7 months 2 weeks ago

Sea Level rise and storm surges are affecting our beaches

How rising sea levels will affect our coastal cities and towns

Sea-level rise – along with increasing temperatures – is one of the clearest signals of man-made global warming.

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