Ditch Santos as TDU sponsor. Fwd: The power of lycra
Fraser Rowe
From: "Robyn, Fossil Free SA & 350 Australia" <in...@350.org>
Date: 29 October 2020 at 12:17:23 pm AEDT
To: Fraser R Rowe <frr...@gmail.com>
Subject: The power of lycra
Reply-To: in...@350.org.au
Hi Fraser,
My name is Robyn, and I am the convenor of our local chapter of 350 - Fossil Free South Australia, and I am thrilled to share our latest campaign with you.
Will you help us kick Santos out of South Australia’s Tour Down Under?
Fossil fuel companies are increasingly despised for their role in driving the climate crisis – that’s why oil & gas company Santos has tried to salvage its brand image over the last decade by sponsoring SA’s major cycling event the Tour Down Under.
We’re running a locally grown campaign to kick Santos off as the naming rights sponsor and we need your help. If thousands of us can call on Events SA to consider alternative sponsors to fossil fuel company Santos for the Tour Down Under, we can take our community event, and our democracy, back from the polluters.
Click to tell the organisers Events SA to kick Santos out of the Tour Down Under.
The Tour Down Under happens in January every year, it’s the start of the international cycling circuit, and puts a spotlight on our great state. In 2020, the route, and many stages, were disrupted by extreme heat (melting bitumen and delayed races) and the threat of bushfires looming over the state.
Fossil fuel companies like Santos, who are fuelling this climate crisis, should not be able to buy their community approval by slapping their logo on a high profile sporting event. We won’t stand for it, because we’re ready to #BreakAwayFromGas.
Community events, art galleries and sporting clubs across the world are deciding they won’t take dirty fossil fuel money, so there’s no reason Events SA can’t do the same.
Sign and share our petition and we’ll deliver it to them before the Tour next year.
We want to see the Tour Down Under continue with the support of clean corporate partners that are not linked to fossil fuel industries or the financial institutions that sustain them.
The renewable energy race is on. Across the world, states and nations are sprinting towards clean energy, leaving fossil fuels in their dust. Here in South Australia, we know exactly what that looks like - the other day we were powered 100% by solar power, and our old coal region has been transformed into a renewable energy hub.
Let’s showcase South Australia to the world as the clean, innovative state that it is. Together we can make sure our state’s biggest cycling event isn’t powered by money from dirty fossil fuels.
Thank you for your support,
Robyn, for the Fossil Free SA team and 350.org Australia 🚴🚴
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