active-sydney http://www.active.org.au MEDIA RELEASE attention: Technology Writers contact: Gabrielle Kuiper, 9209 4357 active-sydney: on-line and onto the streets Sydney's first on-line forum for social change will go live on Tuesday 19 January. active-sydney (http://www.active.org.au) is an interactive website, a daily unmoderated email list and a weekly moderated email calendar all with events, news and humour for inspiring and informing Sydneysiders. It has been developed by a young spunky group of activists with a passion for electronic communication. 'We want to encourage people to use the net as a tool for changing the world' said active-sydney founder Gabrielle Kuiper. 'The on-line campaign against MAI has already shown how powerful electronic information can be in mobilising people. We hope people will be inspired from the information on-line to go onto the streets campaigning for a broad range of issues', she said. active-sydney is an electronic 'information central' about talks, actions, festivals, meetings, films, gigs, fundraisers, court cases, conferences and the rest! The web site contains information and news about events ranging from forest blockades to critical mass and reconciliation rallies. It also contains entertaining alternative news, information on groups and practical, entertaining advice on how to be active. 'Active-sydney will be a space where people can type, talk and transform' said active-sydney website designer Matthew Arnison. 'It will also be a place for journalists and politicians to find out what are issues that really concern voters, and for adventurous tourists to find out what electrifying events are happening in the city', he said. active-sydney will be officially launched at EMU vegan internet cafe, 149 Enmore Road at 7pm on Tuesday 19 January. For more information and media interviews, contact: Gabrielle Kuiper, 9209 4357 (wk) 9516 2204 (hm) Matthew Arnison, 9557 3223 (hm) 9351 6874 (wk, Wed-Fri) Gabrielle Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
