We're aiming to get as many banners as possible up for the federal election.
What difference will banners make?
A banner outside a place of worship can help show - and shape - the local mood on the ground at election time. This is incredibly helpful in building the momentum for stronger climate action at this crucial time.
We'd love to get as many of these up as possible - especially in marginal electorates. However, they are very helpful wherever they are displayed.
Making sure your exsiting banner is up
If your place of worship has a banner, can you keep it up until Election Day or put it back up again if you’ve taken it down?
Putting one up if you don't have one
If you don't have a banner, can you get one up? Every single banner helps!
Banners in marginal electorates
We are trying to get as many places of worship as possible in those locations to put these up. Can you call a few? (You don't have to be in a marginal electorate though for a banner to be helpful!)
You'd be calling existing supporters
We have a list of around 100 such places that already support ARRCC. They'll probably be happy to hear from you!
You don't need to live in the electorate to call someone there
Anyone can contact these places of worship, whether you live locally or not.
In many cases you’d be simply asking a place of worship to make sure their existing banner stays up until Election Day, or to put their old one back up.
How to get involved in calling in marginal electorates
Please go to our election page and fill out the form at the bottom of the page. You can choose how many places of worship you would like to contact. You will then be sent a guide and list of people to call.
If you'd like to know more before diving in, please contact our community organiser, Tejopala, on [email protected] or phone him on 0498 475 056. (Melbourne office hours).
Calling faith communities you know
Alternatively you might already know a few places of worship you could call. Please do! And ask them to fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
Making a video about it
If you want to double your impact, why not makie a short video for social media about the fact that you're putting up a banner? Everything you need is here.
Banner designs
The nuclear option
You can always design your own banner. ARRCC has had one especially designed in response to the nuclear question. We encourage places of worship to use it, especially if you are in an electorate where the contest is between Coalition and Labor candidates or Coalition and Teal. It reads:
Climate action, not nuclear distraction.
All the other options
However, in general the banner designs comprise two kinds of messages.
Part one - a faith message
This is why you're calling for climate action.
Please one of the following:
- Protect Creation
- For the sake of all beings
- Restore sacred balance
- Love our Pacific Neighbours
Part two - what you're asking for
Please select one of these:
- No more coal & gas
- No more gas
- No new coal & gas
- No new gas
- No public money for coal & gas
- Climate finance for island nations
- Fossil Fuel Treaty now
We also have a recommended option for Queensland and the Hunter Valley and which you may also wish to consider if you live in another part of the country where there are many coal and gas communities. This option emphasises making the shift to clean energy in a way that is just. The wording here that we suggest is:
No one left behind
Good jobs in clean energy
What message would we like you to use?
Ideally, we would love it if you would tailor your message to the electorate you're in. This is not a matter of backing a particular party or candidate, but rather a case of pushing for the strongest policy that we think each electorate might support.
Hopefully your policy message would be as follows:
| Electorate type | Preferred policy message |
| Labor vs Liberal or Liberal vs Teal |
Climate action, not nuclear distraction |
| Electorates in Queensland or the Hunter Valley | No one left behind Good jobs in clean energy |
| Any electorate where there is a realistic chance of the Greens winning | Any of the following:
|
| Electorates in WA | Climate action, not nuclear distraction OR
|
What does the final result look like?
You'd end up with a banner saying, for example (2m x 1m):
or 3m x 1m:
How to design and order your banner
Please fill out the form below. You will then receive an email explaining how to design and order your banner. This will include a link to an online folder with all of our designs.
Please note that the form is NOT an ordering process itself, but allows us to know who is ordering one. A template with your chosen design will be sent to you, along with an outline of how you order from Easy Signs.
How much do the banners cost?
They usually cost $137.50. However, they're a lot cheaper if you order more than one and split the cost with another faith community.
Ordering more than one banner
There are considerable discounts available when you order more than one banner at a time, even if the designs are different from one banner to the next. There is just a small $6 charge for each additional design. The only proviso is they all need to be the same size - either 2 x1 metres or 3 x 1. This makes ordering a number of banners at once a lot easier to do.
For example, one standard 2 x 1 metre banner costs $137.50. This is how much they cost if you order more than one at a time though:
|
Number of |
All the same design |
Multiple designs |
|
2 banners |
$137.50 ($68.75 each) |
Two banners with |
|
3 banners |
$179.06 ($59.69 each) |
Three banners with 2 separate designs = $185.66 ($61.88 each) 3 designs = $192.04 = (63.68 each) |
|
4 banners |
$228.71 ($57.18 each) |
Four banners with 2 separate designs = $235.31($58.83 each) 3 separate designs = $241.69 ($60.42 each) 4 separate designs = $247.85 ($61.96 each) |
|
5 banners |
$277.64 ($55.53 each) |
Five banners with 2 separate designs = $284.24 ($56.85 each) 3 separate designs = $290.62 ($58.12 each) 4 separate designs = $296.78 ($59.36 each) 5 separate designs = $302.72 ($60.54 each) |
Giving a second banner away for free
You might want to get one up at your place of worship and call another faith community you know to offer them a free one. The second one is essentially free to you.
Buying a few as a group
In some parts of the country people are already starting to chip in together to order in bulk and then get the banners out to faith communities locally. This is super-helpful in getting large numbers out there.
When you order on the Easysigns website you simply need to enter the number of banners you want under ‘Quantity’. If you enter a number greater than one you’ll immediately see another box where you enter the number of designs you want too. Just enter the number you want in each box.
