Organiser Jo Leoni gave up counting attendees at 150 people, but said there would have been about 200. 

The rally was just one of many around the world as part of the People’s Climate March organised to coincide with the UN Climate Summit. 

Speakers gave talks on the fight for governments to take more action on climate change while a new man in town demonstrated a solar powered smoothie making tricycle. 

Alain Ashman designed the tricycle to show what solar power was capable of and said many don’t realise how efficient solar can be.

“One of the things people don’t realise with three square metres you get 1000 watts of power,” he said. 

Starfish Initiatives executive director Adam Blakester devoted his speech to criticising suggestions by a federal government report to slash the renewable energy target.

The scheme is currently designed to have 20 per cent of Australia’s electricity coming from renewable sources by 2020. 

But Mr Blakester said even if this target wasn’t changed it was not enough to combat climate change. 

“I said very clearly we are in a world of trouble,” he said. 

“We are not even remotely in the ballpark to addressing these issues.”

Mr Ashman said he was considering showing Armidale residents the power of parabolic cooking in the future.

Parabolic mirrors can be used to cook meat powered only by the heat of the sun.

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