Habitat Australia articles from August 2000

Habitat Australia archives from August 2000

green views.
August 1, 2000... Farewell Judith Wright ACF is saddened to lose one of our founding members and early Councillors, Judith Wright, who passed away in June. In 1964 Judith attended the first meeting of conservation representatives from around Australia that...

campaign TRAILS.
August 1, 2000... ACF comic awards 2000! ACF President Peter Garrett has launched ACF's first comic awards for people who have `unwittingly helped the green cause'. Hot contenders for the new satiric award included: * Shandwick PR, for increasing...

THE COMPLEX GAME OF PROTECTING WHALES.
August 1, 2000... Whales remain symbolic of the battle to protect our global ocean environment. Margi Prideaux attended this year's International Whaling Commission meeting to find that the battle is far from won. THE 52ND ANNUAL MEETING of the International...

Whales and Microsoft Encarta.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Contributions from the sale of the recently launched Microsoft Encarta 2000 Encyclopedia have significantly boosted ACF's marine campaign. By way of a significant sponsorship, Encarta 2000 has assisted ACF to: * Send a representative...

Fay Sutton (24 June 1926 - 3 June 2000) Environmental warrior.(Obituary)
August 1, 2000... With four wheels, two large and two small, and a cushion behind, Fay Sutton went everywhere for the environmental cause. Peter Brotherton celebrates the life of this cherished and courageous ACF councillor. ROPES GOT FAY and her wheelchair...

The environmental web.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... If you want to know what's going on with environment issues right now, www.acfonline.org.au is the place to go, Kellee Nolan explains. THE ACF WEBSITE provides the latest news and opinion, and tells you how to support ACF's work for...

Help ACF at free2give.com.au.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Every time you shop on the internet you can also make a contribution towards ACF's conservation work, at no extra cost for the goods or services you purchase. How does it work? In return for directing traffic to their sites, over 40 of...

AUSTRALIA'S BEST KEPT SECRET: the wonder of our woodlands.
August 1, 2000... Like beautiful, rolling parklands, woodlands once covered nearly two fifths of Australia. Studded with wildflowers and alive with parrots, honeyeaters, lizards and mammals, theses fertile lands were eagerly taken up for agricultural and...

Looking after country -- the ACF Indigenous Program takes shape.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... Highlighting the role that Indigenous people can play and are playing in the development of Australia's environment policies is a key element of ACF's Indigenous Program, as Barry Hunter explains. COUNTRY IS THE ABORIGINAL people's term for...

COMING SOON TO A SUBURB NEAR YOU: AUSTRALIA'S LATEST NUCLEAR REACTOR.
August 1, 2000... The federal government has decided Australia needs a new nuclear reactor -- in a Sydney suburb. Shirley Colella takes us through the `reasoning' behind this unnecessary, costly and potentially disastrous project. LUCAS HEIGHTS IS LOCATED...

consuming CHOICES.
August 1, 2000... Cleaning up the clothes and keeping out the pests are discussed this month. Biodegradability Margot Dawson from Melbourne asks about household cleaning products. There are a number of brands of dishwashing and laundry detergents...

THE HEAT IS ON -- CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
August 1, 2000... With world governments meeting in November this year to decide the rulebook for the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse pollution, the warning calls from scientists about the enhanced greenhouse effect are growing louder. The CSIRO no...

The saviours of Lake Wollumboola.(Brief Article)
August 1, 2000... ACF PETER RAWLINSON CONSERVATION AWARD 2000 In the warm winter's sun, Lake Wollumboola was sheltered behind the dunes, glassy and perfect. Thousands of black swans, ducks, herons and waders seemed to be quietly feeding on clouds. The soft...