Habitat Australia articles from December 2000

Habitat Australia archives from December 2000

green VIEWS.(Australian Conservation Foundation)
December 1, 2000... Call for help To all ACF members in the Ballarat, Buninyong and Mt Helen areas, hello! I live in Mt Helen and I am seeking fellow ACF members to assist me with a local project. Mt Helen was zoned an area of Special Beauty and Interest when...

campaign TRAILS.
December 1, 2000... SALINITY CAMPAIGN G'ments get tick on salinity ACF and the National Farmers Federation warmly welcomed the Council of Australian Governments' (CoAG)landmark decision to tackle the environmental degradation threatening our country. In a...

Animals and other musical instruments.(Review)
December 1, 2000... ACCORDING TO THE RECENT book Heart and Minds, Australia's writers, artists and filmmakers are the unsung heroes of the environment movement. Authors Michael Pollack and Margaret McNabb say books such as Xavier Herbert's Poor Fellow My Country,...

Artistic respiration.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... RELATED TO THE MARINE environment, global and ocean warming and water pollution, breathing space was recently donated to ACF by award-winning northern-NSW ceramicist Aine. Made of paperclay, the work has an exterior that is shaped both like an...

THE FUTURE GREETERS.(Natural Advantage: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Australia)
December 1, 2000... THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER saw a unique gathering take place at the Governor-General's Sydney residence, Admiralty House. Gathered to launch the Australian Conservation Foundation's new publication Natural Advantage: A Blueprint for a Sustainable...

The Snowy flows again!(Snowy River, Australia)
December 1, 2000... Praised by governments, environmentalists and farmers, the announcement that the Snowy River would flow once again was a rare thing indeed. IT WASN'T JUST THE CHAMPAGNE that flowed when NSW and Victorian premiers Bob Cart and Steve Bracks...

... And now for the Murray.(Murray River, Australia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... WHEN THE COLONIES were negotiating Federation over a century ago, sharing the waters of the Murray River was high on the agenda. South Australia demanded that its navigation needs be protected from over-interference in river flows by NSW and...

Who ya gonna call? Carp Busters!(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... FOUR YEARS AGO A GROUP of local anglers from the Beaudesert Region in Queensland, 60 kilometres south of Brisbane, realised that the growing numbers of European Carp in the Logan and Albert rivers were threatening the survival of the native...

GENETIC ENGINEERING FREEZE IT FOR FIVE YEARS (1).
December 1, 2000... Genetically Engineered Organisms are in the environment, our refrigerators and our medicine cabinets without public knowledge or consent. GEOs threaten to pollute our environment, damage public health and undermine the rural economy. ...

GENETIC ENGINEERING FREEZE IT FOR FIVE YEARS (2).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... LETTUCE PEAS LENTILS CAULIFLOWER SUNFLOWER SEEDS PINEAPPLES INDIAN MUSTARD BARLEY TO HAVE YOUR SAY 1. Ask your grocery shop and food makers to: * label all foods produced by GE * source and...

AUSTRALIA AND WORLD HERITAGE: NOT SO CONVENTIONAL.
December 1, 2000... Take it to Rio Last month saw Australia take the Chair of the important UNESCO World Heritage Committee. While this position presents Australia with the chance to advance the World Heritage agenda, the Australian Government's recent...

ACF SAYS `NO' TO NATIONAL PARKS!(Australian aborigine land to be used for national parks)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... In August ACF did something that would seem to be very out of character: it called on a state government not to declare new national parks. What was behind this call by ACF, other environment groups and Aboriginal groups? ON SATURDAY 19...

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE FUZZY.(Australian government to address salinity problems)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Salinity came of age in the Australian media on 10 October when Prime Minister John Howard launched a $700 million dollar package aimed at tackling one of Australia's greatest environmental challenges. As the dust settled and the words flowed,...

AUSTRALIAN INSECTS: A NATURAL HISTORY.(Review)
December 1, 2000... Australian Insects: A Natural History Bert Brunet New Holland Publishers, Australia $59.95 A comprehensive and beautifully presented and photographed look at the world of Australia's many insect species. Travelling Aboriginal...

consuming CHOICES.(high costs of alternative energy sources in Australia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The Power Game Forbes McGain of Melbourne wants to know whether he should buy an expensive solar power and hot water system, or buy `green' power from his local energy company. It has been fascinating yet infuriating to assess the...

Small town girl with big picture vision.(Australian environmental student activist Fiona Pepper)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... ACF NEXT GENERATION member Fiona Pepper is one of the dot-com generation, and like many of her peers around the world is already a successful and committed social activist. But she is also an ordinary 15 year-old who loves the beach and whose...