Habitat Australia articles from December 2001

Habitat Australia archives from December 2001

I'm dreaming of a green Christmas. (green views).(donations instead of gifts)
December 1, 2001... I dread to think of how many expensively wrapped presents of soaps and bubble bath I will receive this Christmas, especially as I am still trying to use last year's gift supply. While I appreciate the generosity behind these beautiful...

Roo meat debate. (green views).(kangaroo)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Following Jason Alexandra's comments on eating kangaroo meat in the August 2001 Habitat, Pat O'Brien, President of the Wildlife Protection Association of Australia and Coordinator of the Kangaroo Protection Coalition of Australia writes: ...

Get away -- and get organised! (green views).
December 1, 2001... For Christmas ideas, dip into ACF's range of 2002 diaries and calendars and enjoy sublime images from some of Australia's most talented wildlife photographers. As the weeks pass you'll see places to dream about and meet some unusual...

ACF has moved its Sydney office to. (green views).(Australian Conservation Foundation)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Level 1, 29 - 35 Shepherd Street Chippendale NSW 2008 phone (02) 9212 6600 fax (02) 9212 6977 sydney@acfonline.org.au ACF's Sustainable Cities and Industries Campaign, Marine Campaign and Healthy Rivers Campaign are conducted out...

Special effects of Wakakirri. (green views).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... It's astounding what primary schools can produce from some recycled boxes, glitter and a trip to Vinnie's. Now in its tenth year with more than 20,000 children involved from across the country's primary schools, Wakakirri is a major event...

Membership milestones. (green views).(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... ACF wishes to congratulate and sincerely thank the following people from around Australia who, during the months of November and December in 2001, reached the milestones of 25 and 30 years of continuous membership. Your support is invaluable to...

A word from the executive director. (green views).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Marrakech and Canberra have just witnessed two important environment decisions. In Marrakech the climate change negotiations have at last finalised the rules for the Kyoto Protocol. With Russia, Japan and Canada now clearly indicating that...

Kakadu miner shuns the spotlight. (Anti-Nuclear Campaign).(Energy Resources of Australia )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... ACF joined with key national and regional environment groups and the Mirrar people in criticising a last minute decision by Kakadu uranium miner Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) to withhold approval for a planned pre-wet season inspection of...

Musicians' new clear vision. (Anti-Nuclear Campaign).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Some of Australia's leading independent bands and musicians including Killing Heidi, Bodyjar, Space like Alice and Dave Graney have answered the call for a nuclear free Australia by signing a statement launched in Melbourne shortly before the...

Stopping the Sydney reactor saves dollars and makes sense. (Anti-Nuclear Campaign).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... A detailed new report from the US-based Future Resources group has confirmed the environmental, medical and economic benefits to be gained from halting a planned second nuclear reactor in Sydney. The report found that "there are viable...

ACF's website. (Website Campaign).(Australian Conservation Society)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The address is the same, but the look is very different! ACF's recently launched new website invites you to stay informed, take action, read the latest media releases, send an eCard, volunteer, subscribe to a monthly email newsletter, buy a...

Gene food cover-up. (Gene Ethics Campaign).(genetically modified foods without labels)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Twenty-two kinds of imported potato, cotton, soy, corn, canola and sugarbeet produced using gene technology (GE) are approved for sale in Australia. Yet none of these foods are labelled as GE. Exempt from labelling until December 2002 are:...

The Kyoto Protocol -- a toothless tiger? (Climate Change Campaign).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The essential feature of the Kyoto Protocol that distinguishes it from other agreements is that it is intended to be legally binding. Its voluntary predecessor, the United Nations Framework for Climate Change, was designed to reduce global...

SA -- too good to waste. (Anti-Nuclear Campaign).(reactor for Sydney, dump for South Australia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The Federal Government is continuing with plans for the construction of a second nuclear reactor in Sydney by opening a series of radioactive waste dumps in northern South Australia. Community concern over the plan looks set to grow ahead of...

National environment conference. (Campaign Trails).(Mittagong Forum)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... More than 400 people from around Australia and overseas gathered in spring to participate in the first national environment movement organised conference in over 13 years. The young and old, sceptics and believers, professionals, students,...

ACF branches. (Campaign Trails).(Australian Conservation Foundation)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... ACF recently surveyed all its branches. The following is a list of branches that replied stating they were no longer active, where the letter could not be delivered or where no reply was received. ACF Executive intends at its next meeting to...

Oil giant: get on with Kyoto, it's good for jobs! (Stop Press!).(BP's South Asia and Australasia's Greg Bourne)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... It couldn't have come at a better time for the Kyoto Protocol. Prime Minister John Howard had just finished a scare campaign focused on job losses and higher petrol prices in NSW's coal hub, the Hunter Valley, when Greg Bourne, BP's South Asia...

Blast and confound them: marine planning is failing to protect our rare blue whales.(seismic testing)
December 1, 2001... THANKS TO HUMANS, whales have had a hard time and none more so than the blue whale, the largest animal on the planet. Blue whales were very nearly hunted to extinction in the 1960s, but at the last hour, the International Whaling Commission...

Win, lose or draw? Amid the election racket, the voice for the environment was clearly audible.(Australia's 2001 Federal election)
December 1, 2001... What ACF did The 2001 Federal election was never going to be an easy one for the environment. The Howard government wanted to focus on leadership and security and the Beazley opposition wanted to concentrate on `kitchen table' issues such...

Islands of hope: shaping the Asia Pacific for a sustainable future. (Special Habitat Supplement).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... The connection between development, environmental degradation and poverty is increasingly obvious and nowhere is this more palpable than in Asia Pacific nations right now. ACF is working to influence Australia's foreign policy and aid...

Lines in the sand: with ACF's assistance, local communities in PNG begin to map out their own future, aiming for self reliance.(Australian Conservation Foundation; Papua New Guinea)
December 1, 2001... ECOLOGICALLY, Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most exciting countries. Home to one of the world's largest remaining rainforest expanses and surrounded by diverse coral reef systems that have been compared to the Amazon rainforests in...

Timor Loro S'ae -- Timor sun rise: ACF provides conservation and management skills.(Australian Conservation Foundation)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Environmental repair work is urgent in Timor Loro S'ae. However, this has been largely overshadowed by other urgent humanitarian needs. Fundacao Haburas is Timor's key environmental NGO and has been advocating for ecologically sustainable...

Fuel for the fire: a determined race, the Timorese just need some alternatives.(new environmental focus)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... IN OCTOBER 2000 I began work in the fledgling administration of Timor Loro S'ae. Like many, I was inspired by the vision, tenacity, strength and solidarity of the Timorese people and their battle for self determination. Simply, I wanted to help...

Down by the river.(increasing flow to Murray River)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... REDGUM LEAVES CRACKLE underfoot below a summer sun as a butcher bird calls you down to the river. It's funny the way the river seems old and lazy but never tired, her waters rippling under tree and over log, slipping around the bend on her...

The meekest link: in the brilliant blue depths of the world's oceans, one thing is certain: you don't want to be plankton.(British Broadcasting Corp. series The Blue Planet)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... TRUST ME ON THIS. After watching just two minutes of the BBC's stunning new series, The Blue Planet, a Natural History of the Oceans, you'll quickly realise that billions of plankton are destined for death by `gill-otine'. Whales, basking...

A long way to the top: for the second year running, ACF has analysed the environmental performance of BRW's list of top 100 Australian companies. Now the big question on everyone's lips is, has corporate Australia improved on last year's less-than-impressive effort?(environmental performance of Australian corporations)(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... ACF's TOP 100 COMPANIES analysis is conducted as part of The Age/Sydney Morning Heralds "Good Reputation Index", which was published by the newspapers on 22 October 2001. The reputation of the 100 companies is assessed by 18 research groups...

A new direction: it's taken an enormous adjustment from accepted thinking but ACF past president David Yencken and the Australian Collaboration have developed a radically different vision for our country and, as he explains here, governments are now wanting a look-in.(vision behind report A Just and Sustainable Australia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... THERE IS AN INCREASING FEELING that government policies are not the true issues and trends in Australia's society and that we need more integrated policies and actions that span social, cultural, environmental and economic concerns. The...

Ideas in print.(The Tree in Changing Light by Roger McDonald)
December 1, 2001... The Tree in Changing Light By: Roger McDonald Knopf RRP: $29.95 The Tree in Changing Light is the moving and personal statement of a writer about his relationship with the land, with language, with memory and with Australia's cultural and...

Solar perplex us. (consuming Choices).(environmental benefits of solar water heaters)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... Andrea Finlay writes: We pay a little more on our electricity bill for our electricity to be taken from renewable sources (through Energex). Recently Energex has also offered incentives for installing solar hot water. If we are already paying...

Cherish simplicity. (ACF Member Profile).(environmentalist Lee Tan)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2001... "MY ACTIVISM LIES IN working with those who are adversely affected by development to explore positive and sustainable alternatives," says Lee Tan, someone you definitely want on your side when battling the forces of destruction. Those who...