Habitat Australia articles from February 2000

Habitat Australia archives from February 2000

Letters.
February 1, 2000... Your letters to the editor are welcome. Send them to Louise Ray, Editor Habitat, 340 Gore Street, Fitzroy, 3065, Fax: (03) 9416 0767 or email to habitat@acfonline.org.au New ACF credit card The ACF credit card is now available. The...

In Memoriam.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Over the past year ACF has received donations in memory of the following people, amongst whom have been some great environmentalists and supporters of ACF. We offer our sincere condolences to their loved family and friends. Mrs Inez...

A word from the Executive Director.
February 1, 2000... A survey just released shows that young Australians between 16 and 24 years of age are well informed, calling for vigorous action and strongly involved in environment issues. Four out of five young Victorians favour protecting the environment...

campaign TRAILS.
February 1, 2000... Rivers Campaign Queensland dam decision The decision in December by the Queensland government to approve construction of the Nathan Dam inland from Rockhampton could be a death sentence for Queensland's Dawson and Fitzroy rivers. ...

QUEENSLAND'S NEW LAW OF THE LAND: GOOD, BAD AND UGLY.
February 1, 2000... The term `space race' was coined to describe the mad scramble by two nations to set foot on the moon. In Queensland, another space race is on, with native bushlands being bulldozed to make space for agricultural expansion -- farmers are racing...

WHALE WARS.
February 1, 2000... Whaling is not dead. Hundreds of whales are still hunted each year and thousands of dolphins are slaughtered and sold illegally as whale meat in a growing black market. The icon species of worldwide conservation is facing a grim future, Margi...

Volunteering pays.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... EACH YEAR, one in five Australians over the age of 15 volunteer their services to the community -- to fight fires with the Country Fire Authority, to cooking meals for the homeless, to work for the environment. At ACF's Melbourne office alone...

THE TREASURES OF CAPE RANGE.
February 1, 2000... Halfway up the Western Australian coast, 1200 kilometres north of Perth, is the remarkable Cape Range region, best known to most Australians for the infamous cold war communications facility at North West Cape. Despite its relative isolation,...

Walk Against Woodchips.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... WHAT HAPPENS to our native forests is still very much part of community debate, as Walkers Against Woodchips discovered recently. The first two Walks Against Woodchips (WAW) took place in early October 1999. The East Gippsland leg began at...

consuming CHOICES.(lighting and water use)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... This week we look at how to light a room and how to convey water with the least environment impact. Mercury and fluoro lights Mary Holding of Kingston, ACT asks about the pros and cons of fluoro lighting. I have heard that mercury...

RADIO-ACTIVISM: A SNAP-SHOT OF THE ANTI-NUCLEAR YEAR.
February 1, 2000... The end of the century that saw the start of the nuclear age was a time of intense activity aimed at ending all forms of the nuclear threat, as Dave Sweeney reports. The work carried out by community activists and Aboriginal traditional owners...

WHAT ARE WE TRADING AWAY?
February 1, 2000... To attend the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in Seattle in December 1999, as a representative of Australian citizens' groups, was to witness an important chapter of global politics unfold. As Anna Reynolds explains, each event she was...

THE FATAL SHORE.(Fraser Island, Austalia)
February 1, 2000... Fraser Island is recognised as one of the great natural wonders of the world. It should be one of the safest places for wildlife in Australia -- it is World Heritage listed and a national park. We think of this 168,000-hectare natural habitat...

ACF in the Asia-Pacific.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... `We all live on the same planet and are part of the biosphere. Our future is intrinsically linked to the preservation of the global life-support systems and to the survival of all forms of life.' From the declaration of the World Conference...

Not such a load of rubbish.(recycling techniques)(includes related article on raffle results)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... THE BIRDS HAVE already been calling for the best part of an hour when the first rays of light filter through the curtain. But as you pull the bedcovers a little closer to ward off the chill, the distant roar of a diesel engine and the familiar...