Habitat Australia articles from October 2001

Habitat Australia archives from October 2001

35th annual general meeting. (green views).
October 1, 2001... The 35th ACF Annual General Meeting will be held at 6.30pm on Saturday November 24th 2001 at the Melbourne office at 340 Gore St, Fitzroy. The agenda will include items submitted by members, plus reports from the President, Executive...

The power and the passion. (green views).(tribute to music band Midnight Oil)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... The songs might remain the same, but the bands don't. Zomba Records have just compiled a Midnight Oil tribute CD that features some of Australia's best-loved bands, playing some of Midnight Oil's most powerful and passionate songs. Peter...

Reparing the country appeal. (green views).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Our rural landscapes are not in good shape; they are becoming more degraded and saline, and less productive every day. Our fragile soils get washed and blown away, while great rivers grow sluggish and are filled with salt and other pollutants....

Food for thought. (green views).
October 1, 2001... In the April 2001 edition of Habitat, (Consuming Choices), Hamish Pearce wanted to know what fish he could eat that is being harvested in a sustainable manner. Chris Smyth, the Marine Campaign Officer of VNPA quoted a section from the report...

Membership milestones. (green views).(Australian Conservation Foundation)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... ACF congratulates and sincerely thanks the following people who, in the months of August and September 2001, celebrated 25 and 30 years of ACF membership. 25 years Mr J Peattie West Tamworth NSW Mr R Deacon Lavington NSW Mr G...

A word from the executive director. (green views).(environmental activism in an election year)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Guess what? You can help save the environment in this election year. Firstly, be informed on what needs to happen. Secondly, get involved by asking your candidates to sign a `Save Australia Pledge' for the environment. Thirdly, your financial...

Arnhem land bark paintings exhibition and sale. (green views).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... ACF is currently displaying at its Melbourne office a group of stunning bark paintings from Maningrida. These works represent a number of language groups and are of very different styles. Stone country Kuninjku artists' work is strongly linked...

Casual SA vacancy. (green views).(South Australia)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Nominations are invited from members to fill an ACF Council vacancy in South Australia. Each nominee and seconder must be an ACF member. Nominations must be received at ACF's Melbourne office, 340 Gore St, Fitzroy VIC 3065 by close of business...

A just and sustainable Australia. (The Australian Collaboration Report).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... The Australian Collaboration -- a collaboration of seven peak national community organisations including the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

Queensland government gets behind Cape York Heads of Agreement. (Cape York Campaign).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... September 17 was a historic day for the campaign to conserve the remarkable Cape York. New parties including the Queensland Government, Cairns and Far North Environment Centre and Balkanu Aboriginal Development Corporation signed onto the...

Posters spotlight nuclear industry. (Nuclear Campaign).(impact on aboriginal community)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... A set of information and campaign posters highlighting the impacts of nuclear developments on indigenous land and culture has recently been produced by the Alliance against Uranium. ACF is a founding member of the Alliance which began in Alice...

Nuclear waste move welcomed. (Campaign Trails).(waste dumps opposed)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... ACF has welcomed recent moves by the Federal ALP to end plans to impose a series of national radioactive waste dumps on the South Australian community. The issue has emerged as a key environment concern in response to Commonwealth government...

Environment vote surges in Aston. (By-Election Campaign).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... The Liberal or Labor Parties would have been clear leaders in the Aston by-election if they had acted on the key environment issues put forward by minor parties and candidates. The minor party environment vote has surged in Aston from 7.5%...

Show Me the colour of my money! (Disclosure Laws Campaign).(ethical investments)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... ACF loves to be able to pass on good news about big campaign wins. This month we're celebrating the introduction of revolutionary financial disclosure laws that were first proposed by ACF just over 12 months ago. The new laws, introduced...

Keeping Kyoto afloat: how Australia and the US failed to sink the protocol.(reduction in greenhouse gases)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Despite a king hit from George Bush and a bazaar of self-interested agendas, nations of the world struck a political agreement to move forward in implementing the Kyoto Protocol. Nicolette Boele offers a frank analysis of the power-plays during...

Field of greens.(soccer players wear green armbands to support ratification of Kyoto Protocol)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... In July this year, during the international Climate Change meeting in Bonn, members of the Essendon Football Club took the unprecedented step of wearing green armbands in an AFL match as a sign of their concern about the impacts of greenhouse...

Prayer for the earth.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... While environment NGO's were lobbying for the survival of the Kyoto Protocol in Bonn, and AFL footballers were sporting green armbands in support of their efforts, back home in Australia ACF and the Climate Action Network were working with the...

Vote environment today, save Australia tomorrow. (Special Habitat Supplement).(related article: Elections do make a difference)
October 1, 2001... JUST OVER A YEAR AGO Australia proved that it is capable of staging dazzling major events. We presented the world with the `best Olympics ever'. Not only did this event demonstrate the ability of Australians to cooperate and organise, but it...

Environmental modernisation -- the greening of new labour.(environmental adviser Michael Jacobs)(Brief Article)(Transcript)
October 1, 2001... Michael Jacobs, environmental economist, general secretary of the UK fabian society and environmental adviser to Tony Blair's labour Government in Britain, visited Australia as a guest of ACF in June this year. This is an edited version of the...

Repairing the country -- leveraging private investment.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Can fixing our environment mean jobs? Can we create wealth and business opportunities from tackling salinity and saving our unique plants and animals? As ACF president Peter Garrett explains, the answer is a resounding `yes'. THERE IS A...

Ideas in print.(biological diversity of the earth, ethical investment, Aboriginal Australians)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Wild Solutions by: Andrew Beattie and Paul R. Ehrlich Yale University Press, New Haven, USA RRP: $49.95 In this book, two eminent ecologists discuss the biological diversity of the Earth, showing how the natural systems that surround us...

Focussing on beauty. (ACF Member Profile).(artist Simon Porm)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... WHILE ACF ACTIVISTS fight for the big environmental picture, artists such as ACF member Simon Porm are doing valuable work reaffirming the wonder of the natural environment we are all fighting so hard to protect. Simon recently presented...

Passionate poet.(Dorothy Porter)(Brief Article)(Interview)
October 1, 2001... Australian poet Dorothy Porter is best known for her verse novel, `The Monkey's Mask'. More recently she wrote a libretto for a new opera, `The Ghost Wife', based on a story by 19th century Australian writer Barbara Bayton. But Dorothy Porter...