Submitted by Cam Walker on Wed, 21/08/2013 - 12:30
Friends of the Earth (FoE) does not endorse ‘people, Parties or products’. However, we are mindful of the fact that state and federal elections pose both an opportunity and a threat when it comes to environmental policy and agendas.
How people vote can have huge implications for the level of environmental protection afforded by federal governments.
A range of organisations have carried out comprehensive assessments of the main political parties across a range of issues. We have attached summaries and links to some of these below.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Mon, 19/08/2013 - 08:46
Submitted by Cam Walker on Sat, 17/08/2013 - 14:00
11am Sunday 25 August 2013 – Queens Park, Brisbane.
The Great Barrier Reef is facing the biggest, fastest and most widespread industrial development in its history. Mega-ports are proposed along the Reef’s coastline. Millions of tonnes of seafloor will be dredged and dumped back into the waters of the Great Barrier Reef.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Sat, 17/08/2013 - 07:26
Media Release 20 August 2013
Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) has today called on the Australian government to initiate an open review of its failed experiment in climate aid in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, citing a lack of transparency and a lack of effective engagement with issues surrounding customary forest rights as key failings of the government’s approach.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Thu, 15/08/2013 - 15:31
MEDIA RELEASE 15 August 2013
Reef Walk's parade of colourful banners entered Gladstone streets. The 80 day journey ends with the 72 year old great grandmother arriving in Gladstone. The 1200km walk from Cairns has passed through every town along the Great Barrier Reef coast.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Thu, 08/08/2013 - 15:41
Chain Reaction #118 − August 2013
National Magazine of Friends of the Earth, Australia
Read online at archive.foe.org.au/chain-reaction or subscribe (details below).
JAMES PRICE POINT − VICTORY!
James Price Point / Walmadan: A huge win − Nicola Paris
Reflections on winning from Camp Walmadan
James Price Point victory − Martin Pritchard
Submitted by Cam Walker on Thu, 08/08/2013 - 15:22
Friends of the Earth presents the sixth annual Feast of Film
A celebration of good food and farming.
Saturday August 23rd 2003, 4pm-7pm
Box Factory Community Centre, 59 Regent Street South, Adelaide
Tickets $10-$15, at the door
Soup, bread and cakes available at interval, by donation
For more information contact adelaide.office@archive.foe.org.au
Submitted by Cam Walker on Fri, 02/08/2013 - 13:45
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Nokia, Sony, Blackberry, Motorola and LG Electronics have all publicly accepted for the first time that their phones are likely to contain tin that's destroying tropical forests, killing coral and wrecking the lives of communities in Indonesia, Friends of the Earth reveals today.
Submitted by Cam Walker on Thu, 01/08/2013 - 10:01
Shell is the largest foreign oil company in Nigeria - the oil giant has been drilling oil in the Niger delta for decades - with catastrophic consequences for the environment and the people.
Ogoniland, a region in Southern Nigeria, is most heavily contaminated by oil: oil leaks have contaminated water bodies and formerly fertile soils and the ecosystem of the mangrove forests suffers heavily from the oil pollution.
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