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Charity Travel has just arrived in Australia to show us that independent travelers can be far more than just consumers. Can you change the world by traveling?
posted by ecomedia on July 28, 2010 at 9:24 pm · filed under 
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The recent announcement by Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Norway, pledging a two-year moratorium on new concessions for peatland and forest conversion in Indonesia, is not only good news for forests, biodiversity and forest dependent communities, but is expected to create crucial momentum for climate-change mitigation efforts focused on halting deforestation ahead of the climate talks in Cancun in December.
posted by ecomedia on June 21, 2010 at 9:11 pm · filed under 
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Which city is an environmentalist’s ultimate living hell? Is it Linfen, the Chinese city rated the most polluted on earth? Or the excessive developments of oil-rich desert capital Dubai, with it’s man-made islands and indoor ski slopes? Or, on the flip side of fortune, the burning rubbish piles of Phnom Penh and the terrible plight of press-ganged child recyclers?
posted by seamas on July 7, 2009 at 8:30 pm · filed under
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Last week, the Federal Government announced the early and sudden termination of solar rebates under its incredibly successful Solar Homes and Communities Plan. Read & Comment »
posted by seamas on June 15, 2009 at 9:35 pm · filed under
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Recent figures from HSBC showed Australia lagging behind the region and the world in its allocation of economic stimulus funds to green projects and industries. The 2009-10 Federal Budget aims to address this with significant spending on renewable energy and mass transportation, prompting muted applause from key environment groups.
posted by seamas on May 21, 2009 at 8:24 pm · filed under
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Resembling a war zone, the aftermath of Police and Forestry Tasmania attempts to dismantle a protest camp preventing logging in the Upper Florentine Valley can be seen in photographs taken by grassroots community action group Still Wild Still Threatened.
posted by seamas on May 2, 2009 at 9:22 pm · filed under
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Can we consume our way out of the current economic downturn? Do we have a choice? Direct payments to eligible taxpayers is already a key part of the Australian Government’s bid to revive consumer spending and the struggling economy. Whatever your opinion, cheques are in the mail.
posted by seamas on April 13, 2009 at 1:36 pm · filed under 
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