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Western AustraliaWilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.comBlogger2038125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-431569314391835352016-05-01T13:14:00.000+08:002018-08-15T11:29:33.952+08:00Posts are all Facebook Page<span style="font-size: large;">Social media makes it easier to share information, so from now on o2WA will post via it's Facebook Page. <br />If you are interested, please like the page:</span><br />
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-27170083690253261852016-04-19T16:50:00.002+08:002016-04-19T16:51:50.726+08:00Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px;">The Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge aims to engage and inspire designers and students to </span><a href="http://www.autodesk.com/sustainable-design/revolution" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #428bca; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none;">help design a sustainable future</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px;"><span style="color: #666666;">. In a world of limited resources, there is both challenge and great opportunity in eliminating the concept of “waste” and growing the circular economy. Designers have an essential role to play in envisioning products that are composed of sustainable and perpetually-cyclable materials, which can retain value as nutrients to fuel growing global economies.</span></span><a href="http://www.c2ccertified.org/connect/design-challenge" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 26px;" target="_blank">More info</a><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.6em;">Submissions </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.6em;">open now through May 1st 2016</span></div>
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-83161119404306844422016-04-17T21:49:00.001+08:002016-04-17T21:49:22.469+08:00Get Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/edMq91_3n8w" width="500"></iframe>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-12241286313942657282016-04-08T12:04:00.001+08:002016-04-08T12:04:11.482+08:00Fluoridation of our water<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zpw5fGt4UvI" width="500"></iframe><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px;"><br />Ingesting fluoride – a toxic fertilizer-industry by product – in drinking water for the sake of preventing tooth decay is an outdated, dangerous practice that is damaging human health and the environment.<br /></span><br />
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Quite simply, the truth is out about <a href="http://fluoride.mercola.com/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background: transparent; color: #0869bd; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;">fluoride</a>, and the more people become informed, the less tolerance they have for this toxic drug-like substance to remain in their drinking water.</div>
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This is precisely the case in Europe, where 98 percent of countries have rejected water fluoridation either by removing it from their water supplies or never adding it to begin with.<br /><a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/03/04/ireland-mandatory-water-fluoridation.aspx" target="_blank">Read more</a></div>
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-48157911373171042162016-01-17T02:16:00.001+08:002016-01-17T02:19:03.658+08:00Genetic Roulette<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saw this documentary on Channel 44 (TV West) tonight and thought I share it with you as it's often so easy to not see what's happening:<br /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">This seminal documentary provides compelling evidence to help explain the deteriorating health of Americans, especially among children, and offers a recipe for protecting ourselves and our future.</span><br />
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Just saw the documentary "Got the facts on milk" and it's very interesting to hear how this multi billion dollar industry can make people believe that it's the most healthy thing that everyone should drink for good bones.... If you listen to the scientist you hear another story. </div>
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<a href="http://www.milkdocumentary.com/" target="_blank">Read about it </a>or watch the whole documentary here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgzYXUMd04A" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgzYXUMd04A</a>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-3312959973655119152015-12-03T15:17:00.001+08:002015-12-03T15:17:47.040+08:00Nine in 10 trees planted by Perth councils will never mature<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/nine-in-10-trees-planted-by-perth-councils-will-never-mature-expert-20151201-glcnjm.html" target="_blank">Reading this article</a> I am not surprised at all. We have a huge Moreton bay fig tree in front of our house, it's the biggest tree in the street I reckon, and it delivers heaps of good mulch when dropping it's figs once or twice a year. Opposite are peppermint gums, planted a few years back, and in the front you see the matured peppermints who are there for many years, pruned to fit under the power lines. <br />But the miniscule tiny tree (in the red circle) is planted a year ago and is dwarfed by the huge fig, I wonder if it ever will get a decent size. It replaced a tiny tree planted a few years ago which was knocked down by a car. </span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They've been (and still are) cutting down big mature trees by the dozen in our area to make space for more buildings and concrete car parks. Replacing them with tiny spindly trees. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now I read this:</span> <br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">More than <span style="color: red;">90 per cent</span> of trees planted by Perth councils trying to cool hot suburbs will die before maturing, according to a leading WA arborist.</span></em></strong><span><br /></span><a href="http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/nine-in-10-trees-planted-by-perth-councils-will-never-mature-expert-20151201-glcnjm.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the article</span></a><br />Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-28235196211748470712015-11-12T11:44:00.000+08:002015-11-12T11:46:23.277+08:0013 November World Vasectomy Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 32px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Concerned about the overpopulation of our planet and the effect it has on wildlife? Perhaps it's time to talk about the most effective form of male contraception.</strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 32px;">Finally some good thinking! This growing human population is a big worry, when I was born in 1962 there were 3.1 billion people, in 2011 the 7 billion mark was hit, and now the <a href="http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/" target="_blank">counter</a> is hitting 7.4 billion people any day. That's an increase of about 100 million people a year. <br /><br />And we all are part of depleting this earth from resources to make our lives more interesting. Without taking enough notice of what is happening to the animal world let alone the plants and trees and what lives in the oceans. Our whole eco system is changing dramatically due to human interference. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 32px;"><br />And it's scary to hear that China is changing its one-child policy for economic reasons with a population of 1.4 billion! And India becoming the next big industrial country with almost 1.3 billion people...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;">So, men who care for the environment, check out this video:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 32px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K2_W9SnNK1M" width="500"></iframe><br /><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/culture/world-vasectomy-day-men-encouraged-get-whacked-wildlife.html" target="_blank">Read more</a> about it on Treehugger<br /><a href="http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument" target="_blank">Australia's population is almost 24 million</a> </span></span></span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-68441750756040540312015-09-01T23:13:00.003+08:002015-09-01T23:14:09.119+08:00Lions bred for petting and hunting = big $<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am just back home from the movie launch of <a href="http://www.bloodlions.org/" target="_blank">BLOOD LIONS</a><span id="goog_300676547"></span><span id="goog_300676548"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a> in Australia. The maker, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.5714282989502px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.5714282989502px;">Ian </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714282989502px;">Michler, had just arrived in Australia for the first international premiere of the film. Hosted by Donalea Patman, <a href="http://fortheloveofwildlife.org.au/" target="_blank">For the Love of Wildlife</a>, in Fremantle and did the introduction as well answered questions at the end. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is amazing that this <a href="http://www.sabreakingnews.co.za/2015/07/24/sa-documentary-reveals-shocking-truth-behind-lion-breeding/" target="_blank">canned hunting industry</a> can sustain and this is not only to blame on the South Africans seeing a chance to become wealthy. This has much to do with the clients; the hunters who keep on demanding, the choice of the priced lion! And the tourists who pay big dollars for petting the young cubs or walking with the 'teenager' lions. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or those who think they are paying for a good cause as it's brought as "eco tourism"; taking care of 'orphan' lion cubs for 'conservation'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If these clients keep on doing this there will always be a market. So we have to get the message out to stop this silly business of breeding lions for petting when they are babies (taken away from the mother between 3-10 days old!!) and then to be shot by trophy hunters and their bones sold for potions in China. </span></div>
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Last week I read a message on someones Facebook page about founding out that the transperant meat trays at Woolworths being at least 5 days old and coming from Sydney to Perth, gassed for a longer shelf life. While the meat in black trays (except for those with bright marketing labels) is from the instore butcher and is only on the shelf for two days.<br /><br />So I checked that this morning at our local Coles with the instore butcher while buying the fresh chicken (they only have a few fresh items left) and he confirmed this story. The gassed meat in the transperant trays comes from the Coles meat centre and are all gassed for longer shelf life. Hence the long distances they can make. <br /><br />And even the smaller supermarkets like Farmer Jacks are selling the high pressure gas packaging for their meats.<br />
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And while on the topic; There is no such thing as "No added hormones"! This is just marketing gibberich. Of course they don't add hormones to the meat while processing it, they add all kind of other stuff but your focus on the package is on the hormones; distraction!</div>
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While the animals used for this meat might be full of hormones before they started processing them, that's not told here, but you believe there are no hormones used at all.... Marketing can fool a lot of smart people into assuming.... </div>
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So the lesson learned today: If you want to buy prepacked meat, buy the ones which are packed in store; the black trays without the fancy labels. Better, limit your meat intake and that what you buy, get high quality from the butcher. Even better, make sure the animals used for your meat had a decent life. Or become a vegetarian. </div>
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-18161017377381736522015-07-29T23:02:00.002+08:002015-07-29T23:02:47.625+08:00Our Primary Forests: A Snapshot of What Remains<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The pace of deforestation has accelerated so rapidly over the past 200 years that today our planet harbors only one-quarter of its original old-growth forest—i.e., forest that has never been logged or cleared.</div>
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Using detailed satellite imagery and geographic information system technology, scientists have produced moment-in-time snapshots of these remaining forested regions.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c6566; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;">Wednesday 14 October it's <a href="https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/programs/178/" target="_blank">ride2work day</a> again. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #003360; line-height: 25.7142868041992px;"><br />Ride2Work encourages Australians to start riding to work and promotes commuting by bike as a regular habit and it </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5b6566; line-height: 19.1428565979004px;">is the largest national </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5b6566; line-height: 19.1428565979004px;">behaviour</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5b6566; line-height: 19.1428565979004px;"> change program of its kind. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #5c6566; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;"><br /><br /><a href="https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/general/programs/3025/" target="_blank">Sign up</a> to participate and get active!</span></span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-88818568881849096062015-07-26T22:23:00.003+08:002015-07-26T22:23:45.834+08:00Did you see those chemtrails today over Perth? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Problem <span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.7999992370605px;">Waste on college campuses balloons at the end of each academic year. For example, at the University of New Hampshire, the average 25 tons of trash per month jumped to 125 tons when students moved out in the spring. Thousands of reusable or recyclable items, including electronics containing carcinogens like lead and mercury, were sent to landfills. This is a recurring problem at universities nationwide. What’s more, it represents a fundamentally broken pattern of consumption – using Earth’s finite resources to create toxic trash that poisons people and pollutes the planet. If we don’t change course, we face resource depletion and growing toxicity in our air, soil, water, and bodies.</span></span></h2>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Or check out the <a href="http://www.postlandfill.org/about-plan/" target="_blank">Post-Landfill Action Network</a></span><span id="goog_2005267321"></span><span id="goog_2005267322"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-23280164214502420182015-07-17T11:45:00.001+08:002015-07-17T11:48:08.293+08:00Carbon tax repeal "savings" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wonder how many people actually checked what they saved in electricity bills after the Carbon Tax Repeal?<br />
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I was doing my quarterly clean up on paperwork and came across the yellow card <a href="http://www.synergy.net.au/index.xhtml" target="_blank">Synergy</a> sent out with one of their bills. It stated that I could receive back between $46 to $122 (our average is about 10-11 units)<br />
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So I looked it up, couldn't find it until I saw this on one from October; got a meagre $5.40 back!<br />
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That was really worth that whole Carbon Tax Repeal, isn't it???<br />
I hope those people who didn't want the big polluters to pay are very satisfied with their 5 dollars back!<br />
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Jørgen Vig Knudstorp, CEO and President of the LEGO Group, says:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“This is a major step for the LEGO Group on our way towards achieving our 2030 ambition on sustainable materials. We have already taken important steps to reduce our carbon footprint and leave a positive impact on the planet by reducing the packaging size, by introducing FSC certified packaging and through our investment in an offshore wind farm. Now we are accelerating our focus on materials.”<br /><a href="http://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news-room/2015/june/sustainable-materials-centre" target="_blank">Read more</a></div>
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<a href="http://phys.org/news/2010-06-humans-extinct-years-eminent-scientist.html" style="background-color: white; color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Humans will be extinct in 100 years</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"> because the planet will be uninhabitable, said the late Australian microbiologist Frank Fenner, one of the leaders in the effort to eradicate smallpox during the 1970s. He blamed overcrowding, denuded resources and climate change.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Fenner’s prediction, </span><a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/frank-fenner-sees-no-hope-for-humans/story-e6frgcjx-1225880091722" style="background-color: white; color: #006e97; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">made in 2010</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">, is not a sure bet, but he is correct that there is no way emissions reductions will be enough to save us from our trend toward doom. And there doesn’t seem to be any big global rush to reduce emissions, anyway. When the G7 called on Monday for all countries to reduce carbon emissions to zero in the next 85 years, the scientific reaction was unanimous: That’s far too late.<br /><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/06/18/a-child-born-today-may-live-to-see-humanitys-end-unless/?utm_source=Facebook" target="_blank">Read article</a></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;">When looking at the <a href="http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/" target="_blank">world population counter</a> you would say that nobody cares... It was only a few months ago that I told my students there were almost 7.3 billion people while in the mean time about another 35 million have been added. There were 3.1 billion people when I was born, I am 52 y/o.... </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Why is the topic of birth control so difficult to discuss? Goverments seem to be focussed on growth, as more people means more income, more economic growth, more money. While in the mean time the world is depleting of every source possible and if this biologist is right everyone born now will see it all coming to an end. We already see the signs... </span></i>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-23548805432695203262015-06-11T15:51:00.001+08:002015-06-11T15:51:24.515+08:00What do you think is visually more attractive? A coal fired station?<br />
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And which one is better for the environment and our health?Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-8106237198578379102015-06-10T13:10:00.001+08:002015-06-10T13:10:38.329+08:00The Undercurrent: why are we being fed by a poison expert?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://embed.theguardian.com/embed/video/science/video/2015/jun/04/undercurrent-monsanto-roundup-pesticide-herbicide-who-carcinogenic-video" width="500"></iframe>
<br />The Undercurrent delves into the world of mass agriculture to ask how one company has such huge control over the world's food supply.<br />
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The name Monsanto was once synonymous with Agent Orange, but in today's world it's the dominance of the widespread pesticide Roundup which helps keep the company on top of the pile.<br />
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<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2015/jun/04/undercurrent-monsanto-roundup-pesticide-herbicide-who-carcinogenic-video" target="_blank">Guardian Australia</a> has joined forces with The Undercurrent – an online news show billing itself as an antidote to the five-second soundbite – for a four-part series over June and July. Brisbane creators Jen Dainer and Dan Graetz say it is the show they wish existed – so they created it themselves.Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992450127252487799.post-31562976233880061442015-06-09T14:28:00.000+08:002015-06-09T14:28:00.393+08:00IT'S TIME WE STAND UP FOR WA'S OUTBACK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>I've just signed up to take action on protecting the outback of WA. If you are interested too, there is a volunteer welcome night next week, <a href="http://www.outbackwa.org.au/welcomenight_17june" target="_blank">Wednesday 17 June 6pm in West Perth</a>, so please sign up too!</i><br />
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We have a responsibility to safeguard our Outback for the future. But leading experts are now warning the Outback is at a tipping point.</blockquote>
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Uncontrolled, catastrophic wildfires are causing irreparable damage. Feral cats and other introduced animals are decimating our unique wildlife. Decades of government neglect and over-grazing mean our fragile soils are blowing away. Many of the things that make our State special are at risk of being lost forever.</div>
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At a time when people are needed more than ever to meet the challenges facing this special place, people are leaving the Outback because of brakes on opportunity. In the face of a declining pastoral industry, antiquated laws are stopping people from diversifying into more modern, profitable and sustainable ways of making a living and looking after the Outback.</div>
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Wouldn’t it be great if our laws reward those who manage their land well, encourage new enterprises and jobs that look after our Outback, and protect our most special natural places?</div>
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Fortunately, we now have an opportunity to achieve just that. Right now, the State Government is deciding on historic reforms. The Outback needs your support to make sure they do the right thing and revitalise the Outback so we care for both nature and people.</div>
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The Outback belongs to every West Australian. Please join with us to help write the next chapter of the Outback story. Together we can turn things around and breathe a new lease of life into the place at the heart of our State.</div>
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<strong style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;">WA’s Kimberley is at the heart of the last pristine tropical coastline left on Earth</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;">. In the coming months we expect the WA Government to officially ask for input on plans for new marine parks for this coast, and it will be essential that they get a strong message that the community supports a network of sanctuary zones within the Great Kimberley Marine Park that will make this pristine area Australia’s best marine park – the protection we know our Kimberley Coast needs and deserves. We’ll be in touch on this soon with more details but in the meantime, you can send a quick letter here </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.8800010681152px; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #2e75b6; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;"><a class="" href="http://www.likenowhereelse.org.au/sign-the-letter/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;" target="">http://www.likenowhereelse.org.au/sign-the-letter/</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;">On a national level, as you are aware, the </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;">Abbott Government has suspended our national network of sanctuaries, and ALL are at risk</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;"> of being cut back or completely erased. Please take a moment to write to your local minister Julie Bishop at </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2e75b6; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.saveourmarinelife.org.au_review&d=BQMFaQ&c=2qwu4RrWzdlNOcmb_drAcw&r=NFoqL6qFshZzOxK1-KVCT-fNcM-1tPk4nicfa-FqjCE&m=OKBOz6yKoC3mVk6F6hAMoFcfDHiTcIJ1EFBA8NG0k-s&s=iENqYdsjWrC0YItWeFzTLL91aERnTJsOlEvee7X4jR0&e=" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2e75b6; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;">www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/review</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.8800010681152px;"> asking her to show leadership to save our sanctuaries.</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04133906706527010277noreply@blogger.com0