***PRESS RELEASE DECEMBER 18 2008*** chemical castrating herbicide used in swimming pools Friends of the Earth calls for bans on simazine in swimming pools and more research into swimming pool chemicals Friends of the...

details on community actions: (media statement signed by 61 organisations below) (full list of actions around the country here) For photos from the actions, check here.   When On Tuesday 16th of December, please...

Monday 8 November, 2008 MEDIA RELEASE AUDIT SHOWS BRUMBY GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET CRACKING Almost 40 per cent of the Victorian Government’s 2006 election promises on the environment have been broken or are at...

[February 2011] Letter in The Weekly Times The proposal to pump water through the North-South Pipeline to avoid using water from the desalination plant has been rightly rejected by the Victorian water minister Peter...

Celebrity surf challenge Fresh water thinking for Victoria Kilcunda Beach. Sat. 3rd Jan. 2009. 10am - 1pm. Presented by Bass Coast Board Riders, supported by FoE and other groups. Full details at: http://www.watershedvictoria.org.au/

David Rovics & Alistair Hulett touring Australia, December 2008 and January 2009 David Rovics is based in Portland, Oregon, and has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement in the US. Since...

Our Forests   Our Water  Our Climate Rally in Warburton to protect our water catchments from woodchipping Speakers at the rally included: Tracey Bartram Joy Wandin Murphy, Senior elder of the Wurundjeri people Councillor Samantha...

We have presenters available to offer informed and comprehensive information sessions in order to stimulate discussion and empower people to become active in the fight against climate change. FoE is a grassroots environmental organization...

MEDIA RELEASE 23/10/08 BHP BILLITON AGM: URANIUM MINER FAILS THE TEST IN NATIONAL WATER WEEK   With today's Annual General Meeting of BHP Billiton in London coinciding with National Water Week in Australia, anti-nuclear...

Talking up for the Territory Firsthand accounts of the impacts of the nuclear industry and the Federal Governments’ ‘Intervention’ on indigenous communities in the NT. 6.00 pm Monday 27th October Friends of the Earth...