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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Sustainable Cities Community Organiser
April 27, 2022
FoE's Sustainable Cities collective is now recruiting a community organiser to supercharge its Better Buses campaign. The new recruit will be working with the Sustainable Cities collective as well as FoE members/supporters, residents, and community...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareThere is still time to protect the Little Dargo River
April 27, 2022
The fires of 2019/20 burnt huge areas of north eastern Victoria. The remaining unburnt forests are more important than ever. One of these areas lies in the headwaters of the Little Dargo River, just...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareNuclear Free News April
April 26, 2022
In our April Nuclear Free News update you can read about Australia's contribution to the nuclear situation in Ukraine, a deeply concerning development in the proposed WA Mulga Rock Uranium Mine project and
Read More 1 Reaction ShareCommunity Climate Justice
April 26, 2022
Sam and Jack talk with Jarred Abrahams, Climate justice member at Friends of the Earth. Jarred talks about fighting climate in the community, with two pre-recorded interviews with community members Mick and Greg, who...
Read More 1 Reaction SharePFAS detected in Recycled Water from Victorian Waste Water Treatment Plants
April 21, 2022
This is the fourth blog in a short series focusing on 15 FoI requests to Victorian water authorities during 2020/21. The other blogs included: PFAS in Drinking Water, PFAS and Groundwater Pollution and PFAS...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareCommunity tours site for Australia's first offshore wind farm
April 21, 2022
Victoria could soon be home to the country's first offshore wind farm, the flagship Star of the South offshore wind farm proposed in the Bass Strait off the coast of South Gippsland. On 6th...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareKranky the Strzelecki Koala Brings Love to Strawberry Fields
April 21, 2022
Kranky the Koala joined by members of Friends of the Earth Melbourne journeyed up to Tocumwal to host a workshop at Strawberry Fields festival on the Dungala/Murray River amongst the river red gums on...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareFires are getting worse. We need extra firefighting capacity to stop small ones becoming blazes
April 20, 2022
As we head towards winter, now is the time to think about next summer and the fires that may come after two wet, mild years. There are many things we need to do to...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareThe Little Dargo: a pristine catchment threatened by logging
April 19, 2022
The state government logging agency, VicForests, intends to log a total of 11 “coupes”, or sections, of mature forest, much of it dominated by Alpine Ash, in the headwaters of the Little Dargo River....
Read More 1 Reaction ShareWins of the Nuclear Free Movement #3
April 14, 2022
“It's my country and I'm going win.” The mass movement that stopped the Jabilukauranium mine The Mirarr Traditional Owners led an extraordinary mass movement to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine − and won! Hundreds...
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