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TREE, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 10, AUTUM 2008
Editorial, population growth, nationally and locally; Condong Biofuel Power Plant, biofuel enough for two months running only; Really Sorry?, the separation of the indigenous people from their land; The Demise of Local Democracy, local planning done elsewhere is in whose interests?; Whats the Point? Hastings Point Residents contest three storey developments in their hamlet; Stirring the Calderan, welcome Kev; Exploring the Myth, walking vs driving; Can Growth be Infinite, one million dollars to do what?; The Fluorescent Cane Toad, another mistake; Saving the Whales, Saving the Planet, carbon absorption by the oceans is dependant on the whole ocean ecology: Things YOU can do to fight climate change, legislate, legislate, legislate; Chemical Free Control of Vines, better by far than poison; High rise is like breathing a fart, its fine if its your own, but if its someone elses ...;
TREE, Volume 9, Issue 10, Autum 2008 is downloadable to your machine, click here: TREE 10 final, for www.pdf
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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY FESTIVAL & SUSTAINABILITY FORUM
There are 2 strands to the WED event: celebration and information.
The celebration strand included music (The Blissmongers Collective, Loren), circus, children's workshop and walk, great food and environmentally sound products for sale, including discounted native trees and compost bins.
To inform people further and to encourage and facilitate pathways toward sustainable living, a Sustainability Forum was held, focusing on Sustainable Agriculture, Localisation of Food, Organic Growing, Wise Water Use, Sustainable Households, Composting, and Global Warming Action Now.
Global warming and resource depletion are the result of non-sustainable living. Living sustainably, immediately, is the pathway to survival.
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TREE, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 9, SPRING 2007
Why Vote in a World Gone Mad, Giovanni Ebone (Greens candidate) on why to vote, Development Control Plan for Murwillumbah, the peace walk in the park, a town centre with awfull 3 storey buildings as if we need them, and processes of Council that are not consensus or transparrent; Tyalgum Dam, the oxley moron; Stiring the Calderan, make your vote count several times; Maze, help John H to get to the Benelong poling booth in time; Some Questions for the Candidates for the Seat of Richmond, and some answers from Giovanni and Justine; Chemical Free Weed Control, part 4 of the four part series.
TREE, the Tweed River Environmental Echo, is the newsletter of the Caldera Environment Centre. Volume 9, Issue 9, Spring 2007, is downloadable now to your machine: TREE 9, Spring 2007, download.pdf
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TREE, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 5, AUTUM 2006.
Editorial - did council listen?; Kings Forest - developer/council/government cooperation; Thich Nat Hahn's 14 Precepts; precepts or guidelines for life as a method for seeing ones place in the order of things; The Ecological Crisis, the collapse of the ecology, the ecological imperative for change, ... ; Council Status Report - aka the Hoppy and Loopy status report; Glyphosate - dead tadpoles testify; Chemical Free Weed Control - weed species currently dominate because soils are under threat; Changes to the Planning System in NSW - recent changes to planning laws in NSW include ...; The Daly Report into Council - strategic defects and false impressions; Artificial Mass Earth Movement of Hillsides - soil erosion, turbidity and water quality; Stirring the Calderan - animal liberation/police cooperation; On the Elections - Tasmania and South Australia; Minutes of the CEC General Meetings - abridged.
TREE,the Tweed River Environmental Echo, is the newsletter of the Caldera Environment Centre. Volume 9, issue 5, April 2006, is downloadable now to your machine: TREE.pdf
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WOLLUMBIN BIOSPHERE RESERVE PROJECT
Biosphere Reserves are areas of land, littoral
and marine ecosystems which promote solutions to reconcile the conservation of
biodiversity with sustainable resource use. The CEC supports and is actively
engaged in the establishment of the Wollumbin Biosphere Reserve
Project.
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THE WOLLUMBIN BIOSPHERE RESERVE PROJECT DOCUMENT
The Wollumbin Biosphere Reserve Project document is downloadable to your machine in pdf format:
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WHAT IS THE CALDERA ENVIRONMENT CENTRE?
The Caldera Environment Centre Inc. (C.E.C.) is a
registered Voluntary Conservation Organisation, a registered Charity & an
Incorporated Association. The Caldera, Big Scrub , Byron & Nimbin Environment Centres
are sibling organisations under the umbrella of the North Coast Environment Council
& ultimately, the Nature
Conservation Council of NSW .
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WHAT ARE CEC'S MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN?
The CEC exists to seek solutions to our common
environmental problems. In particular, these include...
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THE FUTURE
The need for involvement has never been greater.
Without radical planning constraints to curb non-sustainable & inapropriate
development, the unique ecology of the Tweed Valley will disappear under a
blanket of bitumen & concrete.
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