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Australia’s role in saving the planet’s environment – theme for October 14

Well, Australia seems to be doing not too well in environmental matters, (nor in most others, at present).   The sooner we get rid of the Abbott government, the better.

I’ve tried to be non political – because our land, our water, our air, our planet – these matters are beyond party politics.  That is something that some Liberals are now realising.

The mass Climate Action Marches on September 21st showed that Australians care. On  the local level, so many Australians, including Liberals, are working to conserve the wildlife, our water and land,  and many are members of groups like Landcare, Australian Koala Foundation, and the most prominent activist groups – Australian Conservation Foundation, Friends of the Earth, and Beyond Nuclear.

Australia’s environmentalists  do have quite a proud history of achievement in environmental goals, really, a remarkable record in awakening public opinion and in slowing down polluting industries.  It is thanks to the work of Australians like Dr Helen Caldicott that the atmospheric nuclear bomb tests in the Pacific were stopped. It is thanks to the anti-nuclear movement that Australia does not have the nightmare of nuclear power.

Australians in general do have a strong appreciation of nature.  They also seem to be showing a keen appreciation of the economic and environmental benefits of clean energy. The September Climate March, is, I believe, the start of a stronger movement for public awareness of our ecological peril, and for action for positive change.

September 28, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina themes