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Australian government must ensure strong action at home as historic negotiations on global plastic treaty move forward
5 June 2023, Paris The second round of negotiations for a new global treaty to end plastic pollution has concluded in Paris, France. After five days of negotiations important steps forward in the process towards ambitious global action have been made, key outcomes of the negotiations included;
agreement to develop a zero draft treaty text for future binding treaty on plastics
discussions on the 12 core obligations options for the new plastic treaty
Australian government active as part of ‘high-ambition coalition’ for the binding treaty with over 50 other countries
support by many governments for global measures to reduce plastic production, regulate the waste trade, ensure chemical transparency and ban single use plastics
the third round of negotiations will be held Nairobi, Kenya in November 2023.
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FoEA National Meeting 2022
Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) is a federation made up of 13 independent member groups. We normally meet each year for our national meeting, but two years of lockdowns has made this hard. So it was great to finally get together in real life at Commonground, on Taungurung Country in north central Victoria.
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Possible Mindsets for Post-Extractive Futures
To become post-extractivist, we need to ask some deep, searching, questions about what the extent to which we're willing to change our mindsets and ways of living, writes Aia Newport for Chain Reaction #143. "How do we face the western addiction to convenience and consumption and admit there is no space for private luxuries in a post-extractivist world? How do we overcome our fears and learn to share and co-operate?"
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What is Extractivism?
The extractivist development model has been in place and perpetuated since colonial times. But what do we actually mean when we say something is "extractivist" or "post-extractivist"? Natalie Lowrey and Anisa Rogers provide an overview of the terms for Chain Reaction #143.
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Creating a Language of the Future
What creative facilitation can we use for a new future? In Chain Reaction #141 Sue Stack offers an exercise using imagined/real words of the future.
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Friendship as Anti-Capitalism
To become radically anti-capitalist, Aia Newport invites us to prioritise friendships in our daily lives and organising space. Written for Chain Reaction #141.
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PNG does not need a coal industry
Mayur Resources should not be creating a coal industry in PNG, writes Phil Evans in Chain Reaction #141.
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Corporate Cane Toads exposed by Australia’s most disgusting award
Who won the inaugural CaneToad awards? Rhys Dolby reports, for Chain Reaction #141.
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Ring-barking Patriarchy: Towards an Eirenikon – a Peaceable Realm
In compiling this edition, Chain Reaction asked activists to share their experiences of gender (in)justice and dismantling the patriarchy within the broader environment and social justice movement. Author of Butterfly's Children, Eleanor (Annie) March, shares her thoughts in this Chain Reaction #140 article.
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Hearth: Taking Root
Aia Newport writes about reflections on rooting change-making into our daily lives, as a means of living the future now for Chain Reaction - Friends of the Earth's national magazine.