Land & water
Quantifying community concerns over drinking water quality in Australia
The Australian Drinking Water Map was created by Friends of the Earth (FoE) in November 2017 as an attempt to determine which communities around Australia are most concerned about the quality of their drinking water and which substances dominate drinking water problems across the country.
Climate & Energy Justice
Commercial fishers and environmentalists join forces against new fossil gas
VICTORIA: Apollo Bay’s Southern Rock Lobster Fishermen and local climate action group OCEAN have joined together to support this year’s Student Strike for Climate’s campaign for NO NEW GAS. Over one hundred cray pots were used to spell NO NEW GAS at the Port of Apollo Bay over the weekend.
Climate & Energy Justice
Forum: Climate Change Challenges to the Sovereignty of our Pacific Atoll Nations
Pacific Islands Council QLD Inc. and Friends of the Earth Australia Climate Frontlines presents a forum on October 19th, with esteemed Pacific Climate Change Leaders.
Climate & Energy Justice
Angus Taylor’s ‘Technology Roadmap’ leads to catastrophic climate impacts
Community driven environment group Friends of the Earth Australia says Minister Angus Taylor’s “Technology Roadmap” will lead the country towards catastrophic climate impacts.
Economics for Earth
Global coalition releases liability roadmap for governments to Make Big Polluters Pay
Friends of the Earth Australia has joined a global coalition to release a “liability roadmap”: a first-of-its-kind tool outlining how local to global decision makers, including government officials, can hold polluting industries liable for the climate damage they knowingly cause, while unlocking climate finance needed to address the climate crisis and implement solutions.
Climate & Energy Justice
Friends of the Earth say Morrison govt gas push “reckless in the extreme” amid deepening climate crisis
Community driven environment group Friends of the Earth Australia says the Morrison government’s push for fossil gas is reckless in the extreme amid the deepening climate crisis.
Economics for Earth
Plans for a Just Transition in South Australia
Join Friends of the Earth Adelaide online as we look at Plans for a Just Transition in South Australia.
Land & water
The significance of Strzelecki koalas in relation to the translocated koala populations of Victoria and South Australia.
The are two distinct koala populations in Victoria and South Australia. One is the endemic Strzelecki koala of South Gippsland Victoria and the other being koalas translocated from Victorian island populations throughout Victoria and South Australia.
Economics for Earth
Starting a Worker Cooperative - New Training Course with Earthworker
In the past few years many people have contacted Earthworker interested in starting up their own worker co-operatives - and they are excited to announce the pilot program of a new course 'Starting a worker-cooperative'.
Land & water
Clearfell "insanity" threatens Victoria's most important fish hatchery
Snobs Creek Fish Hatchery plays a vital role in ensuring the long term survival of vulnerable native species such as Murray Cod, and the endangered Trout Cod and Macquarie Perch. All face an uncertain future as inland fish populations in Australia face innumerable threats such as water scarcity and climate change.