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3 scientific ways to help prevent shark attacks. No shotgun required.
This image was tweeted by The West Australian on Sunday 26 January 2014. It shows a three metre long, female tiger shark being caught with a hook and killed with a rifle. Reports say her body was then dumped at sea to fall lifelessly to the ocean floor. This image was tweeted by The West…
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Blockade Swells To Over 100 At Australia’s Largest New Coal Mine
This morning, the blockade to stop the Maules Creek coal mine and protect Leard State Forest has swelled to over 100 people. We have closed down Whitehaven's access to the site, and construction work inside. People in their 20s, 30s, 50s, 60s and 70s have come from all over Australia to stop Whitehaven Coal’s contractors…
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Losing Nemo
Written by Nicole Ghio, Sierra Club International Climate Program After his stop in Los Angeles, everyone’s favorite cartoon clownfish, Nemo, continued his tour of the U.S., stepping out in sub-freezing temperatures in Washington, D.C. to ask Americans to help him save his home, the Great Barrier Reef. What’s Nemo doing touring the U.S.? Is…
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How good design can change the world
If you’re anything like me, you’ll appreciate how long, dense and wordy reports compiled by advocacy organisations aren’t always the easiest way for the average punter to learn about a new topic. But if you’re into infographics, data visualisation, and creative maps as a way to demonstrate the sheer enormity of the issues facing the…
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70,000 people help give Greg Hunt the big picture
Thanks to your action to protect the Reef we have forced unprecedented scrutiny and public awareness of industrial developments that threaten and damage Australia’s World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef. An independent inquiry has been ordered after turtles, dolphins and dugongs died as a result of the seabed being dredged and dumped to create a…
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Trees are starting to fall in Leard State Forest
As Whitehaven Coal’s bulldozers begins felling trees adjacent to Leard State Forest, the community has leapt into action in a final bid to protect the ancient woodland. Protesters have launched a blockade at the site of Whitehaven’s controversial Maules Creek coal project in North West NSW, turning back vehicles seeking to clear the forest…
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2014 – the year of the shark
Wow! What a fantastic beginning to 2014 – the government has finally announced a ban on shark finning in New Zealand waters! Yesterday’s news that its plans to make shark finning illegal is a great step in the right direction – although it’s disappointing that won’t…
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Sharks face the death penalty
Sharks have a reputation for being pretty tough, but has the Western Australian Premier based the new shark culling policy on the plot of Jaws? Sharks have had a bad reputation for a very long time; people don’t like to be bitten. But their reputation has become worse with multiple shark films and now YouTube…
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Here are 10 simple things to reduce your carbon footprint this 2014
Leave your fuel guzzling car at home. Instead, ride a bike, walk or take the public transport to work. Take shorter, less frequent showers, because this not only saves water, but the energy necessary to heat it. Unplug your electronics when not in use. Because even when turned off, items like your television, computer, and…
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Community protects Leard State Forest
Why is Leard State Forest important to protect? Leard State Forest – located between Narrabri and Boggabri in north-west NSW – includes thousands of hectares of rare woodland and is considered a biodiversity hotspot. The nearest township is the farming community of Maules Creek, which sits on the edge of the Liverpool Plains – one…
