Global Climate Change Action

an article i think worthy of a comment or two...
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/48820/

By Megan Tady,
The NewStandard

via http://www.alternet.org
e-list

here is my 2 bob's worth:

i have long since ignored any form of disagreement with the facts and figures, the science and with my own eyewitness accounts of the dire future we face if we ignore Climate Change and we continue to consume our planet's resources at todays rates. Being led by a bunch of liars on a fast track into our own extinction as a species.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21206820-421,00.html
News Mail
Tasmania
via Peter Bright and the Climate Change Action Group

HEATWAVES that kill thousands, gigantic bushfires and regular 100-year storms are part of a frightening new climate change forecast for Australia.

A leaked CSIRO report into the impact of global warming predicts a century of climatic horrors for the nation.

Note: send your letters to lett...@smh.com.au
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Dear Editor,

I view the article "Future is Coal and Nuclear, says Howard" as "Coal and Nuclear Industry Propaganda" and
wonder if these industries paid the Herald for the advertising space?

Maralinga – by Natalie Goddard
Aged 15

(comment: My daughter wrote this report 4 years ago, and it is still relevant to the issues we face if we head down the nuclear energy track.)
Go to http://www.43things.com/entries/view/1881061 for this assignment or download Word File (with associated images) from Climate Change Action Group “Files” Section (introduction2.doc)
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateChangeAction/

Name: Natalie Goddard
Subject: Australian History
Class: 10B
Teacher: Mr Morris
Due Date: 19th November 2004
Mark: A++

An open letter to the Queensland and Australian
Greens.
From: "kurityityin kurityityin"

To: "Anne Goddard"
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 8:30 PM

Subject: qld greens and murris

hi Anne.

check this out and please pass it on to any Greens in
your network

All the best
J.T.

note: reprinted with permission; for contact email a...@globalclimatechangeaction.org

An open letter to the Queensland and Australian
Greens.

http://johntracey.blogspot.com/2006/09/open-letter-to-queensland-and.htm...

99 Year Aboriginal Land Leases

by Tyson Yunkaporta

The Australian government is currently trying to push through legislation forcing native title holders to lease their land.
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This is not a good situation. The proposed legislation has been condemned all over the world, by organisations such as Oxfam.

Basically, it means Indigenous traditional owners would be paid rent for their land for 99 year leases.

Abundance And Scarcity Mentality In Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Social Contexts: Aboriginal Poverty Mindset

http://aboriginalrights.suite101.com/article.cfm/ScarcityMentality
by 'Tyson Yunkaporta'

Western Scarcity Mentality has infected Indigenous culture, threatening to eliminate the Abundance Mentality needed for the survival of the planet.