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    In Australia, where each new child consumes more than 10 times the amount of energy annually as children in countries like Bangladesh, Bolivia, India and Honduras, creating and maintaining an environment which allows women the maximum number of life options is similarly likely to reduce the pressure many women still feel to reproduce. This means supporting women in their workforce, community and relationships. It means disabling things like ‘old boys clubs’ that can be intimidating to women in the workforce, and the unequal sharing of domestic work that reduces the amount of time and energy women have to do the things they find more fulfilling. In such a supportive environment, it is likely that women will choose to reduce their fertility of their own free will, without feeling that their fertility is being controlled, or judged, by others.

    The following is a small list of organisations that directly work to support women. When considering what charities you support, I urge you to consider organisations such as the below for both short-term humanitarian, and long-term sustainability outcomes.

     

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In the last 200 years the population of our planet has grown exponentially, at a rate of 1.9% per year. If it continued at this rate, with the population doubling every 40 years, by 2600 we would all be standing literally shoulder to shoulder. - Prof Stephen Hawking - The Universe in a Nutshell (2001)

 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - MELBOURNE 2010

 

DATE- MARCH 20th   2010 at 2.00 p.m.

VENUE

University of Melbourne

Trinity College Royal Parade Parkville

Evan Burge Building

Buzzard lecture Theatre

Enter Gate A (next to Janet Clarke Hall)

Guest speaker:

Dr Bob Birrell, Reader in Sociology at Monash University. 

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Media Release - SEQ Water Strategy - 10 Feb.

 South East Queensland Water Strategy reveals SEQ population growth is unsustainable

High energy consuming desalination plants underpinning future water security for South East Queensland shows that the region’s population growth is unsustainable, say environmentalists.
 
“Detailed planning for desalination facilities at Lytton and Marcoola will commence in 2010, however, a desalination plant at Lytton shows a total disregard for the Moreton Bay Marine Park and its internationally listed values,” said Mr Simon Baltais, Vice President of the South East Queensland Branch of Sustainable Population Australia.   Read On. ..

 

Discover biodiversity - every day

 

Biodiversity is the backbone of all life on earth, and its conservation lies at the very core of IUCN’s work. ‘Species of the Day’ has been launched as part of IUCN’s involvement in the International Year of Biodiversity.

With mounting scientific evidence of a serious extinction crisis, it’s time to take action. “The latest analysis of the IUCN Red List shows the 2010 target to reduce biodiversity loss will not be met,” says Jane Smart, Director of IUCN’s Biodiversity Conservation Group. “It’s time for governments to get serious about saving species and make sure it’s high on their agendas for next year, as we’re rapidly running out of time.”

Each day of 2010 will see a different species featured on the IUCN website, with information on the threats it faces. The 365 species selected represent the entire range of taxonomic groups and cover all regions. We have started by featuring some better known species, including the Polar Bear and will move on to cover plants, fungi, invertebrates and more. Both charismatic and obscure species will be featured, providing an insight into the astonishing level of biodiversity that exists. 

 

 

If you would like to access the archived list of species go to www.iucnredlist.org/species-of-the-day/archives
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