I remember hearing those word from a very eminent scientist and thinking at the time; “How can that be? We are such a successful species that dominates the world.” And here we are at the end of 2011 and there are now 7 billion humans alive on the planet! How can we be gone?
And when we are gone …….. Read More »
Peak oil can fuel a change for the better: The Sydney Morning Herald has published an article by academic Dr Samuel Alexander of Melbourne University. It is one of the few articles that has been published by a major Australian newspaper that tackles Peak Oil head on, has a positive outlook and is also fairly
SMH Publishes a Proper Post-growth Article! Read More »
On the most important issues of our time 23 February 2012 Hawke Centre University of South Australia, West Campus Doors open 4pm, Seminar starts 4.30pm, Q & A 5.50pm, Finish 6.30pm / See the attached brochure for more details: Nicole Foss Brochure Are you puzzled, concerned, even frightened, over the worsening economic
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The SPA Annual General Meeting will be held in Sydney, NSW on Saturday 14th April 2012 at The University of Technology Sydney.
At the meeting the elections for all elected SPA Committee positions will be held. Nominations for these positions are now called. The tenure for these positions is 12 months.
You can nominate for more than one position e.g. Secretary and Committee member. The positions are National President; Vice President; Meeting Secretary; Correspondence Secretary; Treasurer and three to five committee members.
Contact: SPA NSW ([email protected]) Status: Running Start: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 End: Thursday, December 1, 2011 SPA NSW is letterbox dropping in Sydney’s Upper North Shore (Eppng, Hornsby, Berowra, Ku-ring-gai and Turramurra) in November & December, 2011. Volunteers as called for to hand deliver leaflets so sections of the coverage area. To be involved,
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Contact: Will Burke, [email protected] 9876 5432 or via SPA NSW ([email protected]) Status: Running SPA is coordinating an SPA & environmental NGO members’ delegation of voters living in the electorate of Wentworth to their MP, Malcolm Turnbull. The delegates’ are to urge Mr Turnbull to comit to legilsation giving local governments’ the right to say no
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SPA NSW President, Kris Spike, has had an article published in the Newcastle Herald on the 29th of October entitled Control births, feed and teach the living. Control births, feed and teach the living (PDF, 1.97MB) The problem is people and the solution is money for family planning programs, writes Kris Spike. Kris Spike is
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Triple J, the ABC’s national youth channel, devoted a whole show to the 7 billion milestone and population problems. SPA’s Nick Car was one of the in-studio guests.The Triple J pre-recorded coverage and the frame of their questions of the studio guests was very much in line with SPA thinking and the presenter and producer
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Monday 31 October: Today the world’s population reaches a record seven billion people. While this milestone may be viewed by some as a testament to humankind's ingenuity and technical achievement, Lobby group Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) shares its concerns that continuous population growth will have disastrous consequences for the welfare of future generations.
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