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    MEET THE LOCAL ELDERS OF ENVIRONMENTALISM WHO ENVISIONED A GREENER, CLEANER INNER WEST

    In Harris’ compelling autobiography The unwanted Aussie, the reader returns to a bygone Australia and the making of a politician willing to go to extraordinary lengths to promote his anti-pollution cause. 

    REGENERATION LESSONS FOR THE WEST FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE

    Regen Streets aims to downscale and localise the regenerative movement at a neighbourhood level.

    WHY THE THIRD RUNWAY IS A CLIMATE RISK

    The campaign has focused on educating people under the proposed flight path about what they can expect.

    PARENTS IN MELBOURNE’S WEST TURNING CLIMATE GRIEF INTO ACTION

    Shannon joined AP4CA because she is deeply concerned about what sort of world we are leaving behind for future generations.

    PANIC GLOBAL, PLANT LOCAL – A GUIDE TO INDIGENOUS PLANTING IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS

    Check out this list of ‘plant local’ resources, they’ll put you on the right track.

    BE LIKE A TREE

    By doing as nature does, we can emulate what happens on the forest floor.

    EDITORS NOTE

    When I first began reporting on climate change in the late 1980s I never imagined that 30 years later we’d be facing an existential crisis.

    REGEN WEST: WHAT CAN WE DO WITH LAND SO TOXIC WE CAN’T BUILD ON IT?

    The western suburbs are full of toxic unused  industrial land that can’t be used for homes. But we can transform the land into eco havens.

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