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Paving paradise - Coomoora Reserve falls to the bulldozers for Dingley arterial road

Submitted by takver on Wed, 16/03/2011 - 2:25pm

Coomoora Woodland Flora and Fauna Reserve was a small oasis of biodiversity in an urban environment. Located in the City of Greater Dandenong in outer Melbourne, it was listed by the National Trust for it's local and regional environmental and heritage significance and provided an environmental refuge for remnant native bushland and wildlife. It was a place of tranquillity where people could reconnect with the natural environment, where school groups could study biology and ecology. But it's listing by the National Trust could not prevent it's destruction by Vicroads and the State Government to make way for the Dingley Arterial.

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Melbourne

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environment

Boycott Israel : Boycott L'Oreal

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/03/2011 - 1:57pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 19/03/2011 -

11:30am to 1:00pm

Location:

Meet 11.30am at the Flinders St entrance of ACMI for 12 noon action @ Federation Square

Contact Phone:

0439 454 375

Contact Email:

auscaia@gmail.com

BOYCOTT ISRAEL:
BOYCOTT L'OREAL

DON’T DRESS UP ISRAELI APARTHEID AND OCCUPATION!!

Once again the “L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival” is about to hit the catwalks in Melbourne. While the media will focus on the glitz and glamour of fashion week, little will be said about L’Oreal’s not so glamorous support for Israeli apartheid and occupation.

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Melbourne

Certificate III in Media (Documentary) ** NEW START DATE

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 16/03/2011 - 10:45am

Date and Time:

Tue, 05/04/2011 - 10:45am

Location:

Shed 4 North Wharf Road Docklands VIC 3000

Contact Name:

Daniel Schultheis

Contact Phone:

03 86109300

Contact Email:

training@openchannel.org.au

Website:

www.openchannel.org.au

Certificate III in Media (Documentary)
Starting April 5 for 14 weeks
Make your own short Documentary and receive training across all practical filmmaking skills.
Vic. Govt. Subsidised training for eligible participants. Austudy eligible.
http://www.openchannel.org.au/training/certificate3DOC.html

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Melbourne

'No more mulesed wool!' - PETA protest at Melbourne Fashion Week show - 15 March 2011

Submitted by peter on Tue, 15/03/2011 - 11:19pm

Continuing its campaign against 'mulesing', People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) staged a protest this evening outside the Designer Award 2011 Finalist show, part of Melbourne Fashion Week sponsored by Woolmark. Two women wearing heart-shaped signs were accompanied by other campaigners holding placards reading 'No more mulesed wool', and others distributed leaflets.

Earlier, PETA had emailed more than 5oo stud merino breeders calling on them to act to stop the practice -

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World Serengeti Day- Melbourne's Voice

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 15/03/2011 - 8:44pm

Date and Time:

Sat, 19/03/2011 -

1:00pm to 4:00pm

Location:

222 La Trobe Street at 1.00 then moving to Fed Sqaure

Come dressed as an African animal and learn more about the beautiful Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. And join in an International day of opposition to the preposed Serengeti highway.

-Speakers -Pettions- Letter writing -And fun its always fun to dress up as giant animals.

This is a worldwide event- Come join in history in the making- while having fun

http://www.savetheserengeti.org/#axzz1FV1oG0JO

Geography:

Melbourne

Melbourne MURAC banner painting and meeting

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 15/03/2011 - 10:42am

Date and Time:

Thu, 17/03/2011 -

11:30am to 2:30pm

Location:

South Court (outside Union House)

Help us paint a banner to support refugee rights this Thursday at 11:40am in South Court. The Melbourne Uni Refugee Action Collective will be organising a contingent to march behind the completed banner at the demonstration on April 2nd outside Broadmeadows Detention Center, a prison that incarcerates children as young as 12. We'll be sending a loud and clear message that students stand with refugees and asylum seekers against the inhumanity of mandatory detention and demand that all children be released.

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Melbourne

Solving the Climate Crisis - Talk in Emerald

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 15/03/2011 - 10:21am

Date and Time:

Wed, 16/03/2011 -

8:00pm to 9:00pm

Location:

1 Church St Emerald - St Marks Anglican Church

Maruerite Marshall will present a talk on how we can solve the climate crisis. She is a trained presenter by Al Gore. She will be presenting on the answers to climate change including BZE's ten year plan to make Australia carbon neutral.

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Melbourne

Melbourne solidarity action for Bradley Manning

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 15/03/2011 - 8:52am

Date and Time:

Sun, 20/03/2011 -

11:00am to 11:30am

Location:

U.S. Embassy 553 St. Kilda Road

On Sunday March 20th. - around the anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq - anti-war activists will be going to Quantico U.S. Marine Base, Virginia, U.S.A. to demand the end to the torture of Bradley Manning. Join other actions around the world by joining a short peaceful vigil outside the U.S. Embassy calling for Bradley Manning's release. This brave young man is potentially facing the death penalty for allegedly "aiding the enemy" by giving documents to wikileaks. Revealing war crimes is not a crime!

We demand:

Geography:

Melbourne

Price on Pollution rally: Melbourne

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 12/03/2011 - 8:44pm

Approximately 7500 people attended the Price on Pollution rally at Treasury Place, Melbourne, attended by an estimated 7,500 people demonstrating their support for a fixed price on carbon pollution.

The rally was called by Get UP as a response to anti-carbon tax rallies inspired by Tony Abbott's call for a "peoples revolt" against the proposed ALP policy.

Images courtesy of Nick Carson

Geography:

Melbourne

Keywords:

climate change

Carbon Tax

Melbourne Palm Sunday Peace Forum

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 11/03/2011 - 3:58pm

Date and Time:

Sun, 17/04/2011 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

Location:

Wesley Uniting Church, Lonsdale St, City

Palm Sunday Peace Forum

Speakers: Mariko Ishii (Peace Boat); Bill Williams (Medical Association for Prevention of War);

Jessica Morrison (recent visitor to Afghanistan and Palestine);

Michael Hamel-Green (Nuclear Disarmament academic)

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Melbourne