| OnlyOnePlanet Australia Links to other useful sites: Australian
environment and community NGOs: Other Australian environment sites: Australian Legal Information Institute Australian 'alternative' news and current
affairs: International - making the world a better place International UN / environment / human rights / NGOs and consultancies: Action to end modern slavery - see "Human Rights" below Affluence and over-consumption: Ted
Trainer
George
Monbiot Animal Welfare: see "Ethical treatment of animals" below. Biodiversity: check out marine links; Alliance for zero extinction; Convention on Biological Diversity: home website; country reports. Jane Goodall's Roots and Shoots OnePlanetOneLife Extinction crisis: United Nations: Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Center for Environment, Health and Justice (pollution, toxics; USA) see "Global environment" heading below. Children Around the planet, particularly in developing or undemocratic nations, children go without food, education, or the normal human rights safeguards taken for granted in rich countries (see "Human Rights" below). Child marriage is of particular concern, as is child slavery, the sexual exploitation of children, the genital mutilation of young girls, and the exclusion of girls from education (in Afghanistan, for example). I encourage you to do your own research, and to donate to organisations working to address these concerns. United Nations: UNICEF International United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Cambodian Childrens Fund Girls not brides The natural child project; useful reading Climate change: Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change; RealClimate
(scientific commentary);
International Research Institute for
Climate Prediction; Crime: organized crime in Australia - see key book by Clive Small (2009) 'Smack express', Allen & Unwin, London. Democracy in action: Australian whistle-blowers: Lance Collins (Australian Army - exposed corruption within the Army's intelligence organisation); Simon Illingsworth (Victorian Police - exposed corruption within the police drug squad, and, by implication, weakness and poor management at senior management levels within the larger organisation); Peter Cahan (Australian Navy - exposed corruption after the Voyager disaster). There are many others.... for example, Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. Institute for Policy Studies (democracy and
social justice issues; USA). PR Watch (Center for Media and Democracy, USA) Union of Concerned Scientists (USA) Donating: effective donation The organizations marked in bold (above) are those which I donate to. Ethics & religion: Center for the Study of World Religions; Deep Ecology; Religion and nature; Prof Bron Taylor on Deep Ecology; Online Ethics; Readings in environmental ethics; Ecology and Christianity - Sean McDonagh (Columban Fathers). Tom Harpur (compassion as a unifying force between religions). Ethical treatment of animals (animal welfare): (see also "Zoos and aquariums" below). International Fund for Animal Welfare; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; Fishing Hurts; Animal Protection AU; Animals Australia; Cruelty-free Cosmetics: Animal Liberation NSW; Animal Liberation Vic; Animal Liberation QLD; Animal Liberation WA; Animal Liberation SA. Going green in the UK ... links Global environment: David Suzuki Foundation (Canadian NGO focussing on global environment issues). Envirolink / Net for change (links to
many other environmental sites) Filmmakers: International
Wildlife Film... ; Filmmakers
for Conservation Global Response (promotes
environmental and social change through letter writing) Marine sites (international); marine sites (Australia); freshwater sites. Millennium Assessment Report (World Resource Institute) One World (sustainable development, human rights) Pantheists (environmental ethics and philosophy) The Ecologist (international journal:
global environment and development issues). Rainforest Action Network (global rainforests). Rocky Mountains Institute (USA) Amory Lovins. Spirit
Bear Youth Coalition Canadian NGO Transnational Resource and Action Center (corporate watch, USA). Health and the environment: Alternative cancer info (UK); British Holistic Medicine Association; Health Report Australian Broadcasting Commission; Wisconsin Medical College (provide free health e-newsletter). Healthy babies: march of dimes . Drugs of addiction resources also American Society for Addition Medicine and alcohol rehab . Human rights: Middle East: Robert Fisk - journalism with integrity Peace: Global Peace Index. Pollution: Pesticide Action Network (USA) email: panna@panna.org; Population:
Sustainable Population Australia;
Marie Stopes International AU Resilience: Resilience Alliance; Resilience Science; Sante Fe Institute United Nations: UN Home; Economic and Social Council; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); United Nations Development Program environmental data. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2005. World Heritage Convention (the
UNESCO site) Women's Rights: see Human Rights, above. Zoos and Aquariums. Zoos and Aquariums, in the past, have been terrible places. As a child I remember visiting the Melbourne Zoo, and seeing a Brown Bear pacing endessly from one side to the other of her tiny cage, which was so small there was hardly enough room for her to lie down. There was shit on the concrete floor, and one or two token tree-branches, and a water bowl. Nothing else. It was clear to me that this unfortunate animal, like so many others in zoos around the world, had been driven crazy by confinement. And we humans were of course responsible. I formed the view then, which I still hold today, that animals which roam over large territories in nature should NOT be kept in zoos or aquariums. However, having said that, there are some zoos which use very large enclosures where humans are confined in small viewing spaces; this is at least a step in the right direction. Some zoos have breeding programs for endangered animals, combined with programs to protect and restore natural habitat. These zoos need support. An example is the San Diego Zoo. Zoos and aquariums should have mission statements which specifically include commitments to the mental and physical health of confined animals. Water ConservationWater conservation: conserves; water conservation at home Fix a Leak
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