Plastic does not decompose back to its original naturally occurring elements. The plastic existing today, if exposed to sunlight, temperature change or abrasion, will degrade into smaller particles, though those particles will still exist, hundreds of thousands to millions of years from now.
The CEC note the growing awareness of the public to the issue of our unwanted ingestion of these plastic molecules, and the retention of these molecules in our bodies.
A highlight of the movie is the slow motion footage of the albatross mating ritual, turning a chaotic cacophonous flurry into an elegant and choreographed mating dance.
Also, the National Parks guide pushes away the grass growing through the nests, revealing the skeletal remains of the chick in the nest, the small pile of plastic in its stomach reveals the cause of death, nest after nest.
The movie ALBATROSS, a film by Chris Jordan.
“… a poetic guided tour into the depths of your own spirit.
The David Bradbury video, it’s about the fight to protect NSW native forests from logging, it’s about NEFA et al. From Bulga to Gibberagee.
“For activists and forest lovers to spread the word about how NSW state forests (and forests throughout Australia) are being so over-logged and trashed by the NSW Forestry Corporation and private contractors. So that very endangered wildlife, unique to Australia, is being pushed over the Edge.“
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A ‘Caldera’ is the geographical remnant of an extinct volcano.
… the soft red volcanic soil washed away over eons, revealing the circular landscape feature of the outer wall of the caldera, formed from a harder magna material inducted below the surface, with the central hardstone ‘plug’ of the volcano remaining as Mount Warning / Wollumbin.
A particular ecosystem existed within the geographical landscape of the Wollumbin Caldera, for eons, different from the surrounding landscape, a biosphere of unique and diverse lifeforms, a wonder to behold, almost completely destroyed for the extraction of ‘timber’ for the hardwood sleepers of the London underground railway system.
The Monthly Public Meeting of Council
Council publishes the upcoming Monthly Public Meeting Agenda and subsequent meeting Minutes here: link.
eMail notifications for the agenda of forthcoming meetings as they become available can be subscribed to also via the above link.
Public education plays an important role in what we [Birdlife Northern Rivers] do. We have placed signs at important roosting, feeding and breeding sites from the Tweed River in the north, to the Port Macquarie coast and at inland areas identifying significant Regent Honeyeater habitat. Additional signs, posters and Bird Routes brochures have been developed to raise awareness of migratory and resident shorebirds.
Notice from proponent’s lawyers, 3rd April 2024, an on-site “… conciliation conference under section 34 of the Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (Conciliation Conferen… If the matter is not resolved at the Conciliation Conference, the matter will proceed to a hearing at a date to be fixed.”
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Development Application no. DA23/0302 (112 sites, reception, managers residence and pool).
A development application has been lodged by Design Build Instruct Pty Ltd seeking development consent for a caravan park (112 long term sites), reception, managers residence and pool at Lot 2 DP 815370; No. 1126 Pottsville Road, Pottsville. Tweed Shire Council is the consent authority for the application.
Despite this subject development proposal being prohibited on State Significant Farmland (SSF), and promises there would be no further development on the Cudgen Plateau SSF the Cudgen Connection proposed development has come to life yet again.
Proposed development:
“As you are aware we have a proposal for a $300M+ health, education and essential worker housing precinct for the Tweed and Northern Rivers community.
The concept proposes essential worker housing, a mental health hospital, childcare and retail to support essential workers, a bus interchange, community hub, university campus, private hospital and medical suites and medihotel.
A draft of the Tweed Shire Council Conservation Strategy is now available for review.
“The Conservation Strategy will guide Tweed Shire Council’s actions to protect, improve, collaborate and adapt to conserve the Tweed’s natural environment for future years to come.
“Help shape the future of the Tweed’s natural environment by providing feedback on the draft strategy.” Have your say until the 19th of October.
Read the Draft Tweed Conservation Strategy and take the survey to provide feedback here:
The film ‘Climate Changers’ follows Australian scientist and conservationist Tim Flannery in his global search for leadership on climate change.
“The screening is part of a national event on September 17th, which will see audiences at more than 30 cinemas across the country watch the film together and join a live-streamed Q&A moderated by actor and climate advocate Yael Stone (actor and climate advocate, Orange is the New Black) with the following panel:
TSC: “Let us know what matters to you:
You can provide feedback until 31st October
Online: Complete the survey below, or
Email: tsc@tweed.nsw.gov.au, …
Many of these developments were approved decades ago, avoiding environmental, cultural heritage and other impact assessments that are required today.
“Communities right along the length of the NSW coast are fighting to protect sensitive coastal bushland and villages from dozens of inappropriate developments that will change our beautiful coast forever if allowed to go ahead. Now they’re bringing their fight to the NSW parliament and they’d love you to join them!
“Many of these developments were approved decades ago, avoiding environmental, cultural heritage and other impact assessments that are required today. Many large pockets of endangered bushland containing beautiful old hollow-bearing trees will be clearfelled – for unaffordable housing estates in towns where 50%+ of existing properties already sit vacant most of the year, used only for holiday homes and on platforms like AirBnb.
Sustainability is … CONTINUABILITY, the ability of something to sustain, to continue.
The Environment is … the whole of NATURE, the Ecology, the systems of inter-related, inter-dependent lifeforms on this planet.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IS THE ABILITY OF NATURE TO CONTINUE.
Nature organically sustains itself through time, naturally regenerating and continuing to exist.
For hundreds of thousands of years the Nature around us in its current form has naturally regenerated and sustained itself – the wonder of nature and evolution, a beautiful, living, inter-related, inter-dependent system of lifeforms.
“The North East Forest Alliance has taken the NSW Forestry Corporation to court in an effort to save the homes of Koalas, and 23 other threatened species, including the Southern Greater Glider, Yellow-bellied Glider, Rufous Bettong, Masked Owl and Squirrel Glider.
NEFA has engaged the Environmental Defenders Office to commence legal proceedings in the NSW Land and Environment Court to challenge the validity of the Forestry Corporation’s harvesting plans for compartments 6-7 of Braemar State Forest and 10-16 of Myrtle State Forest, south of Casino.
Note: The sound files here were recorded at the Caldera World Environment Day event 2023.
Terri: “Growing up surrounded by the Terania rainforest, as well as the knowledge that it was the community’s activism that had protected it from logging, provides a deep appreciation and courage.”
Terri sings both her own songs and the songs of the forest protests of that time. “Keeping the songs of the forest protests alive feels important for the continuity of story and commitment to native forest protection.”
Hosted by the Caldera Environment Centre in conjunction with community environmental groups from around the region. The event gives local environmental organisations an arena to bring attention to their issues and their actions, plus Guest Speakers, plus performance entertainment.
Our event promotes sustainability and the protection of the natural environment, in that we invite and host environmentally themed Guest Speakers, we encourage environmentally themed singer-songwriters, and we host local community environment organisations.
