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Volume 42 Number 2 April 2014 a Ustralia Australia Volume 42 Number 2 April 2014 Returning to Earth acfonline.org.au VOLUME 42 NUMBER 2 habitat Australia is published by the Australian Conservation Foundation, NEWS REGULARS authorised by Don Henry CEO Inc. ABN 22 007 498 482 Melbourne (Head office) 6 | Meet our new CEO 3 | | In this issue Floor 1, 60 Leicester St Carlton VIC 3053 20 | Heritage under threat 4 | | Proofsheet Ph: 03 9345 1111 Freecall 1800 332 510 Fax: 03 9345 1166 Sydney 24 | We don our hats 5 | | Letter from the CEO Ph: 02 8270 9900 Canberra | Olkola | | Campaign updates 26 16 PO Box 2699, Canberra City, ACT 2601 Ph: 02 6247 2472 26 | | Ask the economist Cairns FEATURES Suite 1/Level 1, 96 – 98 Lake St Cairns QLD 4870 27 | | EcoTravel Ph: 07 4031 5760 Fax: 07 4031 3610 Broome | | GreenHome 7 30 PO Box 1868 (Lotteries House) Broome WA 6725 31 | | EarthKids Ph: 08 9192 1936 Fax: 08 9192 1936 www.acfonline.org.au/habitat iPad app available at www.acfonline.org.au/habitatapp ACF membership The fibs of fast fashion [email protected] 15 President Returning to Earth Professor Ian Lowe Like parasitic astronauts we live in extra- 18 Backyard bounty hunters Chief Executive Officer terrestrial cities, sucking the earth dry and Anne Martinelli dons a cape and mask with Don Henry excreting only rubbish. It’s time we approach the Darebin Fruit Squad, picking fruit from Editor nature through the lens of connectivity urban orchards to fill hungry bellies. Tabatha Fulker and start paying attention to the health [email protected] of our host, writes Tessa Fluence. Guest editor: Tessa Fluence Deputy editor: Jessie Borrelle 22 Production editor: Livia Cullen 10 Advertising Angie Leben Ph: 0407 087 040 [email protected] Design Hypergraphia | www.hypergraphia.com.au [email protected] Copyright Riverdance Reproduction in whole or in part may Livia Cullen follows the sound of only occur with the written permission of the editor. Views expressed in this Ringbalin clap sticks as Traditional magazine are not necessarily views of the Prescription: Nature Owners dance the spirit back into Australian Conservation Foundation. Nature deficit disorder is not a medical the Murray Darling river system. ISSN 0310 – 2939 diagnosis. It’s a metaphor. But Richard Cover image: Ngarrindjeri Elder Major Louv reckons it has real consequences 28 Connecting the dots ‘Muggi’ Sumner for our health and wellbeing. Photo: Ali Sanderson 29 Beyond the fence line habitat is printed on FSC® certified paper. 12 Yellowcake whitewash 2 IN THIS ISSUE Letters to the editor Tessa Fluence Dear Tabatha, Subject: Re: You say you want a On page eight of the latest habitat it revolution? I’d like to tell you a story about returning to Earth. reads as though nearly 50 per cent No, I want evolution. After decades of mismanagement and a fierce drought, of native Australian mammals have Alex Burlow the mouth of the Murray-Darling river system was dy- gone extinct. I think what was meant ing. Watching his ancestral lands waste away, Uncle is that nearly 50 per cent of extinctions Major Sumner, Traditional Elder and Lore Man of the of mammals in the last 200 years have @AusConservation Ngarrindjeri people, knew what had to be done. occurred in Australia. According to the Don is a rare leader, with Dancers and storytellers from Traditional Nations all ‘Field Companion to the Mammals of such unique warmth and along the river’s 3000 kilometre course gathered at the Australia’ by Vandyke, Gynther and humility and strength of top of the Darling River. Together, they reawakened an Baker the number of mammal extinc- character. What an enormous ancient Ringbalin ceremony and danced the spirit back tions is 20 species and seven subspecies, contribution. @jslez into the river. a depressing number but far less than Night after night, they danced. And the rain fell. 50 per cent. (I think it might be close @AusConservation As Gwamu Elder Cheryl Buchanan says, “dancing to 50 mammal extinctions globally). Received my ACF member- with your feet connects you to the Earth.” Moreover many species have a much ship letter and copy of habitat Yet many of us don’t touch the Earth with our toes. reduced range over the last 200 years mag. Couldn’t be happier! Philosopher Michel Serres argues we live like astronauts, and are under threat from the usual As well as a No Junk Mail high above the ground in extra-terrestrial cities. suspects; feral cats, foxes and habitat sticker to stop those pesky We are parasitic citizens, sucking all the nutrients loss being prominent. peddlers from wasting paper. from the earth and excreting only rubbish. Parasites use I did enjoy reading this edition. @iWalrus11 their hosts — they take without giving back and weak- Kind regards, en without killing. But we astronauts confuse use with Raymond Gibson Please email letters to abuse. Our feet are so far from the ground that we do not [email protected] and include notice we are sucking our host dry. your name and address. Letters may In this issue of habitat, we look at coming back down be edited for length and clarity. to Earth. We share stories of growing our connection to Nature by Chloe, age 7 Join the habitat twitter nature: spending time outdoors, sharing our backyard Nature is so important conversation @AusConservation bounty, connecting the dots between islands of habitat or like us on Facebook I care for it all and pressing our ears to the land to hear its pulse. /AustralianConservationFoundation Beetles, bugs and flying birds With our feet in the dirt and our eyes to the sky, our re- I care for it all turn to Earth can only bring us — and our planet — hap- We are part of nature too piness and health. So we need to beware of what we do We should not litter all around In the air and on the ground Nature is so important I care for it all If it was not there We would not be here at all! Suffering nature deficit disorder? For effective relief of symptoms, get your hands dirty and nurture some native wisteria, kangaroo paw, everlasting daisies or golden wattle. We have eight packets of Australian native seeds from the good people at Sow n Sow to give to eight lucky readers. Too much concrete in your life? For a chance to win, email [email protected] with ‘Sow n sow’ in the subject line. Include your name, address and telephone number. We will randomly chose six winners on 15 May. → sownsow.com.au 3 proofsheet Ormiston Gorge is a rugged red landscape in the MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs. Geologists believe it was created 300 to 500 million years ago when massive geological forces shifted rocks several kilometres until they lifted, cracked and came to stand upright. The rock walls have wildly fractured faces with Photo: Bette Devine, ribbons of red and orange quartzite. Ghost gums MacDonnell National Park, Northern Territory and spinifex cling to their rocky ledges. → Visit acfonline.org.au/habitat to downloAd proofsheet imAges As your screen sAver. 4 letter from the ceo together, we have achieved great protection of the envi- But there is also another gift — learning and ronment over the last 50 years in Australia. This wide brown doing things differently. We have a vibrant cul- land, girt by a little green and a lot of sea, with its ark of ture and we are starting to develop an economy unique animals and plants, now has 120,000,000 hectares of that can be clean and efficient, and restore the land and 230,000,000 hectares of sea protected. environment. More than a million Australian The great wildflower clad Moreton and Fraser Islands. The households are doing this with solar panels on Great Barrier Reef: the only living thing on earth visible from their roofs. And many are restoring damaged the moon. Tropical rainforests, home to some of the earliest land and bringing back wildlife or willing our flowering plants—truly green dinosaurs. The best remaining taxpayer dollars towards these things. tropical savannah in the world across Cape York, the Kimberley Here’s the paradox. So much more is be- and the top end of Australia, known and managed by the oldest ing achieved for the environment, yet at the continuous culture on earth. same time the threats are greater and more Extensive oceans with turtles and marlin and even whale damaging. We have never had so much solar sharks. The sky scraping forests of Tasmania: the largest living power, yet we have never had so much carbon things that have ever existed on earth, alongside the redwoods pollution. We have never had so many are- of California. Precious river systems like the Murray-Darling as protected, but never so many ecosystems that occasionally cut through this dry, old continent. threatened. This is our blood and soul. This is being Australian. This is a What do we need to do? We should have high- gift to the world and future generations. er expectations for protection of the environment Henry Don Henry from all political parties. We vote in our represent- economy. Australian leadership for global action, protection and flies over the atives. We pay their salaries and we should hold the restoration of the beautiful life we share with this ancient con- Kimberley. Photo by them to account. All political parties should be tinent. Economics and business that make the environment and Leon Mead strong supporters of the environment. Currently people central to decision making, and celebrating this, is a core they are not.
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