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Local heroes: Australian crusades from the environmental frontline

Local heroes: Australian crusades from the environmental frontline

By: Kathleen McPhillips

Local Heroes gives voice to activists who have struggled over the last twenty years to change agendas at local, state, national and international levels. The book looks at ten issues, including lead pollution in inner city Sydney, heavy metal contamination in Port Kembla, the Coode Island chemical storage plant in Victoria, the Smogbusters campaign in…

Social ecology: applying ecological understanding to our lives and our planet

Social ecology: applying ecological understanding to our lives and our planet

By: David Wright, Dr. Catherine E. Camden-Pratt, Stuart B. Hill, Ph.D.

Social ecology addresses the burning question of how to apply ecological understanding to every aspect of our lives. The twenty-seven contributors, all of whom have directly or indirectly contributed to the teaching of social ecology in Australia and beyond, share their experiences in this “coming of age” anthology of keynote articles. These are of particular…