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Lucy Manne is the co-director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and the joint 2013 Prime Minister’s Young Environmentalist of the Year. In an article for the ABC she pointed out: ‘For the first time in sixteen years Australia will not be represented at the UNFCCC talks by a minister at all – both Greg Hunt, our minister for environment, and Julie Bishop, our foreign minister, are skipping the Warsaw talks entirely. At the same time, a recently leaked cabinet document revealed that the government has ruled out financial assistance for developing countries attempting to deal with the impacts of climate change in their countries, on the basis that it is “socialism masquerading as environmentalism”.’ Read Manne’s article in full at http://bit.ly/manneclimate. Q Q Q Q
The attempt to grow moustaches for Movember is on in earnest and one local decided to lobby us directly in order to encourage readers to donate to the cause. His reason for growing the mo? ‘Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed and the third most common cause of cancer death. One in nine men will get it. We all know someone who has it or has died because of it.’ Find out more at http:// mobro.co/6582373. Q Q Q Q
According to an ABC report, ‘New research shows young people are more likely to drink alcohol if they live near a number of bottle-shops. Victoria’s Deakin University researchers spoke with 10,000 teenagers and found a significant relationship between the density of liquor outlets and the age at which
We asked which local barista, comedian and radio personality would not be shaving their top lips during Movember. Courtney Clark guessed right, and so gets to go to the Mullum Music Festival with a friend this weekend and The Echo will be donating $100 to prostate and testicular cancer research. The correct answer was, from left, Bay FM’s Tony Parker, Rock & Roll Coffee Company’s Trent Morris and Mandy Nolan’s Mandy Nolan. Photo Jeff ‘I Eat Whiskas’ Dawson
young people start drinking. The university’s Professor John Toumbourou said children and teenagers are more likely to drink alcohol if they are living in areas where there are a number of alcohol outlets nearby.’ Obviously this sends danger signals for the health of Byron Bay teens. Fortunately we have www. cringethebinge.com to encourage responsible behaviour – with added fun.
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As Chris Dobney reports in Echonetdaily, ‘The recent sale of the cogeneration plants attached to the Condong and Broadwater sugar mills, together with changes to state government regulations, has sparked concerns native forest could be sourced for the co-generation plants.’ The North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) has written to the mills’ new Swiss owners, pleading with them not to resort to the practice. The
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Yoga Workshop Quality and diversity of learning is at the heart of Small Schools. Small Schools are at the heart of our communities. Support your right to choose a Small School before you lose that right.
with Simon Borg-Olivier MScBAppSc (Physiotherapy) Internal Health, External Power: How to Generate Internal Energy for Inner Health and External Power in Yoga and Exercise Fri 29th Nov 6pm-9pm Sat 30th Nov 9am-12noon and 1pm-4pm Sun 1st Dec 9am-12noon and 1pm-4pm $250 for entire workshop $60 per session
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