Environmental movements and indigenous sovereignty movements often intersect in their agendas and activities. However, what seems like a natural ally ship based on preservation and conversation of the environment has mounted a history of tension…
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Anonymous AJDS Member I am concerned at the slow and steady loss of environmental values in our community. I am worried that children and young people are spending less time in natural settings. I know…
David Rothfield is President of the Bayside Climate Change Action Group (BCCAG) and an AJDS committee member. It’s nearly thirty years since climate change first came on to our political agenda. In 1990, the Coalition…
From the AJDS website: www.whatsbehindjnf.org The JNF in Australia have tax deductibility status as an environmental organisation. According to the JNF’s website: “Donations of $2.00 or more to the JNF Environment Gift Fund for the…
Anna Bodeenberg is a member and board member of Earthworker Cooperative. Reading the news, scrolling social media, listening to politicians it feels like every day there is a new threat to our environment, our climate,…
Rabbi Jonathon Keren-Black is the rabbi at Leo Baeck centre. He established JECO (the Jewish Ecological Coalition) and was instrumental in establishing GreenFaith Australia. About a month ago, Rabbis across Melbourne were invited to meet…
**UPDATE: We will be meeting at 9.30 at parliament house, on the left side of the steps when facing parliament, and will be joining up with the Muslim contingent at Birraranga (Melbourne) Invasion Day March…
**UPDATE: We will be meeting at 9.30 at parliament house, on the left side of the steps when facing parliament, and will be joining up with the Muslim contingent at Birraranga (Melbourne) Invasion Day March…
Australian Jewish Democratic Society Annual Dinner An evening in Solidarity with Pittsburgh Please join us for the AJDS Annual Dinner, this year organised to send our love and solidarity to the bereaved communities in Pittsburgh. …
With the Victorian State election just days away, we might pause to ask what is at stake when we go to vote. The Liberal opposition is attempting to make an issue of law and order. They use…