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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King


Got some great ideas? Want to get something off your chest? Are you doing some great work in your community that you want to share?

Welcome to Your Say - the post that allows everyone to share their thoughts and experience, offer advice or lend a helping hand.

Post an article, comment on the latest political developments or talk about the inspiring green stories from your neighbourhood.

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  • How do you measure the value Australians place on a healthy river system?

    March 1st, 2011

    The Murray and the Darling are iconic rivers for Australians. Some of us live there, some of us visit to go camping, others may never visit parts of the river system but still value its health and existence and hope that it is passed on to future Australians.

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  • Earth could be 'unrecognisable' by 2050

    February 21st, 2011

    A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an "unrecognisable" world by 2050, researchers say.

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  • Stop the global land grab

    February 15th, 2011

    Land is now one of the hottest commodities in the world market. Time to stand up for small farmers dismissed as 'inefficient'

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  • What if the hippies are right?

    February 8th, 2011

    When the floods have receded, the cyclone has blown, the bushfires have burned out and Sydneysiders can sleep again, one question will remain: what if the hippies are right?

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  • Slow Food - an antidote to fast food and fast life

    February 8th, 2011

    Slow Food, a network between grower and eater, agriculture and market, community and world… It all started in 1986, when journalist Carlo Petrini helped to establish Arcigola, the forerunner of Slow Food.

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  • The Population Explosion

    January 17th, 2011

    Later this year – on 31 October, to be precise – a boy will be born in a rural village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. His parents will not know it, but his birth will prove to be a considerable landmark for our species as his arrival will mark the moment when the human population reaches 7 billion.

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Snapshot

this week's carbon emissions:
1.961 tonnes

water restrictions:
Stage 2

current uv levels:
Very High

water storage levels:
65% full

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