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Genetics Understanding
Genetics: Human Health and the Genome.
Health, genetically modified food and ethics are explored in
this web site.
http://www.thetech.org/gentics/
Global Issues
Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Links to web resources on global issues.
http://www.dfat.gov.au/globalissues/
Global Warming see Environmental
Issues
Green Warriors
Ideas to make a difference
Make a Difference
:
Act Now Australia
MAD : Make A Difference Day
One
Planet, Many People : atlas of
our changing environment
Union of Concerned
Scientists
Citizens and scientists for environmental solutions
The Australian Collaboration
Facts and Issues Sheets
Global Ideas Bank
Be a social entrepreneur
Ashoka : innovators for the public
Social entrepreneurs
Sport for a Better World
How to get Politicians' Attention
How to lobby our decision makers :
information for action
Online Databases
National library of Australia
Indexes and Databases – Environment
A list of databases available through the National Library of
Australia website. Those marked with ‘GO’ are freely available
for you to use.
Eastern Regional Libraries
Environment links
Eastern Regional Libraries
Online encyclopedias and journals : ProQuest Science
An excellent resource for up to date journal and newspaper
articles on environmental issues and other science topics.
Select : “Search ProQuest Science from home” when
accessing this database from outside the Eastern Regional
Libraries network.
Science Online
Animal Welfare
Animal Welfare League
Animal Welfare Home Page
Government of South Australia : Dept. for Environment and
Heritage
Animal Welfare DAFF
Government of Australia dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry
RSPCA
Endangered Species
In the News
The Age Education
(Newspaper)
e-Library
Online newspaper and journal articles, radio
transcripts and video clips.
The Spinney Press: Issues in Society
Online
Recycling
The recycling Guide
Planet Ark
Green Canary
Buying Green. Eco-Logical fundraisers. We help you achieve healthy outcomes in your
home, your
school, your
workplace or
community through
environmental fundraisers.
Environmental
Issues
Parliament of Australia
:
Department of Parliamentary Services
Environmental Management Gateway
Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Links to web resources on global issues.
The National Dryland Salinity Program. (NDSA).
Information on the research and development
taking place to combat salinity in Australia’s drylands.
National Action Plan for Salinity and Water
Quality“The
National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP)
is the first of its kind. It tackles two major natural resource
management issues facing Australia's rural industries, regional
communities and our unique environment.”
Australian Conservation Foundation
Salt: Nature in the balance
Water Quality - Volunteers
Australian Greenhouse Office
Environmental organisations
Greenpeace Australia
The Wilderness Society
(Australia)
Logging, Salination, Climate Change, etc.
Earth Watch Institute
Planet Ark
The Gould League
CERES Community Environment Park
Action Earth
Local Environmental Issues
Dandenong Ranges National Park
Local creeks, flora, fauna.
Yarra Ranges Shire
(Environmental page)
Local Environmental Groups
(Contact information)
Friends of Sherbrooke Forest
Human Rights
Child Soldiers
A long way gone by Ishmael Beah
Review
BBC News
Rehabilitating Sudan's Boy Soldiers
SOS Children's Villages
SOS Child Soldiers
Sudan: the passion of the present
Chad's boy soldiers slowly grasp lost childhood
Fighting Slavery Today
Child Soldiers
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife Protection Association of
Australia
African Wildlife Foundation
World Wildlife Fund
Weather and
Climate
Bureau of
Meteorology
Department of the Environment and Water Resources - Australian
Government
Department of the Environment and
Climate Change
Humanitarian Organisations
Australian Charities
International Red Cross
Landmines, War and Displacement, Children in War, Biotechnology
and Weapons
Oxfam Australia
Volunteers
UNICEF
Australia
Building a better future for children
Rotary Australia
Australian Red Cross
Doctors without Borders
Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
Fair
Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand
People not Profits
CAMFED Campaign for Female Education
(HIV Aids, Africa)
Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations
Poverty.com : hunger and world
poverty
Make Poverty History
Refugee Council of Australia
One World - Refugees
African Medical & Research
Foundation
AIDS, Malaria, Poverty, Heath Issues, etc.
Save the Children
Books to Inspire -
True Life Stories
These Books are located in
the Biography section in the library.
"B" in the call number
stands for Biography.
One Unknown
Hicks,
Gill
Australian survivor of the London Bombings
B 920 HIC
A long way gone : memoirs
of a boy soldier
Beah, Ishmael
B 966.4 BEA
Dead lucky : life after death on Mount
Everest
Hall, Lincoln
B 796.522
The Motorcycle Diaries : notes on a Latin American journey.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
B 980 GUE
Thura's diary : a young girl's life in war torn Baghdad
Al-Windawi, Thura
B 956.7044
AL
Home is where the heart is
(The story of a woman, Geraldine, who cares for orphans of
Cambodia's killing fields)
B 363.73 COX
Livestrong : inspirational stories from cancer survivors
Lance Armstrong Foundation
B 362 196 LIV
Slave :
the true story of a girl's lost childhood and her fight for
survival
Nazer, Mende
B 306.6
Green Power : environmentalists who have changed the face of
Australia
Williams, Christine
B 333.72 GRE
Making a Difference
365 ways to change the world : how to
make a difference one day at a time
Norton, Michael
158.1 NOR
Twelve principles : living
with integrity in the twenty-first century
Hawes, Martin
303.44 MAR
A pocket guide to ethical issues
Goddard, Andrew
170 GOD
We
are the weathermakers : the story of global warming
Flannery, Tim
551.6 FLA
Take it personally : how globalisation affects you and powerful
ways to challenge it
Roddick, Anita
33O ROD
An inconvenient truth : the crisis of
global warming (the book adapted from the film, the DVD of
the film is also available)
Gore, Al
363.738 GOR
Born to be wild : the livewire
guide to saving animals
Gellatley, Juliet
GELL
Fiction
Environmental protection
The Lorax
Dr. Seuss
Picture Book
Wildlife conservation
One for Sorrow, two for joy
Woodall, Clive
WOO
Whale rising
Robinson, Sue
ROBI
Shallows
Winton, Tim
WINT
Dust
Thompson, Colin
Save the Children
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