Nexus - 0110 - New Times Magazine-pages

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Clear skies, blue oceans, clean rivers, tall trees, lush rainforests, healthy people, abundant wildlife, are not yet things of the past - but MUST be kept part of the future. In 1988 an Australian Earth Repair Action (ERA) Decade was proclaimed by the United Nations Association of Australia. The initiators of this project, the Earth Repair Foundation, with the UNAA Environment Program, are now campaigning for the United Nations General Assembly to declare this a world-wide EARTH REPAIR ACTION DECADE. ‘ACTION One Planet,One People rar y ba ae r% Se oe we: i ; 2 a. i ays. 2 be * ie 0 a, Co ...“and they shall beat their swords into ploughshare their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore’. - Isaiah 2:4 RSV. of people marched through the centre of Sydney declaring an urgent need for action on all environmental fronts. Leading banners... 90’s The Decade of Earth Repair Action’ and 'One Planet, One People, One Chance' bespoke a strong and united commitment in this important endeavour! The Rally also publicly launched a people’s campaign for the UN General Assembly to endorse the I n June 1990, for World Environment Week, thousands First International Earth Repair Year (FIERY) tobegina world- wide Earth Repair Action (ERA) Decade. Amongst many other proposals given within its ideals, the Earth Repair Action Decade initiative urges governments of all nations to annually convert 10% of military budgets, personnel and resources to support cleaning up and future prevention of environmental degradation. This program includes community education, reafforestation and research into safer alternatives. Nexus #10 24 ETT JANINE GRANT investigates this innovative approach to repairing our environment.