Nimbin Environment Centre is Nimbin's Eco Centre
We are a voluntary organization aimed at promoting environmental awareness.
The N.E.C is involved with many environmental campaigns on both a local and national level and has
played a supporting roll in many non-violent actions to protect rainforest, endangered species and fresh
water ways.
We also supply educational information to people of the local areas affected by these issues.
We continue to operate through funds raised by our shop and donations from concerned individuals.
Active Campaigns
Two environmentalists arrested in actions this week!!!!!!!!!
Girad and Ewingar state forests are situated south west of Tabulam in upper NSW. Both forests are up for logging even though local Aboriginal communities have identified Ewingar forest as "culturally significant" and the forest is high in biodiversity, threatened species and contains old growth forest.
The Nimbin Environment Centre has served a letter of demand on State Forestry giving 14 days notice as of the 29th of October.
Lake Cowal is the largest inland wetland in NSW and when in flood, becomes the states largest lake. Now Barrick Gold, a giant Multi-National company based in Canada are in the process of building an open cut gold mine using a cyanide leaching process.
The camp has recently been given an eviction notice under the rural lands protection act and has been given 14days to vacate the camp from the 4th of November.
Narangbar
At Narangbar, just north of Brisbane a food irradiation plant has been constructed by Steritech. The plant uses cobalt 60, from the cooling rods of nuclear reactors to irradiate food and has the potential to be one of the most dangerous plants in this country.
Since the bombing of the twin towers many changes in our legal system have been made in the name of fear. Human rights are all that allow us as individuals to have a say in our government. We must not give in to terror by giving up our rights.
Proposed Dam at Byril Creek
The NEC has just recently been informed of a new project to create a large dam along the border of Mt Warning NP and into Mebbin. The dam area would spread from Mebbin camping ground to Pretty Gully where the dam wall would be situated. This would in affect cut the wildlife corridor from Mt Warning NP to the Border Ranges.
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