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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Vol 35 no. 8. 27 April 1972

[Introduction]

Do it now banner

Every person has a role in the ecology movement to save the earth. The first is as an advocate of change in industry, society and all things affecting the planet Earth. The second is the following of minor duties to stopping pollution and over-production. Here are some guidelines:

Buy unwrapped produce — natural foods of course, not processed — and refuse to accept products' unnecessarily overwrapped.

Use and re-use wax paper in preference to aluminium foil and cellophane, both of which do not break down naturally. Paper bags can be used a number of times.

Avoid paper plates, cups, paper towels, serviettes, etc. Use crockery and washable linen napkins.

Stopping bulldozer cartoon

Cancel subscriptions to newspapers which waste paper advertising un-necessary produce. Pressure publishers to de-ink and recycle newsprint.

Always buy uncoloured toilet paper and tissues. The dye used to colour these products is not biodegradable and pollutes water courses.

Buying a milk shake or similar — always drink it from a metal container in the shop — refuse one time cardboard cups.

Cartoon chomping the world

Example of paper wastage: In Melbourne, one million phone books are printed, each with four pounds of paper per book. Because there are two phone books per subscriber (pink and white pages), this means usage of 4,000' tons of paper. Each ton of paper means destruction of 17 trees, therefore 68,000 trees are destroyed to supply phone books in Melbourne, a grand total of 250,000 trees are destroyed in Australia to supply subscribers with their phone books. Agitate for a limited number of books and an efficient inquiry service.

"The world simply does not have the resources to support the existing total world population in the custom to which the first class passengers — Americans, Europeans and Australian/New Zealanders — have become accustomed." — The Review.

Eating the world cartoon

In the United States, 100,000 people have pledged they will not buy a new car until the car city of the world, Detroit, destroys the petrol engine. One of them, Frank Herbert, the author of 'Dune,' is convinced that the steam engine is the perfect replacement. One steam engine in Santa Rosa, California has 500,000 miles on one engine. Buying a used engine also slows down Detroit.

Small cars consume less fuel and oil. Make sure your car is always tuned as perfectly as possible.

Drive smoothly — fast acceleration and deceloration causes heavy exhaust

Use a hand lawn-mower for lawns.

Demand strong air pollution laws and agitate for air pollution monitoring in your city.

Judge cartoon

Demand local civic policy to recycle and reconstitute all waste, including sewerage. For instance, the city of New York demands that all stationery has a percentage of recycled paper in it.

'People in Koblenz, West Germany stand in line waiting to catch quiet battery operated buses which carry 100 passengers for five to six hours without recharging. A lesson for cities planning to change trolley buses to deisels. Bus services will improve if more people start using them. Hitch-hike or bike to your destination on dry days - if you're driving, pick up hitch-hikers.

Cartoon of the world

Finite world cartoon

Cut down on electrical appliances: no carving knives, shoe polishers, electric toothbrushes, griddles — treat yourself to some peace from radios, record players, and television. Turn off electrical appliances when not in use.

Tapes are better than records.

Urge businesses to turn off lights and neon signs at night.

Never litter — it doesn't make much difference ecologically, but it helps psychologically (if we're surrounded by ugliness and neglect, chances are we'll reflect it to some degree.

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