How to stitch the world back together

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ISSUE 037 | 6 June 2023

Hi friends!

Yesterday was World Environment Day, and the theme was #BeatPlasticPollution. Plastic is taking over the planet. Every year, more than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced, half of which are intended for single-use applications. Less than 10% of that is recycled. 19–23 million tonnes are thought to wind up in lakes, rivers, and oceans. Plastic is one of the greatest risks to the earth today because it fills up our landfills, leaks into the ocean, and burns into toxic smoke. What is less known is that microplastics also find their way into the food we eat, the water we drink and even the air we breathe.

The good news is that research and solutions are available to address the issue, and much is already being done. What is most required right now is an increase in political and public pressure on governments, businesses, and other stakeholders to step up and speed up their efforts to address this issue.

Below is a great article from my favourite virtual friends Future Crunch about how you can make a difference - just one person at a time. Get inspired!

Marnie x

My favourite good news newsletter has put together a very inspiring article - what they learned from one hundred stories about people stitching the world back together.

If you think one person can't make a difference, you're wrong. Cast your eye over these short stories - they might inspire you to create change in your own small slice of the world.

READ ABOUT THE CHANGEMAKERS HERE

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How we can be a voice for generations

Last week's National Reconciliation Week calls for us to ‘Be a Voice for Generations’, to ‘act today for a more just, equitable and reconciled country for all’.

This article gives some great insights on the path to reconciliation and how we can take on the essential work of tackling racism, colonisation and its ongoing impacts as businesses to move the dial towards greater reconciliation.

READ HERE

Good news from the budget - native forest logging in Victoria will end in December, six years earlier than planned. This is an opportunity for Victoria’s First Peoples to tend these forests again.

And one more good news from the budget around privately held land and conservation - the Government will introduce a new land tax exemption for land protected by a conservation covenant with Trust for Nature from 1 January 2024.