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Welcome to the Jewish Australia Environment page. |
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| Climate change, greenhouse gases, global warming and meteorology are at the forefront of environmental concerns. How does the human way of life impact on our environment? What costs are paid by us and future societies? This is the page for links, answer to these questions, and more questions. To contribute to this page, or comment, email the publisher |
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| LINKS | |||
| Energy rating How to choose energy efficient appliances. |
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| Bureau of Meteorology A very useful starting point to explore Climate Change |
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| Climate Change Further information for those who wish to learn much more about climate change and the climate in general |
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| Students and Teachers Great teaching resources for students and teachers who may want to explore studies in the weather |
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| Climate Change Impacts The Australian Government, Department of Environment and Heritage, statements on climate change and downloadable brochures in PDF format |
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| Israel Keep track of the water level in the Kinneret - Sea of Galilee |
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| JEWISH ENVIRONMENT ORGANISATIONS | |||
| B'nai B'rith Environment Group (BBEG) B'nai B'rith Environment Group (BBEG), which was established in 1997, has recently ceased to exist. |
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| JECO - The Jewish Ecological Coalition inc JECO seeks to raise awareness about environmental issues, to actively promote ecological sustainability, and to emphasise and deepen Jewish commitment to the environment. |
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 JNF - KKL Jewish National Fund / Keren Kayemet LeIsrael Click on the logo to get updated headlines of "What's New" in KKL worldwide |
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| JNF KKL Worldwide Based in New York | |||
| JNF KKL Australia | |||
| JNF-KKL Israel | |||
| JNF-KKL Israel - Information Links | |||
| JNF KKL France | |||
| JNF KKL Offices worldwide (Argentina, Canada, Germany, Holland, Italy, Sweden) | |||
| JNF KKL Offices around the United States | |||
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| LOCAL WEATHER PROJECTS | |||
| Caulfield South Weather Station | |||
 Caulfield South Weather Station is the only professional class weather station dedicated to bringing an understanding of our weather to kids. Automatically updated every 15 minutes, keeping 14 day histories and useful highs and lows, it serves our community to begin learning about climate change, significant events like droughts and will expand its operation to monitoring soil moisture conditions to promote accuracy in watering gardens in the near future. |
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| It serves as a learning tool, promotes environmental awareness, inspires art, encourages maths and science, supports communication and is referred to by kids, cyclists, schools, outdoor sporting people, hobbyists, elderly people (possible heat stroke alerts) and many more. | |||
| "We Are What We Do" Caulfield South Weather Station featured on "We are what we do" illustrating that even at a local level what we do has important benefits for others and makes a real difference with the initiatives we choose to do. |
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The UV & Me Project |
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| AUDIO VISUALS | |||
| See beautiful audio-visuals of the Australian landscape taken by Ruth Goldwasser of Melbourne. | |||
| Please note: on clicking you may be asked to install 'Photodex Presenter' - this is a well-respected site and it's a once-only download. | |||
| Birds of a Feather | |||
| An evocative audio-visual presentation of birds photographed in Australia. | |||
| There are 2 birds in the AV, the peacock and the flamingo, that are not indigenous to Australia. They were photographed at the Sydney and Adelaide Zoos. The rest are all Australian native birds. | |||
| Desert Sands | |||
| Swan Lake | |||
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