Articles by: Cam Walker

Author Biography:

Cam Walker is campaigns co-ordinator with Friends of the Earth Australia and is a volunteer firefighter.

Into the Heat: Extreme fire events and contestation over the future of forests

The next twelve months will be critical for forested landscapes as First Nations custodians, regional communities, forest campaigners and scientists all contribute to a vision of how to interact with our forest landscapes.

A continent that burns. And a world that’s getting hotter. Welcome to the Pyrocene.

The world has heated as a result of human activity and now all fire events occur in a warmer environment. This is well documented. We have known it for years.

Logging Old Growth Forests as the World Burns

…we need to manage forests to allow them to be restored—to eventually see the creation of new old growth—not subject them to continued unsustainable logging regimes. Young, regrowth forests are more fire prone. Older forests tend to be more fire resistant...

Transition decade

On 1 February 2010, well over a thousand people crammed into the Melbourne Town Hall to celebrate the launch of the Transition Decade (T10). This initiative is the beginning of an attempt to forge an alliance of groups and people who recognise the depth of the problems we face from climate change and who have a collaborative approach to creating a response to this pressing crisis. Most importantly, it seeks to build the momentum required…

Re-localising food production

Adapt or die [The Australian Government’s response to the 2006 State of the Environment Report.]

Silent spring, summer, autumn and winter: the government’s Senate majority is being used to muffle sections of civil society

The next step in the ‘business as usual’ approach to saving the planet [Geosequestration.]

A gathering storm [Climate change and environmental refugees.]

Greening corporations or scoring greenbacks? [Is green group engagement with corporate multinationals increasing responsibility or inviting abuse?]

Time to choose sides: the green movement and corporate power in the twenty-first century.

Time for Plan B: with the support of the United States, Indigenous groups are under fire in Colombia.