DEA - Doctors for the environment

  • We need to do our homework on the health risks of coal seam gas

    This article by DEA Committee Member Marion Carey was published in The Conversation 2nd April and appears under a Creative Commons licence. Last night’s ABC Four Corners program, Gas Leak!, highlighted worrying flaws in the approval and monitoring processes for coal seam gas (CSG) developments…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Media DEA In Publication | 15 April 2013 - Marion Carey

  • The environment issues we should be hearing about at this election

    The following article was first published in the Conversation and appears under a Creative Commons licence. The author, Prof Ian Lowe, is a member of DEA's sceintific committee.   By Ian Lowe, Griffith University The forthcoming Australian election will be a critical one for the environment.…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Media External News Opinion & Commentary | 17 February 2013 - Prof. Ian Lowe

  • Media Release: Doctors Prescribe Bike Riding

    Doctors will be cycling through Melbourne this Saturday morning as part of Bicycle Network Victoria’s Ride2Work Day activities. “Most people know that cycling is a quick, cheap and fun way to get around.  What we want to highlight are the health benefits because these are the key reason…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Action DEA In Media Media Releases | 10 October 2012 - Joy

  • Eternal growth: neither possible nor healthy

    A/Prof Hubertus Jersmann from Doctors for the Environment Australia explains why climate change means ill health. medicSA - August 2012. This article appears with permission and courtesy of medicSA, AMA (SA). ...

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Media DEA In Publication Opinion & Commentary | 28 September 2012 - A/Professor Hubertus Jersmann

  • Port Augusta; the National March and the Alliance Media Launch 12 September

    Last year DEA SA released medical data on pollution and ill health in Port Augusta and addressed a community forum in the town. DEA held a briefing for all members of the SA Parliament and has lobbied a large number of Members of Parliament. Now with the participation of many other organisations the…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Action DEA In Media | 18 September 2012 - Joy

  • It’s time for change, and not just in our climate

    This article by Dr Eugenie Kayak appears with the permission and courtesy of Medical Observer.  The original article is found here.   “SUSTAINABILITY means more than merely lasting or surviving, it means designing and delivering health care that uses resources in ways that don’t…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Media Opinion & Commentary | 12 August 2012 - Dr Eugenie Kayak

  • Wagging for a Workshop

    by James Sterrey, medical student at The University of Sydney, and DEA NSW Metropolitan Student Representative I am usually quite a good student, attending lectures, opportunistically taking notes and generally going beyond the scope required.  But earlier this year, on the 21st of March, I abandoned…

    Read More | Filed in: DEA In Media | 11 July 2012 - James Sterrey
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