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  1. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Traumatic landscapes of plastic, pollution and exploitation

    The coastline of Spain is known as the ‘Sea of Plastic’ ("Mar de Plástico”) It is the world’s largest plastic greenhouse complex with 350 square km of fruit and vegetables grown by immigrant labour for the horticultural industry. >>
    behance.net/gallery/22272681/M

    Could we do the same thing to the coast of NSW?
    NSW Greens to move bill to let councils better regulate berry industry as it continues rapid expansion

    “People move into these beautiful valleys for the lifestyle and the environment but then wake up one day and within months they are looking at an industrial-scale blueberry farm."

    "Faehrmann’s bill will call for mandated buffers between intensive horticulture farms and homes and waterways, as well as strict controls on spraying, runoff and irrigation and greater monitoring of produce for pesticides."

    "Blueberry farming is rapidly expanding beyond Coffs Harbour, where it began several decades ago, into the Nambucca Valley and the Kempsey area to the south, and west toward Grafton and Bellingen."
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    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #rivers #water #extractivism #pesticides #MidNorthCoast #ChinasOrchard #horticulturalIndustry #regulation #runoff #pollution #plastic #PALM #blueberries #SeaOfPlastics #TraumaticLandscapes #NSWCoast #NSW #CoffsHarbour #Nambucca #Kempsey #Grafton #Bellingen #residents #habitability #NSWLogging

    #pesticides #midnorthcoast #nambucca #kempsey #coffsharbour #nswcoast
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Bored fossil fuel enthusiasts are burning rubber, microplastics and toxic chemicals on the Mid North Coast.
    #Cars #CarMinds #PetroMasculinity #pollution #noise #toxins #stormwater #BellingerRiver #roads #SchoolHolidays #climate #Bellingen #CoffsHarbour #MidNorthCoast #governance #antisocial #UnsafeBehaviour

    #cars #carminds #petromasculinity #pollution #noise #toxins
  3. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    A koala unfriendly infrastructure

    "The sixth koala killed between Bonville and Repton."

    No virtual fencing, no AI sensors, no speed restrictions
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    coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.a

    "Signs are litter on a stick
    Signs are white noise motorists ignore
    Signs are a cheap option"
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    Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future of Our Planet with Ben Goldfarb
    youtube.com/watch?v=TVkw0fOslck
    #koalas #wildlife #Biodiversity #conservation #roads #highways #NegativeExternalities #Infrastructure #cars #vehicles #crashes #ExtinctionCrisis #RoadEcology #RoadKill #signage #fencing #MidNorthCoast #ThegreatkoalaNationalPark #Bellingen #Repton #Bonville #Coffs #WildlifeSafety

    Koala signage (litter on a stick) erected and then vandalised by motorists. Bellingen/ Gleniffer

    #koalas #wildlife #biodiversity #conservation #roads #highways