Published three times a year, Chain Reaction is the national magazine of Friends of the Earth, Australia. Published since 1975, Chain Reaction has built up a loyal audience and earned a reputation as a progressive magazine at the forefront of environmental and social debates in Australia. You can read a short history of Chain Reaction here.
Latest issue: Chain Reaction #130, September 2017
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PERMACULTURE
- Permaculture and Activism ‒ David Holmgren
- The Art of Frugal Hedonism ‒ Kirsten Bradley
- FRIENDS OF THE EARTH ARTICLES
- The long campaign against the environment movement ‒ Cam Walker
- Making history: El Salvador becomes first country to ban metal mining ‒ Sam Cossar-Gilbert and Riccardo Navarro
- Put that bottle down now! Nanoparticles in infant formula products ‒ Louise Sales
- FoE Melbourne's new forest campaign ‒ Ed Hill
- FoE's Dirt Radio going strong in its sixth year ‒ John Langer
- Pesticides and drinking water supplies ‒ Anthony Amis
NUCLEAR, CLIMATE, ENERGY
- Yami Lester
- Aboriginal people do not want a nuclear waste dump in South Australia ‒ Karina Lester
- Talisman Saber 2017 military exercises ‒ Robin Taubenfeld
- Boys and their toys: the growing movement against nuclear nations ‒ Sue Wareham
- Nuclear power's annus horribilis ‒ Jim Green
- The case for a climate budget: It's time for Victoria to invest in climate action ‒ Leigh Ewbank
- 2016 another record year for renewables
- What's behind the Finkel Review on energy security? ‒ Ben Courtice
- What does Finkel mean for community power? ‒ Kim Shore
- A climate solution that also lifts indigenous rights ‒ Douglas Fischer
OTHER ARTICLES
- Ten Years Too Long – Stop the Intervention
- Around the world, environmental laws are under attack ‒ Bill Laurance
- Environmental defenders being killed in record numbers globally, new research reveals ‒ Jonathan Watts and John Vidal
- Fracking pipeline construction looms ‒ Jimmy Cocking
- Radiation risks and fracking
- Controversial copper mine on Bougainville hits roadblock
REVIEWS
- Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies
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Issue #129 - click here for PDF
Issue #128 - click here for PDF
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-- Journal of the Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria, March 2011.