EARTH MATTERS can be heard on 3CR in Melbourne Sunday 11am, 2XX Canberra Tuesday 10am, 8CCC Alice Springs Sundays between 8-9pm, 2NCR Lismore Friday 10am, 5UV Adelaide Thursday 2pm, 7LTN Launceston Monday 7:30pm, 2VOX Wollongong between 9-10am & much more!! Earth Matters Program 90a Juliet Fox 3CR Community Radio 03 9419 8377 ComRadSat Program 24/12/1999 CUE SHEET INTRO : "Hello and welcome to environmental =85"=20 OUTRO : "... next week." DURATION : 26'30" (frogs til around 27'30") One of the founders of Australia's Rainforest Information Centre, John Seed The Rainforest Information Centre based in Lismore has a long and proud history of activism surrounding rainforest protection. Today on Earth Matters we hear from one of its founders, John Seed, speaking with 3CR's Jan Bartlett. IN: (JAN BARTLETT) "Many people =85" OUT: "=85 sold for woodchips." DUR: 7'25" John gives us the history of the Rainforest Information Centre, which was one of the first groups in the world to take direct action, in the form of a forest blockade, against rainforest destruction. It was also the source of inspiration for the well-known Franklin Dam blockades in Tasmania which followed. IN: "And the second project =85" OUT: "=85 bloom in this way." DUR: 7'00" We also hear about the diverse range of projects that the Rainforest Information Centre is involved in around the world, in countries including India, Ecuador and Malaysia. John speaks about his ability to continue the fight against rainforest logging and his relationship with Deep Ecology. IN: "Tell us about OUT: "=85 from all sides." DUR: 6'55" 3 sections broken up with music -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink