Common Ground: International Expert on Population and Environment
During the week of the 18 -22 September 2007, Heather D’Agnes, an international expert on population and the environment, visited Canberra and Melbourne under the Common Ground Project to help raise awareness about the links between population, environment and development. Population-health-environment is an integrated approach to development that recognises that dealing with complex development priorities - such as poverty alleviation, environmental protection or food security - requires approaches that simultaneously link humans, their health, and their environments. < More >
Common Ground: Postcard Campaign
On the 18 July 2007 Common Ground launched its postcard campaign. The aim of the postcard was to help raise public awareness of the links between population, environment and development as well as generate discussions on these issues. Thanks to Avant Card’s part sponsorship the postcard was distributed free to the public and displayed at a variety of prominent public venues in major cities around the country.
How can you help
You can help by writing to the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith demanding that Australia meets its commitment to increase its Official Development Assistance (ODA) to 0.7% of GDP by 2015, with a greater proportion of this assistance to be allocated to reproductive health, including voluntary family planning.
Stephen Smith: House of Representatives, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 S.Smith.MP@aph.gov.au
Common Ground: Visions Shared
This exhibition was organised by Common Ground and was launched
in Canberra by Senator Lyn Allison in August 2006.
Common Ground: visions shared is a thought provoking photographic exhibition
featuring photos from Timor-Leste & Papua
New Guinea focusing on the Millennium Development Goals.
The opening was very successful and proceeds from the raffle and sale
of the photos went to the Alola Foundation in Timor-Leste and the Eda
Mauri Charity in PNG.