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Edmund Rice Centre

15 Henley Rd
(PO Box 2219)
Homebush West,
NSW 2140
AUSTRALIA

Ph:  (02) 8762 4200
Fx:  (02) 8762 4220

Int'l Ph: +61 2 8762 4200
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Email: erc@erc.org.au

Located just 100 metres to the south of Flemington Railway Station. Link to new location on Google Maps

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5 Abingdon St
(Postal: 84 Park Rd)
Woolloongabba,
QLD 4102

Ph 1: (07) 3103 7376
Ph 2: (02) 8090 1976
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To meat or not to meat: reducing your eco-footprint

‘Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.’
Albert Einstein

Not everyone can afford solar panels or a hybrid car, but our diet is one thing that we have the power to change and make a definite impact with.

Eating less meat and animal products (even if that just means having one meat free day per week), or foregoing them altogether, is one small way for individuals to make an impact on some of the massive injustices facing our world today: from poverty and ill health, to environmental degradation and climate change.

Vegetarians are asking questions about the food they eat and are trying to connect the food they eat to morality: animal rights, health, the environment, eco-footprint, food shortages, and costs to people in developing countries. And we have a choice to eat meat or not to eat meat.

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ERC Just Comment Vol 12 No 2: Vegetarianism - reduce your eco-footprint

 

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What's up at ERC?

  • ERC & PCP event: Putting a break on climate change
Edmund Rice Centre & Pacific Calling Partnership invite you to join in sharing stories about successful initiatives to raise awareness of what we can do about the effect of climate change on Pacific islands. Saturday 7th August 2010 - 11am - 4.00pm at the Edmund Rice Centre, 15 Henley Rd, Homebush West NSW - just 150 metres from Flemington station.
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  • ERC and Fair Trade: Sydney Archdiocese to go Fair Trade!
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has just announced a commitment to the exclusive use of Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate! To the best of our knowledge this decision makes them the first Catholic diocese in Australia to become a 'Fair Trade Diocese'!

Congratulations to the Archdiocese for this decision, and to the Coordinator of ERC's Fair Trade Program, Danny Long, who worked closely with Republica Coffee's Jacqueline Arias to overcome all challenges in setting up this arrangement with the Archdiocese. It is hoped that this will encourage other dioceses to follow the example set and in turn for individual parishes and other catholic institutions to fully embrace the ethical option offered by the Fair Trade movement.

For further information on Fair Trade contact Danny Long at ERC: (02) 8762 4224 or email: dannyl [at] erc.org.au
  • Asylum Seeker Research: support urgently needed!

ERC's success in mounting a coherent argument for the reopening of the cases of those asylum seekers that Australia has deported to danger, has been based on rigorous research in situ in the countries to which these people were returned.

Such work has high levels of risk for our researchers and for the deportees. We are committed to accompanying these vulnerable people to achieve safety. In many cases their treatment by Australia has placed them at greater risk than when they were first forced to flea their place of origin.

The results of this research conducted by ERC Director Phil Glendenning and colleagues has been published in two reports: Deported to Danger. Information about the research and copies of the reports are available here.

The unique nature of this human rights research work means that it does not qualify for most sources of funding from agencies. The work can therefore only be continued through your support. To donate please go to our donations page.

Donations for this ERC work are tax deductible!

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