Thirty Years of Creative Resistance - Friends of the Earth Australia

Their final edition, in the year that the
Howard Government was elected, was a
scathing analysis of the Coalition’s failure
on environment policy and the ‘clean and
green’ image it was trying to cultivate.
Its strong position on the partial sale of
Telstra and images by left wing cartoonist,
Heinrich Heinz, were a breath of fresh air
compared to the timid green movement
response to the new Government.
Under the editorship of Clare and Larry,
the magazine reached another peak
in its history as a magazine that ran
contemporary, insightful commentary on
national political and environmental issues.
The magazine had a brief period of nonproduction
from 1996 until 1998, but apart
from that has been produced consistently
for almost 30 years, almost entirely
through volunteer labour.
It was resurrected by Anna Burlow, Kulja
Coulston, Tristy Fairfield and Barbara Kerr
in 1998 with the first edition, appropriately
titled ‘Back from the Wilderness’, taking an
anti-nuclear and international focus.
The present CR production team is an
independent collective that was based in
Ross House in the CBD and now has an
office in the FoE building in Melbourne.
Rowena Shakes
Wild Spaces is about our
individual expressions and
perceptions of Wild Spaces.
It refers to the Earth’s wild
places. It refers to the infinite
spiritual space inside all of us:
the wild space that is not so
easily found. Exploring the wild
space helps us to keep in touch
with the natural forces of the
universe that are vital for each
individual’s spiritual, mental and
social development.
Friends of the Earth’s Wild Spaces
Film Festival is Australia’s only national
film festival focused exclusively on
environmental and social justice. It has
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