"Earth Aware" is about appreciating, learning and exploring the physical, cultural and spiritual realms of mother earth and the universe in todays modern world...

Consumerism - most of us are victims of it to a certain degree particularly at Christmas, but how many of us prior to purchasing a product consider the effects that it has on the environment. A few of the environmental consequences may include air, water and land pollution during construction, packaging and distribution; degradation and depletion of natural resources and the waste product post-use. Nature is to be valued and respected, lets "spend" time together at christmas time and save money and the earth's resources by thoughtfully choosing fewer products that have minimal impacts on the environment. Do research on the products you buy - learn more about the entire cost of the items; buy locally made and or hand made gifts - these small changes make a big difference!
Caroline Jackson (2008).Views on Consumerism and the Environment.

Over 100,000 million sharks are finned each year, mainly caught by illegal longliners. Sharks are dragged onboard vessels, the fins removed and then the body is thrown back overboard. The shark then sinks to the sea floor to a slow and painful death. For a real look at two distinctly different underworlds, see the documentary "Sharkwater".
www.sharkwater.com (2007)

"Approximately 3.5 million fishing boats are competing for dwindling fish stocks around the world, threatening the entire oceans ecosystems. Not only are targeted species suffering from migration interference, habitat destruction and reduced water quality, but each year about 27 million tonnes of ocean creatures are caught and killed as unwanted bycatch, including the drowning of over 50,000 seabirds on baited lines".
Greenpeace (2004). "Oceans Under Threat", Greenpeace Australia Pacific Ltd.

"What is the true worth of the environment? It is different for everyone and immeasurable for many. What is harder to measure is the value of loss in the environment, loss that is permanent, irreversible and has an effect through many ecosystems”.
Caroline Jackson (2008).Views on Environmental Economics, Southern Cross University.

“Land is not always something to be used or something that you do things to. Sometimes it is special land and it is enough to be part of it, to be one with it”.
Delia Lowe (1989), cited in Working on Country (chp 18, p265). Edited by Baker, Davies and Young (2001).

“Resource problems are not really environmental problems: They are human problems that we have created at many times and in many places, under a variety of political, social, and economic systems”.
Donald Ludwig, Ray Hilborn and Carl Walters (1993). Uncertainty, Resource Expoitation, and Conservations: Lessons from History, Science 260:17, 36 (2 April, 1993).

“Land is not a marketable commodity. Trees, plants, animals and fish are not natural resources to produce profits and rents. Human life is not superior to other animals and non-animate elements”.
Associate Professor Stephen Schnierer (2006). Ecology Lecture Slides, Southern Cross University