Important Points :While what we’re doig with the enviro subcommittee is great, we really just want

DEA to get up on their feet and then help them out on occasion. So need to find keen person to run DEA next year.

Code Green Week :Features :

Courthouse Lug a Mug (All week) Instagram Competition “I <3 IMPACT because…” or “I <3 the environment

because…” [Boosts IMPACT UTas Instagram – take that TIME UQ] Smoothie Bike + Posters of Green Action across Aus Lecture part of Academic Series: Rohan, other Geoff Couser Movie Night : w/ popcorn Green Party :

o Free Soho Hire – same drinks deal as Quiz Nighto Themes : Go green(or Glow Green), Anything But Clothes, Green w/ Envy,

Heat it up o Q : Tickets $5 or Free entry – with the fee could be used to donate to DEA

(very low resources) or to pay for the popcorn for movie night and the smoothie bike

Health Impacts of Climate Change in Australia(points – still need to be approved by AMSA,

Alice is on it)

1. Climate Change causes heat related illnesses. In the last five decades there has been

a double in recorded hot days in Australia[1]. This heat stress forces a substantial

pressure on our bodies leading to conditions such as lethargy and heat stroke.

2. Climate Change induces environmental settings that cause death. The December

2010 and January 2011 flooding in Queensland killed 35 people and affected

approximately 2.5 million people [2]. Attributed to CC reference needed

3. Climate Change causes an increase in food-borne diseases. Data obtained from the

capital cities of Australia from 1991 to 2001 have shown that the rate of food-borne

diseases rise with the average temperature [3].

4. Climate Change affects psychological health. During South Australian heat waves

there has been a marked increase, of approximately 7% in admissions of mental,

cognitive and behavioural disorders [4].

5. Climate Change causes mental stress. Australians have a close relationship to its

unique landscapes with those who live on the land. Relocation caused by natural

hazards will cause a loss of sense of place and increase mental and emotional

pressures. This is of particular concern to the Indigenous population of Australia that

has close spiritual ties to particular environmental regions [5].