Environment

Dr Margaret Beavis

Position within MAPW:

Vice President

Contact:

margaret.beavis@mapw.org.au or via MAPW office, 03 9023 1958 or 0431 475 465

Professional Qualifications:

MBBS, FRACGP

Current field of medicine:

General Practice

Special areas of interest:

Nuclear weapons, nuclear industry, environment, human costs of war

Background:

Dr Beavis is committed to the abolition of nuclear weapons, and the end of the hazardous nuclear industy. Her concerns for the human costs of war have led her to work as a volunteer GP with Melbourne's Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. She also has a particular interest in health and the environment, both on a global scale, and in her local community.

Commemorating the true costs of war

Written 05/05/2011

MAPW Vice-President Dr Jenny Grounds has questioned whether Australia's identity should be defined by our soldiers' performance in a theatre of war.

The Causes and Costs of War: MAPW Address, Easter 2011

Written 05/05/2011

Address to the Unitarian Peace Memorial Church, Easter Sunday, 24 April 2011, the day before Anzac Day. Dr Jenny Grounds, Vice President, Medical Association for Prevention of War, speaks about the human, environmental and financial costs of war, and how war should be commemorated.

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2011_04-24_War-causes&costs_JGrounds.pdf

Dr Sue Wareham on the radioactive legacy of uranium sales: Canberra Times

Written 16/03/2011

PUBLISHED CANBERRA TIMES, 16 MARCH 2011

Deaⁱr Editor,

The catastrophe in Japan has created not only human misery and a tragic wasteland of monumental proportions, but possibly a radioactive wasteland to which many will never return. Only nuclear power can leave such a permanent mark on our fragile environment.

Zero is the only option. IPPNW briefing paper, 2010

http://nuclear-zero.org/

Link Added 07/07/2010

Zero is the only option: Four Medical and Environmental Cases for the Eradication of Nuclear Weapons.

Sustainable Living Festival

Event Date:

Fri, 19/02/2010 - 00:00 - Sun, 21/02/2010 - 21:00

Location:

Melbourne

The festival raises awareness and provides tools for change by showcasing tangible solutions to the ecological and social challenges we face through interactive workshops, talks, demonstrations, artworks, exhibits, films and live performances.

MAPW President Dr Bill Williams 'They make a wasteland and call it peace'

Written 12/01/2010

MAPW President Dr Bill Williams has a front page feature on the ecological consequences of war, published in this week's Medical Observer (11 January 2010).

'That war wreaks ecological devastation is hardly a new observation' writes Dr Williams.

Afghanistan invasion anniversary action

Event Date:

Mon, 12/10/2009 - 12:00

Location:

Melbourne

This event is now going to be at 12.00 on the Saturday following the invasion anniversary.

Sue Bolton will have the latest details: 0413 377 978

MAPW President writes on Talisman Sabre in On Line Opinion

Written 15/07/2009

MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham OAM looks at the environmental cost of the 2009 Talisman Sabre military exercises in her 10 July article on On Line Opinion

Dr Wareham argues that war and its preparation is the "one human activity that manages to escape scrutiny in our efforts to address climate change".

Talisman sabre military exercises, war and the environment: Sue Wareham, July 2009

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9148

Link Added 15/07/2009

In this article on On-line opinion, MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham OAM argues that "there is one human activity that manages to escape scrutiny in our efforts to address climate change and other forms of environmental destruction. That activity is war and its preparation." Dr Wareham looks at the environmental cost of the 2009 Talisman Sabre military exercises.