- Planet Ark
Planet Ark is an
Australia n not-for-profit environmental organisation that was set up by the Australian tennis playerPat Cash and international charity campaigner Jon Dee in June1991 . Planet Ark is best known internationally for its ‘World Environment News ’ service that is sponsored byReuters . The organisation is non-political and takes a non-confrontational, populist approach.Planet Ark is best known for its high profile recycling campaigns including, 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' and 'Cards 4 Planet Ark'. It is also the organiser of
Australia 's 'National Recycling Week' and the country's biggest annual community tree-planting event, 'National Tree Day', founded byOlivia Newton-John with the organisation.More recently, Planet Ark established the National Recycling Hotline in partnership with the
Australian Government as well as the website recyclingnearyou.com.au, a comprehensive directory of recycling services available in all 672 local council areas across Australia.Celebrities who have fronted Planet Ark campaigns include
Pierce Brosnan ,Olivia Newton-John ,Jamie Durie ,Steve Irwin ,Kylie Minogue ,Dannii Minogue ,Nicole Kidman ,Tom Cruise ,Rolf Harris ,Layne Beachley andSir Richard Branson .Popular with the Australian media, Planet Ark's official spokesperson is former actress and television presenter turned environmentalist,
Rebecca Gilling .The organisation is operated from two offices, one in
Sydney 'sCircular Quay and the other in Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains.External links
* [http://www.planetark.com/index.cfm Planet Ark]
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