About Us
Located in Southern Tasmania’s woodchipping heartland in the town of Huonville, the Huon Valley Environment Centre stands against incredible odds and is a brave beacon to the community.
Huon Valley Environment Centre campaigns for Tasmania's threatened World Heritage value southern forests.
Huon Valley Environment Centre is a not-for-profit volunteer run organization in Southern Tasmania which campaigns for the protection of Tasmania’s wild places and promotes sustainable living.
For over eight years the Huon Valley Environment Centre has been a campaign group in the long running debate to protect Tasmania’s ancient forests. Established in 2001, the centre's activities include forest campaigns, herb health and organic expos, and art exhibitions.
The environment centre is based in Huonville, 40 minutes south of Tasmania's capital Hobart. Our retail space is open Fridays 10am - 3pm
ACTION - The Weld Valley has been a site of community action, and protest. Tasmania’s southern forests continues to spur local community members and activists to work to protect them from the constant threat of clearfelling, logging and woodchipping.
ART - The Black Sassy Collective is a community collective of artisans, poets, creatives and musicians, inspired by the wilds of Tasmanaian forests, rivers and seas. It focuses on encouraging and empowering, inspiring and educating peoples about the beauty and integral nature of being part of these wild lands. Black Sassy Art Collective holds an annual collaborative exhibition called Weld Echo. A collaborative exhibition of works inspired by the wild Weld Valley in Southern Tasmania. A fundraiser for the campaign to protect the Lower Weld Valley from industrial logging.
INFORM - loads of information about local, national and international environmental issues, community workshop space, a campaign office, library.
DEFEND - Huon Valley Environment Centre remains a defendant in the Gunns 20 case, Gunns Ltd - the giant Tasmanian logging company - is suing 20 environmental activists and organisations for $6.3 million. Gunns is the largest woodchipper in the Southern Hemisphere, with a monopoly in Tasmania's forest industry. Gunns claims that the defendants have sullied its reputation and caused it to lose jobs and profits. The defendants claim that they are protecting the environment. The defendants have become collectively known as the *Gunns 20*.
Opponents and critics of the case have suggested that the writ was filed with the intent to discourage public criticism of the company, Gunns has maintained the position that they are merely trying to prevent parties enjoined to the writ from undertaking unlawful activities that disrupt their business. Gunns Ltd filed the suit in Dec 2004, it continues to pursue 12 defendants.
LOCATION shop 3/17 Wilmot Rd, Huonville
