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Australian environmental organisation

Planet Ark Environmental Foundation is an Australian non profit environmental organization founded in 1992. Planet Ark aims to partner with organizations in the public and private sectors to help find ways to reduce impact on planet Earth. The focus areas are the environmental impacts of human consumption in the home, the workplace, and the community. Planet Ark's campaigns include 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark', Australia's 'National Recycling Week', and the country's biggest annual community tree planting event, National Tree Day. The organization operates from its office in Sydney.

Ark Australia was founded in 1992 by Paul Klymenko, Peter Shenstone, and former Ark UK member Jon Dee. At the time, curbside recycling was in its infancy, and environmental information was very limited. The organization was commissioned to create 300 "Save the Planet" videos involving high profile celebrities and soon became known as Planet Ark. Several major events are organized by Planet Ark, including National Tree Day, founded in 1996 with Olivia Newton John; National Recycling Week; and the Schools Recycle Right Challenge. The organization began many high profile campaigns that have since either moved to other providers or become staples of the public recycling sphere, including 'Cards 4 Planet Ark', 'Phones for Planet Ark', Steel Can and Aluminum Can (Al Cans) recycling. To demonstrate that cleaning products could be as effective without a heavy chemical composition, Planet Ark released the Aware Laundry Powder range in 1994. This was soon followed by 100% recycled toilet tissue.

Celebrities who have fronted Planet Ark campaigns include Pierce Brosnan, Kamahl, Olivia Newton John, Jamie Durie, Steve Irwin, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Shelley Craft, Richard Branson, and TV personality Tim Webster. Current ambassadors include surfer Layne Beachley, TV personality James Treble, ABC's Gardening Australia host Costa Georgiadis, Grand Designs Australia host Peter Maddison, author Anita Van Dyke, Dr. Amanda Lloyd, Magdalena Roze, Ranger Stacey, Candice Dixon, and children's sensation dirtgirlworld. Planet Ark's official spokesperson is environmentalist Rebecca Gilling.

Planet Ark's carbon capture and sustainable building materials campaign 'Make it Wood' was criticized by Jon Dee and Pat Cash who appeared on television to complain about the links to the timber industry and involvement in drafting the Australian Forestry Standard. which Nick Xenophon has said "raises some serious questions of a potential conflict of interest" and caused Christine Milne to criticize the organization. The Australian Forestry Standard is an attempt to create an Australian specific standard, as opposed to the international Forest Stewardship Council and Planet Ark recommends choosing FSC wood products.