EcoLogic resources

What is ecologically sustainable development ?

• The Australian Conservation Foundation's publication called 'Natural Advantage: A Blueprint for a Sustainable Australia
• The Australian Virtual Engineering Library for Sustainable Development
• Ecological footprints of different nations
• The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 122 countries
  

Population

• United Nations Population Fund
  

Community information

• Our environment - It’s a living thing website
• Community Access to Natural Resource Information (CANRI) database
• The ABC's Love that planet' environmental gateway
• Planetark
• CSIRO
• Environment Australia
• Ethical Investment

Natural cycles

• Ecosystems, carbon, water and nitrogen cycles
• The water cycle
  

Climate change and the Greenhouse Effect

• Australian Greenhouse Office
• Climate Action Network
• CSIRO division of Atmospheric Research
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• United Nations Environment Program

City Living
Design and industry

• Product design
• Eco-efficiency tools and resources
• RMIT Centre for Design
• Ecospecifier guide to materials
• FujiXerox office care
• Low energy use office equipment
  

Homes and architecture

• Sustainable energy development authority
• Home design
• Michael Mobbs sustainable projects and design
• Ecodirectory, services and products
• Ecologically sustainable timbers
• Office building architecture
• The national solar energy research unit at UNSW
  

Waste

• Dealing with waste
• NSW Government
• Clean up Australia
• Visy recycling
• Recycling plastic bottles
• Worms and waste
  

Hot water heaters

• Gas
• Solar
• Heat pump
  

Transport

• Sustainable transport
• ECOmmodore
• Solar sailor
• Public transport group
• Bishop Austrans transport system
  

Sustainable cities

• The Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources
• Solar cities
• Rural and regional Australia
• Sustainable communities
  

Nurturing the land

• Soil salinity
• Salinity in NSW
• Landcare Australia
• Murray Darling Basin Commission
• Greening Australia
• The Australian Museum's biodiversity website
• Biodiversity
• Blueprint for a sustainable future
  

Life on the coast

• Streamwatch
• Acid sulfate soils
• NSW fisheries
• Marine Stewardship Council
• Environment Protection Authority
  

Measuring well-being

• NSW State of the Environment Report
• Redefining progress organisation
• NSW local government reports on State of the environment online
• State of the environment report for Australia
• Global 2000 outlook produced by the United Nations Environment Programme
• Our Earth, our future-a young people's guide to the Global 2000 report
• Living planet report by WWF (formerly World Wildlife Fund)
• Reshaping cultural values-Greenbans and beyond
• Sustainable indicators
• Greenpeace environmental campaigns and how to get active
  

Educational organisations that can be of assistance

• Institute for sustainable futures
• The Natural Step
• EcoDesign Foundation

Worms can turn almost anything into rich, useful garden fertiliser. At home, worm farms can recycle all fruit and vegetable scraps. In addition, the bins are made from 100% recycled plastic, including old banknotes and car battery casings. Commercially, the much larger Vermitech system uses huge worm farms to treat the sewage from humans and piggeries. It produces valuable fertiliser for use on golf courses, stud farms and wineries. Photo by Powerhouse Museum (Jean-Francois Lanzarone)

Teachers and students

• Environment Australia (Education page)
  
• History, impact and use of worms for recycling
  
• The Sustainable Living Program (SLP) run by the Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment in the Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of New South Wales. Includes the annual AGL Sustainable living competition
  
• Enviro Ed is a national network of environmental education, materials and publications in the interests of education for sustainability
  
• Over 400 science based activities from the Michigan South Eastern Learning Coalition
  
• Special forever project
  
• Texas natural resource conservation commission
  
• A series of wastestopper activities by the Gould League, with funding from EcoRecycle Victoria.
  
• Watercare teacher resource
  
• Global classroom site
  
• Jeannie Baker website
  

Glossaries

• ECO steps training education practices and training/definitions
  
• Nature conservation council of nsw-environment
  
• University of Melbourne-forestry bias
  
• South Australian Watercare
  

Graphic design

• Society for responsible design
  
• Earth graphic design
  
• Environmental progress report from Fuji Xerox
  

Children

• World heritage sites
  
• CSIRO science club for children includes
  
• Environmental games developed by the National Museum of Australia with the Murray Darling Basin Commission
  
• Watershed game from Bell Museum Minnesota
  
• Oil and water game by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority
  
• Consumer choices game from the Union of Concerned Scientists
  
• Demonstrating how what we do relates to the global picture
  
• The Foster Foundation Kids for the environment site
  
• Our Earth, our future-a young people's guide to the Global 2000 report
  

Essays-to print out

What is ecologically sustainable development?

• What is ecolically sustainable develoment (pdf)
• Glossary (pdf)
• Natural Capitalism by Amory Lovins
• Ecological footprint (pdf)
  

Life depends on cycles

• life cycle analysis

City living

• Products and services (pdf)
• Design for the environment (pdf)

Nurturing the land

• A revolution in land use: emerging systems for managing dryland salinity
  
  

Environmental History

• Indicators of sustainability (pdf)
• From Plesiosaurs to people: 100 million years of environmental history
  

For teachers

• The Quest for Less - A teachers guide to reducing, reusing & recycling
  
• Life Cycle of Everyday Stuff (online readable version)
  
  

Michael Mobbs and Heather Armstrong renovated their inner city house using sustainable design principles. The Mobbs family (pictured) makes more electricity than their household can use, so their electricity bills are in credit. During the day, 18 solar panels on the roof collect energy from sunlight. Excess energy is pumped into the electricity grid by day and drawn back in the evenings. In addition no water leaves the site either from rainwater or waste water. The Mobbs household also treat their own sewerage on site. Find out more at http://www.sustainablehouse.com.au. Photo by Powerhouse Museum (Jean-Francois Lanzarone)