Sustainability Links & Resources
A few key sustainability information sources to get you started…
Sustainable development: general
- Our Common Future, Brundtland Commission Report 1987, chapter on sustainable development (easy access version)
- The Natural Edge Project, Australian sustainability think-tank
- Australian Government ESD overview
- Sustainable development topics: UN Dept Economic & Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development
- Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
- The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovation and Governance in the 21st Century
- The Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country’s Environment
- Wikipedia entry
Climate change
- CSIRO Climate Change Science portal
- The Science of Climate Change, CSIRO background briefing
- The Climate Group
- Climate Change: UN Dept Economic & Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development
- IPPC Fourth Assessment Synthesis Report on Climate Change (2007)
- Climate Change and What You Can Do About It
- The Weather Makers
- Analysis of the Costs of Inaction versus the Costs of Action on Climate Change for Australia, TNEP submission to the 2008 Garnaut Review
- Prospering in a Carbon Constrained World: Profitable Opportunities for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction, TNEP report
Water
- Australia’s Water Resources, Australian Government overview
- National Water Initiative, National Water Commission
- Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
- Murray Darling Basin Sustainable Yields project
- The Australian Water Map
- Waterwatch Australia
- Water Transformed: Sustainable Water Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program
Energy
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Solar Energy Systems
- CSIRO Renewable Energy
- CSIRO Solar Energy
- Energy Transformed: Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program
- Electricity: Innovative Technologies Towards Sustainable Development, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program
- energyscience
- International Energy Agency topics page
Biodiversity & natural resources
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Caring for Our Country (Australian Government natural resources management initiative)
- Birds Australia
- On Borrowed Time
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
- Wikipedia entry
Built environment, infrastructure & design
- Your Development: Creating sustainable neighbourhoods
- Green Building Council of Australia
- GreenHome website (Australian Conservation Foundation)
- Your Home Design Guide
- Introduction to Sustainable Development for Engineering and Built Environment Professionals, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program
- Whole System Design: An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Engineering, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program
Materials & waste
- Green Chemistry: Innovations towards Sustainable Development
- E-Waste
- Sustainable IT: Reducing Carbon Footprint and Materials Waste in the IT Environment
Green skills
- ‘Growing the Green Collar Economy’, CSIRO Technical Report
- UNEP Green Jobs Initiative
- Conservation Volunteers
Sustainable business
- Clean Energy Council
- Ecospecifier
- National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development
- ´Action on climate change can help business competitiveness and economic growth´, 8th National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development
- Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change
- Australian SAM Sustainability Index
- Dow-Jones Sustainability Index
State government agencies
- Dept Environment & Climate Change (NSW)
- Dept Water & Energy (NSW)
- Sustainability Victoria
- Dept Natural Resources & Water (Qld)
- Dept Environment & Heritage (SA)
- Dept Primary Industries & Resources (SA)
- Department of Water, Land & Biodiversity Conservation (SA)
- Dept Water (WA)
- Dept Primary Industries & Water (Tas)
- Dept Environment & Conservation (WA)
- Northern Territory Natural Resources, Environment, Arts & Sport
National agencies & programs
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Clean Up Australia
- Department of Climate Change
- Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts
- Greenpeace
- Land & Water Australia
- NatHERS: Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme
- National Water Commission
- The Wilderness Society
- Total Environment Centre
- WWF Australia
International agencies




