Publications

Sustainability education publications

Listed below are publications that relate specifically to the environmental education activities of the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources. Hard copies of some of these publications are available free of charge from the Community Information Unit.

Books and reports

• A Framework for Public Environmental Reporting: An Australian Approach - 2000
• A National Review of Environmental Education and its Contribution to Sustainability in Australia - 2005
• Climate change science - questions answered
• Corporate Sustainability - an Investor Perspective: The Mays Report - 2003
• Education About and For Sustainability in Australian Business Schools - 2005
• Environmental education review - formal education sector (schools), A Curriculum Review of Environmental Education, Curriculum Corporation for Environment Australia, 2003
• Extending the Vision: Australian Government engagement with the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014 - speech by Joan Cornish, 2005
• Triple Bottom Line Measurement and Reporting in Australia: Making it Tangible - 2002
• Triple Bottom Line Reporting in Australia - A Guide to Reporting Against Environmental Indicators - June 2003
• Whole-School Approaches to Sustainability: An International Review of Sustainable School Programs - 2004

Brochures and fact sheets

• Air Pollution - Something in the Air? - 2003
• Australian Wetlands - the Wetter the Better - 2001
• Biodiversity Publications
• Biodiversity: Nature's Variety, Our Heritage, Our Future. A Guide to Using and Protecting Australia's Biodiversity - 1998 (Revised 2001)
• Firewood brochures
  • Are you burning their homes to warm yours?
  • Logs have life inside
• Get Your Mind in the Gutter! - Why do our oceans and beaches end up like dumps? What can I do to help? - 2001
• Giving Our Land a Hand: How you can help protect Australia's natural resources and environment - June 2004
• Global Warming Cool It - 2006
• How to Build a Frog Pond - Knick Knack, Paddywack, Give a Frog a Home - 2001
• Invasive Species - Rabbits Are Weeds Too!
• Little Diggers Close Food Loop - 2001
• Making Your Own Compost - Care for Your Cauliflowers! - 2001
• Marine Pollution - Stop the Commotion in the Ocean - 2001
• Our Heritage Places - 2001
• Protected Marine Species Identification Guide - August 2004
• Salinity - June 2004
• Salinity - Salty Solutions? - 2001
• Shop Smart, buy green: a consumer's guide to saving money and reducing environmental impacts - April 2001
• Six step guide to painting your home - 1999
• Special Places to Enjoy the Environment - 2001
• Sustainable Transport - Choose Your Own Adventure - 2001
• The Ozone Layer and the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect - A Hole Lot of Difference! - 2001
• Threatened Species - Extinction is Forever - 2001
• Time to act: everyday tips to help protect the environment - 2000
• World Heritage Places - 2001

Guidelines and manuals

• Coastal and Marine Resource Guide: A Component of the Coastal and Marine Schools Project - June 1996
• Coastal and marine studies in Australia: a workshop manual for teachers - 1997
• Environmental protection in Australia: a professional development manual for teachers - 1997
• ESD design guide for office and public buildings
• Space Planning Guidelines - Australian Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers
• Steps to sustainable tourism: Planning a sustainable future for tourism, heritage and the environment a tool to use when managing and developing regions, places and tourism products - 2004
• TEFMA sustainability guide: a guide to incorporating sustainability into facilities management - Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association

Kits and activities

• Biotechnology quiz - primary and high school/tertiary levels
• Coastal creatures in crisis - activity
• Conducting a water EnviroAudit
• Conserving Australia's Biological Diversity: Teacher's Notes and Display Materials
• Feathers, Flyways and Fast Food: Notes About Shorebirds Provided to Australian schools by the Department of the Environment and Heritage - 2002
• Field Activities for Coastal and Marine Environments - 1997
• Firewood
  • Logs Have Life Inside Music and Education Kit - 2002
• Floral Emblems of Australia education kit
• GLOBE progam
• Gould Green points challenge! - game
• National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) primary school kids quiz
• National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) word finder
• Natural Heritage Trust - Education and Training: Skills Tool Kit
• Playground planting
• Teaching for a sustainable world: international edition - 1997
• TravelSmart Programmes for Schools
• Waterwatch - Waterways Health Check

Policies and Plans

• Educating for a Sustainable Future: A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools
• Environmental Education for a Sustainable Future: National Action Plan - 2000
  • Today Shapes Tomorrow: Environmental Education for a Sustainable Future - A Discussion Paper - 1999

Posters

• See our full list of posters - then click on "in stock" if you would like to have one sent to you

Web sites

• Australian dinosaur story
• Australian National Botanic Gardens
  • ANBG Education Programs
• Australian Natural Resources Atlas
• Australia State of the Environment Report 2006
• Case studies of ecologically sustainable practices in business and local government
• Climate change education
• Culture and Recreation Portal
• Databases
• Discovery
• eco'tude
• Energy Efficiency Resources Online
• Environmental careers in Australia
• Environmental professionals certification
• Environmental Reporting Tool
• Environmental volunteering
  • Australia's Young Environmental Volunteers
• Fuel consumption label: Guide for consumers
• Futurescapes
• Green Vehicle Guide
• Grow Us A Home - Greening Australia (WA)
• Home Energy Project: Helping students prove that every household can save energy - Origin Energy
• How to Propagate Australian Plants
• Knowledge and Skills for Sustainability Resource Bank
• Learning for Sustainability project
• National Centre for Sustainability
• National Chemical Information Gateway
• National Pollutant Inventory (NPI)
• Ollie's World
• Plastic Bags - Bag yourself a better environment - reduce and recycle plastic bags
• Reducing smoke from wood heaters
• ReefED
• Renewable energy
• Say no to plastic bags - Clean Up Australia's web site
• School ecological footprint
• Student Botanical Internship Program - Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Canberra, Australia
• The Living Smart Program
• Weather and Meteorology
  • Bureau of Meteorology
  • Learn about Meteorology
  • Students and Teachers: Curriculum materials
• Your health and the environment
• Your home: design for lifestyle and the future - Consumer guide; Technical manual; and Tools