Useful Links
Useful Links: General Interest
The Australian Association for Environmental Education
Action Learning Action Research Association (ALARA), is a strategic network of people interested in using action research and action learning to generate collaborative learning, research and action to transform workplaces, schools, colleges, universities, communities, voluntary organisations, governments and businesses.
2015 Australian National Outlook produced by the CSIRO, including economic activity, resource use, environmental performance and living standards
State of the Climate 2014 is produced by the Australian Bureau of Meterology and the CSIRO.
Understanding climate change, from Australia's CSIRO.
Sustainable building design strategies for Australia.
The Earth Charter Initiative: Values and principles for a sustainable future.
The Australian Futures Foundation promotes greater interest in, and understanding of, the future. Future Studies provides tools and perspectives to assist individuals and businesses today in preparing a more ideal tomorrow.
Micro-loans that change lives. Kiva lets you lend $25 to empower people around the world who live on a few dollars a day.
The Post Carbon Institute provides resources to understand what's needed to build resilient communities for a more sustainable future.
The Economics of Happiness - Jeffrey D Sachs, Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Images from Peter Menzel's book "Hungry Planet: What the world eats" in Time Magazine.
Worldwatch Institute – an independent research organisation based in the US which focuses on the challenges that climate change, resource degradation, and population growth pose for meeting human needs in the 21st century. Sends monthly email updates.
WWF's Living Planet Report - science-based analysis on the health of our planet, produced every two years.