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There are many things you can do to reduce your impact on Australia's environment.

What you can do - schools
What you can do - tertiary
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What you can do - schools

Australian dinosaur story
Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) Education Programs - visit the Gardens in Canberra and learn about Australian native plants and environmental science
Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative
Australia's Ramsar Sites, Wetlands of international significance - 2004
Be Smart With Seed - 2004
Bikeability Toolkit
Biotechnology quiz - primary school, high school and university level quizzes
Celebrate Environmental Events: see our Environmental Events Calendar
Climate change science - questions answered
Coastal creatures - role playing game to help students understand the impact of litter and pollutants on sea birds and marine animals
eco'tude - discover your school's ecological footprint
Environmental Reporting Tool - find out what's in your backyard, town or region: threatened species, important wetlands, heritage sites, pollutant emissions and more
Floral Emblems of Australia education kit
Futurescapes - find out your future based on your environmental choices on this interactive web site
Giving Our Land a Hand: How you can help protect Australia's natural resources and environment - 2004
GLOBE progam - an international network of students in primary and secondary schools studying environmental issues and making environmental measurements
Green challenge - working in teams, earn the greatest number of Gould Green Points by doing things that have a positive effect on the environment
Green Kids Guide to Threatened Species: 9 Ways You Can Help - 2000
Grow Us A Home - Greening Australia (WA)
Hands on for Habitat Awards - find out about threatened species and the vital link between animals, their habitats and the need to protect them both
Home Energy Project: Helping students prove that every household can save energy - Origin Energy
Indigenous Protected Areas Newsletters
Kangaroos
Keep the Sea Plastic Free - Bin It
Logs have Life Inside Music and Education Kit - listen to Clancy the Cockatoo sing a song, read a story, play some firewood games and find out what you can do to
National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) primary school kids quiz
National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) word finder
Ollie Saves the Planet - help Ollie and his friends to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rethink their actions in the areas of waste, water, energy, air and biodiversity to save the planet and move towards sustainability - activities for students and a teacher's guide and resource page

Ollie Saves the Planet CD is available from our Community Information Unit

Our Bush - June 2004
Our Coasts - June 2004
Our Heritage Places
Our Land - June 2004
Our Rivers - June 2004
Playground planting - find the best location in your school or local community for planting a habitat garden, research local tree, shrub, and grass species, and investigate why plants are an essential part of the ecosystem
Posters - Our full list of posters - click on "in stock" if you would like to have one sent to you
ReefED - go beyond the beach and below the waves on the Great Barrier Reef and discover one of the natural wonders of the world
Salinity
Sharks in Australian Waters
Tips for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at school
Water EnviroAudit - templates for teachers and students to implement environmental management practices at school and in the community
Waterways health check - form teams and choose an activity to assess your waterway, then combine your scores to come up with the overall health of your local creek, stream, lake or wetland
Weather and Meteorology

Bureau of Meteorology
Learn about Meteorology
Students and Teachers: Curriculum materials

Manuals for Teachers

Coastal and marine studies in Australia: a workshop manual for teachers - 1997
Educating for a Sustainable Future: case studies of environmentally sustainable practices - This resource provides practical examples of how environmentally sustainable practices can be successfully embraced by schools, business, industry and local government.
Environmental protection in Australia: a professional development manual for teachers - 1997
Teaching for a sustainable world: international edition - 1997

What you can do - tertiary

Ask First: A guide to respecting Indigenous heritage places and values - 2002
Australian Natural Heritage Charter: for the conservation of places of natural heritage significance - 2002

Protecting Natural Heritage — using the Australian Natural Heritage Charter - 2003

Be Smart With Seed - 2004
Careers in the Environment in Australia - 2005 - a guide to environmental jobs in Australia providing a guide to environmental career opportunities
Celebrate Environmental Events: see our Environmental Events Calendar
Giving Our Land a Hand: How you can help protect Australia's natural resources and environment - 2004
Indigenous Protected Areas Newsletters
Keep the Sea Plastic Free - Bin It
Knowledge and Skills for Sustainability Resource Bank - 2006 - is web based tool that assists in searching and locating sustainability educational resource materials
Oil Recycling: I'm an environmental activist because I recycle my used engine oil - 2004
Protected Marine Species Identification Guide - August 2004
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
Student Botanical Internship Program - Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Canberra, Australia
Successful Tourism at Heritage Places - A guide for tourism operators, heritage managers and communities - 2001
TEFMA sustainability guide: a guide to incorporating sustainability into facilities management - Tertiary Education Facilities Management Association
Wetlands Australia - Newsletters

Databases, maps, satellite imagery, state of the environment ...

Australian Natural Resources Atlas
Australia's national database of pollutant emissions: the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI)
Energy Efficiency Resources Online
Environmental Reporting Tool - find out what's in your backyard, town or region: threatened species, important wetlands, heritage sites, pollutant emissions and more
Information for decisions - databases and interactive tools
National Chemical Information Gateway
Posters - Our full list of posters (including some maps) - click on "in stock" if you would like to have one sent to you
Satellite Imagery Data Viewer - a 30-year visual record of landscape and vegetation change in Australia
State of the Environment Australia - state of the environment (SoE) reporting and access to 1996, 2001 and 2006 national SoE reports.

What the Australian Government is doing about sustainability education

Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability (ARIES)
Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative
National Action Plan for Environmental Education - the Australian Government's policy, launched July 2000
National Environmental Education Council (NEEC)
National Environmental Education Network (NEEN)

More Information

Sustainability Education Publications, kits, resources, fact sheets, web sites ...
Publications lists - lists of all publications available from the Department of the Environment and Water Resources
Contact the Community Information Unit on 1800 803 772 or email [email-masked]

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