Further Information

Climate Change

• Ice on Fire
• Before the Flood
• Chasing Coral
• Climate Change – Sir David Attenborough
• Climate Change 
• Climate Science, Risk & Solutions
• Global warming changes in Australia since 1910
• UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Carbon Accounting 
• Kiss the ground - Netflix
• A Plastic Ocean
• Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (Netflix) 
• 101 Machines away from a Zero-Emission Future
• 12 months of record heat stack up
• The world's extreme heat can't be fully explained, and scientists are worried
• 'A hot mess' (ABC)
• Study finds gas emissions worse than coal
• Historic tipping point in greenhouse gas emissions

 

Recycling and Waste

• Central Coast Council            
• 1Coast Cleanaway 
• Curby
• War on waste (ABC)
• 'Love Food Hate Waste' program
• Return and Earn
• Recycling Near You
• Planet Ark business recycling tool
• Plastic Free July 
• Plastic Free Places
• Plastic production
• Improving waste systems in Australia 
• Recycling overseas
• Waste summary
• FOGO issues
• Single use plastics
• Reducing household waste
• Great Pacific garbage patch 
• Recycle Smart 
• Where do used tyres end up?

Trees and Forests

• Forest Stewardship Council
• Rainforest Alliance
• Seed Bank
• Deforestation in Australian forests (ABC)

Seaweed

• Plastic alternative from seaweed
• Seaweed supplement for livestock

Packaging

• Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation
• Australasian Recycling Label

Waterways

• Take 3 for the Sea
• Plastic Oceans Australia
• A Plastic Ocean
• Plastic pollution in lakes
• Plastic ocean pollution in India
• Maritime Authority NSW
• NSW Environment Protection Authority

Education

• War on Waste (ABC)
• ‘Waste Not’ film/educational tools
• Clean Up Australia Day
• Getting started with Sustainability in schools
• Sustainable schools NSW
• RIDOnline (Report Illegal Dumping) 
• Keep Australia Beautiful NSW
• Environment Protection Authority
• RIVERCIDE documentary
• CSIRO Environmental Impacts 
• UN Sustainability Development Goals
• The Lifecycle of Polyester
• Are electrical cars better for the environment than fuel powered cars?
• Watch 'A Plastic Ocean: Coca-Cola's Hidden Secrets' on YouTube

The Circular Economy

• Ellen MacArthur Circular Economy Foundation
• European Union 2018 Circular Economy Package 
• NSW EPA Circular Economy Policy

Recommended Reading

• Regenesis (George Monbiot)
• The Power of Trees (Peter Wohlleben)
• The Case for Nature (Siddarth Shrikanth)
• Under the Sky We Make (Kimberly Nicholas)
• The Carbon Almanac (Seth Godin)

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