This section of the Queensland Transport website provides information on the benefits of car pooling, how to promote car pooling at your workplace and tips on a successful car pooling practice.
This section of the Queensland Transport website provides information on cycling as an important contribution to the development of a sustainable and effective transport system. Further links to the benefits of cycling, safety tips and bicycle maps around Queensland are available on this website.
Energy related section of the book, text and multimedia website Sustainable Insight, featuring purchasable books on energy, fuels and power and their issues and alternatives. There are also energy related resources in the DVD’s section. Other sustainability topics are covered in the site’s various categories.
Sustainable Jamboree is a not-for-profit voluntary organisation based in the Centenary suburbs of Brisbane. It is not incorporated but delivers community forums and advocacy campaigns on local sustainability issues with the assistance of Centenary Community Connections (CCC).
This section of the Green Vehicle Guide website focuses on air pollution caused by motor vehicles which inadvertently affects human health and the health of other living things. Further information and links on air pollution ratings, impacts and sources of air pollutants are available on this website.
Section of The Australian Greenhouse Office Website providing tips about what you can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at home. Subcategories are Global Warming Cool It, Your Home Design Guide, Energy Efficient Rental Properties, Greenhouse Friendly Products & Services, Consumers – Purchasing Products & Services, Transport and Online Services. The website provides many links to related topics.
Section of the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas website featuring helpful articles and advice of the decline in oil production and what can be done about it.
The ASPO is an organisation dealing with reducing Australia’s oil vulnerability.
GreenHomeGuide believes people can improve the environment and make their homes safe, comfortable and rejuvenating at the same time. Willem Maas founded GreenHomeGuide in San Francisco in 2004 to address the frustration and uncertainty he heard from people who wanted to green their homes but got bogged down trying to find reliable advice and sorting out products’ competing claims. The website provides know how, a green directory and possibilities to participate.
European Commission website built to educate people on the factors affecting climate change and also influence them in making their contribution to trying to solve the problem. After selecting a language, navigational links to informative articles or animations.
Results from a study by the Total Environment Centre highlighting the problem of large amounts of electronic waste (e-waste) items building up in Australian landfills.
(ABC News, 12/12/08)
Great Barrier Reef will die by carbon, scientists say
Environmentalists and scientists stress that the Australian Government’s low emissions target has condemned the Great Barrier Reef to destruction And will impact the reef’s tourist industry. This is due to rising temperatures and ocean acidification causing wide-spread coral bleaching and coral disease.
(ABC News, 15/12/08)