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Sustainability Directory: For the Family / Individual

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For the Family / Individual

For the Family / Individual
Helpful information and advice on sustainability topics for the family and individual.
Information on water problems, water restrictions, and water solutions for city and urban families. Information covers queensland, national, and international city regions.


Information on water problems and shortages, water restrictions, and water solutions for rural and country based families.

Solutions for saving water, and recycling used water, around the family home.

Local, national and international community and volunteer groups who deal with water and environmental maintenance and preservation.

Informative articles, issues about and benefits of recycled sewage water.

Information and articles on the Queensland and Australian government's plans and remedies to the water crisis.

Advice on the effects, issues, and problems produced by climate change on the Queensland and Australian family, and information on possible adaptations to climate change.

Information on the connection between the habits of Queenslanders, Australians, and people around the world and the weather and climate effects of global warming.

Information on locations of parks in Queensland, including the rules and laws to abide by when visiting them.

Advice on the ways the Queensland family and individual can help sustain and maintain their local native plants and animals.

Information on plant, animal, human, and chemical threats to native Queensland species, as well as possible solutions for the family and individual to limit these threats.

Advice on ways different types of energy and power can be saved in and around the family home.

Information on the advantages, solutions, problems, threats and shortages of the different types of energy sources used by Queensland families and individuals.

Information on methods to make the family home more sustainable and environmental friendly, such as power usage, waste disposal, and saving water.

Advice on re-usable items, waste recycling, and waste reduction in the family home.

Information on the impacts of different types of pollution that can effect Queensland families.

Advice and laws published by the government on the correct way to dispose of waste and rubbish.

Information on alternate public transport available to the Queensland family as apposed to driving a car. Also included are fit and healthy ways to reach destinations, such as walking, or rules to follow when using a bicycle in urban/city areas.


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