The WWF Living Planet Report is a leading, science-based analysis on the health of our planet and the impact of human activity. One key point from the 2014 report is that the Living Planet Index (LPI), which measures more than …
The goal of Sydney Sustainable Living is to provide enhanced accessibility to information on sustainability events and workshops, online resources and real world locations such as sustainability centres and community gardens around Sydney.
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Working Paper Urbanisation Concepts and Trends reviews some key conceptual issues with urbanisation and summarises urbanisation trends. It ends with a brief review of urbanisation and sustainable development.
You or your community group/organisation are invited to join HOPE (Householders’ Options to Protect the Environment) Australia Inc. and learn more about sustainable living. Membership of HOPE is free and open to anyone, including individuals, families, businesses and community organizations.
In his new book Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change, Mark Diesendorf argues that we now have the technologies needed to transform our fossil-fuel based energy systems into an ecologically sustainable one, based on the efficient use of renewable energy, …
Many recent high profile papers on food security argue something along these lines: First, food security is a growing concern, and a growing human population with changing diets will require larger amounts of food. Second, to meet the future demand …
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Householder’s Options to Protect the Environment Inc. (HOPE) has published the “Low Carbon Living starts at home” and “Householders Guide to Sustainable Living” booklets which are available for free download.
The 2014 Banksia Sustainability Awards comprise 11 Category Awards and the Environment Minister’s Cleaner Environment Award. Entrants can be individuals, not-for-profit organisations, community groups, governments, businesses and corporations. Early bird entries close 25 July 2014 and all entries close 19 …
The C20 (Civil Society) Summit in the lead-up to G20 addressed a range of issues including climate change and renewable energy investment, food and resource security, and infrastructure. You can read the final C20 Summit Communique.
The new ISO 37120:2014 defines and establishes methodologies for a set of indicators to steer and measure the performance of city services and quality of life. It is applicable to any city, municipality or local government that undertakes to measure …