Australia
Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics
Website: http://www.anzsee.org/
Ecological Economics is a transdisciplinary field of study that addresses the relationship between economic and ecological systems in the broadest possible sense. It goes beyond conventional conceptions of scientific disciplines by attempting to integrate and synthesise many different disciplinary perspectives in order to achieve an ecologically and economically sustainable world. An increasing awareness that global life-support systems are endangered is forcing us to realise that decisions made on the basis of short-term criteria can produce disastrous long-term results on a global scale. There is also a growing acknowledgment that conventional economic and ecological models and concepts fall short in their ability to address global ecological problems in a truly systemic way.
Contact: GPO Box 284, Canberra, ACT, 2601 (02-6242-1797) or email: anzsee@yahoo.com.au
Australian Conservation Foundation
Website: http://www.acfonline.org.au/asp/pages/home.asp
ACF is a non-profit, membership-based environment group that takes a solution-oriented approach to environmental issues and seeks to form partnerships with community groups, governments, and businesses in an effort to achieve ecologically sustainable outcomes. Its work includes natural heritage protection, water resource management and global warming, endangered species, uranium mining, and sustainable cities.
Contact: Several area offices are listed or use the email form provided.
Australian Electric Vehicle Association
Website: http://www.aeva.asn.au/
A non profit association founded in 1973, AEVA is comprised of individuals and organisations interested in the development, manufacture, sale, or use of electric vehicles and their components.
Contact: PO Box 5285, Clayton, Victoria 3168 (0500-552-550) or email: aeva@froggy.com.au
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Website: http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/
ANBG maintains a scientific collection of native plants from all parts of Australia. The plants are not only displayed for the enjoyment and education of visitors, but are also used for research into plant classification and biology. A herbarium of preserved plant specimens is closely associated with the living collection. The Gardens also cultivates plants threatened in the wild. This helps protect them against extinction and provides information which might assist re-introduction to their natural habitat.
Contact: GPO Box 1777, Canberra ACT 2601 (02-62509450 or internationally +61-2-62509450) or email: anbg-info@anbg.gov.au
Banksia Environmental Foundation
Website: http://www.banksia-foundation.asn.au/
Founded in 1989, BEF is a national not-for-profit organisation that promotes environmental excellence by staging the Banksia Awards each year. This is Australia's best known and most prestigious environmental award program. BEF also organises the Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year award and assists with State level award programs.
Contact: 232 Albert Road, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 (61-3-9684-4667) or use the email form provided.
Birds Australia
Website: http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/
Birds Australia began life as the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1901; but that title was a bit of a mouthful, so the group renamed itself. Australia and its territories are home to over 800 species of birds, a growing number of which are under threat. BA is dedicated to the conservation, study, and enjoyment of Australia's native birds and their habitats.
Contact: 415 Riversdale Rd, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123 (03-9882-2622 or toll free 1-300-730-075) or email: mail@birdsaustralia.com.au
Bush Heritage
Website: http://www.bushheritage.asn.au/
BH is a national, independent, non-profit organisation committed to preserving Australia's biodiversity by protecting the bush and its species and habitats. BH works with landowners in the creation of reserves on private land. Australia has one of the most biologically diverse landscapes in the world. Many important areas of native vegetation and wildlife habitat are on private land and are under threat from clearing or degradation, thus endangering the survival of Australia's unique native species. This is especially important since Australia has one of the world's highest rates of land clearing. UN figures show it to be comparable to the worst Asian, African, and South American deforestation rates.
Contact: GPO Box 101, Hobart, Tas 7001 (03-6223-2670 or toll free 1-800-677-101) or email: info@bushheritage.asn.au
Bushcare Tasmania
Website: http://www.bushcare.tas.gov.au/
Bushcare is a program to help landowners and community groups manage native bush. This site helps you assess native bush on your property and develop strategies to manage it for the future. Tasmania is also about to become the first state in Australia to have a statewide vegetation map of a scale and accuracy useful to individual land managers.
Contact: bushcare@dpiwe.tas.gov.au
Canberra Organic Growers' Society
Website: http://www.cogs.asn.au/
COGS is a non-profit organisation started in 1977 with the aim of providing a forum for organic growers to exchange information and encourage society to adopt organic growing methods. COGS is part of the broader organic movement, which endeavours to provide an alternative to the mass of toxic chemicals, fertilisers, fungicides, and herbicides used in modern agricultural methods by utilising more natural means of improving and preserving our soils and to produce nutritious, less contaminated food.
Contact: PO Box 347, Dickson, ACT 2601 or email: info@cogs.asn.au
Ceres Community Environment Park
Website: http://www.ceres.org.au/
CERES is a place which initiates and supports environmental sustainability, social equity, cultural richness, and community participation. Plus, it has numerous ongoing projects of interest to the community.
Contact: 8 Lee Street, Brunswick East, Victoria 3057 (03-9387-2609) or email: ceres@ceres.org.au
Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand
Website: http://www.casanz.org.au/
CASANZ is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization first formed in the late 1960s to bring together people with an interest in clean air and the mechanics of air pollution. Since then, its focus has expanded to encompass broader environmental management affairs, but with particular reference to air quality and related issues.
Contact: Use the list provided.
Crystal Waters Village
Website: http://www.ecologicalsolutions.com.au/crystalwaters/index.html
This is a socially and environmentally responsible, economically viable, rural subdivision north of Brisbane, Queensland, that has evolved from a land in a stressed condition and produced little in the way of food or income to one that is now home to about 200 individuals. But the job is not nearly finished.
Contact: 65 Kilcoy Lane, Conondale, Queensland 4552 (+61-7-5494-4620) or email: crystalwaters@hotkey.net.au
Earth Sanctuaries Foundation
Website: http://www.esf.org.au/
ESF was established in 1993 in response to an alarming loss of Australian species and a decline in the amount and quality of natural habitat. The first conservation project was the reintroduction of the endangered numbat to South Australia, where it had been locally extinct for more than eighty years. Since then, it has protected a thousand-year-old mallee forest, restored and protected 1,110 hectares of degraded mallee habitat, established the first colony of endangered bridled nailtail wallabies since 1900 in New South Wales, restored and protected 7,800 hectares of semi-arid sand dune mallee habitat, established a colony of critically endangered mainland mala in NSW, and restored and protected 600 hectares of threatened basalt grassland habitat in Victoria. But, there is still much more work that has to be done.
Contact: PO Box 1135, Stirling, SA 5152 (+61-8-8370-9422) or email: esf@esf.org.au
Earthwatch Scientific Excursions
Website: http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp.asp?c=8nJELMNkGiF&b=1322375
Earthwatch Institute is an international non-profit organization that brings science to life for people concerned about the Earth's future. Founded in 1971, Earthwatch supports scientific field research by offering volunteers the opportunity to join research teams around the world. This unique model is creating a systematic change in how the public views science and its role in environmental sustainability. Today, Earthwatch recruits close to 4,000 volunteers every year to collect field data in the areas of rainforest ecology, wildlife conservation, marine science, archaeology, and more. Through this process, we educate, inspire, and involve a diversity of people, who actively contribute to conserving our planet. Earthwatch Institute has four offices worldwide in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Japan.
Contact: earth@earthwatch.org
Eco Recycle Victoria
Website: http://www.ecorecycle.vic.gov.au/www/default.asp?casid=2487
This is a state government agency that provides information and advice to business, government, and community on waste reduction and improving materials efficiency. Since its beginning in 1996, about 16.5 million tonnes of resources have been successfully diverted from Victorian landfills, and approximately $13 million has been invested in over 220 infrastructure projects throughout Victoria.
Contact: Level 2, 478 Albert Street, East Melbourne 3002, Victoria (+61-3-9639-3322) or email: mailbox@ecorecycle.vic.gov.au
Ecosustainable Hub
Website: http://www.ecosustainable.com.au/links.htm
Developed by a team of Australian and international professionals, this website provides resources and tools on ecology, environment, and sustainability.
Contact: esd@ecosustainable.com.au
Environment Center of Western Australia
Website: http://www.ecwa.asn.au/
This is a nonprofit nongovernmental organisation whose goals are to find out and respond to the environment information needs of the Western Australian community. ECWA tries to raise community awareness on environmental issues, and the connections between these and our lifestyles.
Contact: PO Box 1633, East Victoria Park 6981 Western Australia or email: ecwa@ecwa.asn.au
Environmental Institute Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
Website: http://www.eia.asn.au/
Formed in 1987, this is the professional association for environmental practitioners with membership in the public and private sectors. The Institute's principal objectives are to promote environmental knowledge and to advance ethical and competent practice while facilitating interaction amongst environmental professionals. The Institute is genuinely multi-disciplinary, formed specifically for those who work in any of the numerous aspects of environment as management, planning, education, law, industrial operations, research, and audit.
Contact: Numerous divisional contacts are listed.
Flora Bank
Website: http://www.florabank.org.au/
This is a collaboration between Greening Australia, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products through the Australian Tree Seed Centre, and the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Recently, the Australian Centre for Mining Environmental Research and the Nursery Industry Association of Australia have also become involved. FloraBank aims to improve the availability and quality of native seed for revegetation and conservation purposes in Australia. They want people to be better informed about collecting, storing, and using native seed by exchanging information and ideas. FloraBank is also interested in the use of plant materials other than seed for revegetation and encourage practices that protect Australia’s biodiversity.
Contact: PO Box 74, Yarralumla, ACT 2600 (02-6281-8585) or email: info@florabank.org.au
Goongerah Environment Centre
Website: http://www.geco.org.au/
GECO is an independent grassroots environment organisation based in East Gippsland that is dedicated to protecting the remaining old growth forests of the region.
Contact: RSD Bonang Rd., Goongerah, Victoria 3888 (03-5154-0156) or email: geco@green.net.au
Green Innovations
Website: http://www.green-innovations.asn.au/
GI is a non-profit environmental think-tank and environmental services organisation. Their aims are to be a catalyst for the achievement of global and local sustainability. The group believes that an ecologically sustainable society should also be just, equitable, and fulfilling. Although GI has its own program of projects, it also takes on consultancy work when this will help to achieve its goals.
Contact: 195 Wingrove Street, Fairfield, Melbourne, Victoria 3078 (+61-3-9486-4799) or email: Philip.Sutton@green-innovations.asn.au
Green Net Australia
Website: http://www.green.net.au/
GNA is a group of volunteers which has provided about 60 organisations with various free Internet services, as well as offering many grants to 'acm' groups in a wide range of internet and related resources.
Contact: home@green.net.au
Greening Australia
Website: http://www.rbm.com.au/greening_aust/index.html
GA works with the community to achieve sustainable land and water resources, primarily through improving vegetation management practices. Its major program is the Bushcare Support Program which has involved the setting up of regional support bases apart from numerous other activities, including Farm Forestry. Projects include native vegetation, revegetation, trees and forestry, biodiversity issues, and protecting native animals.
Contact: PO Box 618, Naracoorte, South Australia 5271 (08-87629167) or email: greening@rbm.com.au
Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Website: http://www.greenpeace.org.au/
Greenpeace exists because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action. Greenpeace is an independent organisation campaigning to ensure a just, peaceful, sustainable environment for future generations. Its mission and core values are based on independence, non-violence, and bearing witness. Campaigns are carried out on many levels, especially those that are direct actions in order to expose global environmental problems and force solutions. Greenpeace began in Canada in 1971 and today has a presence in more than 41 countries with 2.65 million supporters. Greenpeace Australia was founded in 1977 and joined forces with Greenpeace Pacific in 1998, and now has more than 130,000 supporters.
Contact: Level 4, 35-39 Liverpool St., Sydney 2000, NSW (02-9261-4666) or email: greenpeace@au.greenpeace.org
GreenSmart Environment Australia
Website: http://www.greensmart.com.au/ea/
The number of GreenSmart consumer initiatives is increasing with GreenSmart Villages in Adelaide and Sydney, as well as in a project in Jerrabombera (near Canberra). Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, and Hobart also hope to have their own GreenSmart Villages. For those unable to visit such a village, this website hosts a virtual tour in order to convey the message of sustainable building. Its initiatives will help consumers understand how sustainable housing can also result in financial and environmental gains. A long list of area contacts is included on the site.
Contact: b.barton@hia.asn.au
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
Website: http://www.iclei.org/anz/
ICLEI is an international association of local governments implementing sustainable development in order to achieve tangible improvements in global environmental and sustainable development conditions through cumulative local actions. More than 430 cities, towns, and their associations worldwide comprise ICLEI's membership.
Contact: Level 5, 267 Collins Street, Melbourn, Australia (+61-3-9639-8688) or email: anz@iclei.org
National Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) Network
Website: http://www.edo.org.au/
NEO consists of nine independently constituted and managed community environmental law centres located in each State and Territory of Australia. Each is dedicated to protecting the environment in the public interest by providing legal representation and advice, taking an active role in environmental law reform and policy formulation, and offering a significant education program designed to facilitate public participation in environmental decision making.
Contact: A list of area offices are available on the site.
Organic Federation of Australia
Website: http://www.ofa.org.au/
OFA represents and promotes the Australian certified organic industry to all relevant bodies, including governments, statutory authorities, public bodies, international organisations, lobby groups, the agricultural industry, the media, and consumers.
Contact: info@ofa.org.au
Remote Area Developments Group
Website: http://www.etc.murdoch.edu.au/pages/radg/radgpages/radghome.html
RADG was established as part of the Institute for Environmental Sciences at Murdoch University in 1985. Its aims are to investigate the problems of small communities in remote areas of Australia, and to develop appropriate technologies to solve those problems and improve the living conditions for the people living there. Some key areas of research and development include appropriate technology for water supply and sanitation, revegetation, bush food, and communications.
Contact: a list of university contacts are available on the site.
Schools for a Sustainable Future
Website: http://www.sfsf.com.au/
Our children will inherit the future. The five-year-old in prep will face the realities of global warming, resources depletion, and short sighted development along with the rest of us. How will they cope with the realities? And how do we explain what happened? Perhaps the answer is simple: save our words, and instead teach by example. The way forward is clear. We need long-term and deep-reaching environmental change. SFSF is a strategy designed to unite various sectors of local communities under a common "umbrella" to achieve this goal with a vision to bring together schools, local businesses, and the community, to promote and implement programs that preserve our resources and environment for our children's future. Over the past four years SFSF, with invaluable support, has worked with over 70 schools.
Contact: C/- Oakleigh Sth Primary School, Riley Street, Oakleigh South, Victoria Australia 3167 (03-9579-7224) or use the email form provided.
Tasmanian Conservation Trust
Website: http://www.tct.org.au/
TCT is a voluntary nonprofit organisation working on conservation issues, especially those that directly affect Tasmania. TCT was formed in 1968 to ensure that land, water, and other resources are used with wisdom and foresight, and that competing demands for these are resolved in a rational and environmentally responsible manner. It aims to foster and assist in the conservation of flora and fauna and important natural, archaeological, and cultural features of Tasmania.
Contact: 102 Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7000 Australia (03-6234-3552) or email: tct@southcom.com.au
Urban Ecology Australia
Website: http://www.urbanecology.org.au/
UEA is a non-profit organisation working to promote and create ecologically integrated human settlements. An ecological city is a city in balance with nature. Cities are at the centre of nearly all human activity. If we fail to evolve human settlements in balance with nature, our civilisation will fail. With the ecological crisis now upon us, we are running out of time, and UEA is committed to the creation of ecological settlements before it becomes too late to make a difference.
Contact: (08-8212-6760) or email: urbanec@urbanecology.org.au
Wetlands Challenge
Website: http://www.nexus.edu.au/ozprojects/wetlands/wetlands1.htm
This site hosts an educational activity for middle to upper primary school students living in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Contact: Dreaming@spirit.com.au
Wildcare Australia
Website: http://www.wildcare.org.au/
The Australian Koala Hospital Association Incorporated (Wildcare Australia) was formed in 1994 with the primary goals of promoting the conservation of Australian native animals and their habitat through scientific research and public education, and by raising funds for the construction and operation of a high standard veterinary hospital and research facility for the rescue and rehabilitation of sick, injured, and orphaned Australian native animals in South-East Queensland. It also hopes to provide an educational and consultancy service to schools and other community organisations with regards to Australian native animals and their habitats, as well as a library of information pertinent to the biology and rehabilitation of Australian native animals which will be available to all sectors of the community.
Contact: PO Box 2379, Nerang Mail Centre, Qeensland 4211 (07-5527-2444) or email: Enquiries@wildcare.org.au
Wilderness Society
Website: http://www.wilderness.org.au/
This is a community-based environmental advocacy organisation whose mission is to protect, promote, and restore wilderness and natural processes across Australia for the survival and ongoing evolution of life on Earth. Since its formation in 1976, the WS has achieved the secure protection of over seven million hectares of wilderness and other high conservation value areas in Australia, including Kakadu, the Daintree, Kangaroo Island, South West Tasmania, Australia's sub-Antarctic Islands, and Victoria's mallee woodlands.
Contact: Area listings are available on the site.
Wwoof Australia
Website: http://www.wwoof.com.au/
When you join WWOOF Australia, you can choose from 1,200 Organic Farms offering to teach you aspects of organic growing, bio-dynamics, and permaculture. You can learn about organic growing and about Australia by working in exchange for your keep. You receive full board and accommodation, usually in the family home.
Contact: wwoof@wwoof.com.au
