Sustainable Communities

Get involved

Check out these programs to learn how you cxan start making a difference:

• Community environmental groups

• Community gardens

• Urban food garden project

• Sustainability awards

• Positive Charge

Useful websites

There are lots of environment websites that discuss topics like energy and global warming, water, waste, transport and air quality, and native plants and animals.

Here are some good starting points.

• Sustainability Victoria
  www.sustainability.vic.gov.au

• Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
  http://www.environment.gov.au/

• Victorian Department Sustainability of Environment
  www.dse.vic.gov.au

• Environmental Protection Authority Victoria (EPA)
  www.epa.vic.gov.au

• Climate Change and Victoria
  www.climatechange.vic.gov.au

• Switch On - power and electricity information and tools
  www.switchon.vic.gov.au

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  http://www.ipcc.ch/

• Melbourne Water
  www.melbournewater.com.au

• Metropolitan Waste Management Group
  www.mwmg.vic.gov.au

• Landcare Australia
  www.landcareaustralia.com.au

• Greening Australia (Victoria)
  www.greeningaustralia.org.au

• Australian Conservation Foundation
  www.acfonline.org.au

• The Trust for Nature
  www.tfn.org.au

• Parks Victoria
  www.parkweb.vic.gov.au

• Conservation Volunteers Australia
  www.conservationvolunteers.com.au

• Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology
  http://arcue.botany.unimelb.edu.au/

• World Wildlife Fund, Australia (WWF)
  www.wwf.org.au

• Greenpeace Australia
  www.greenpeace.org.au

• Victorian Environment Friends Network
  http://vnpa.org.au/page/volunteer/victorian-environment-friends-network

• South East Councils Climate Change Alliance (SECCCA)
  www.seccca.org.au