Making your Home more Sustainable
For a range of hints, tips, guides and inspiring stories to make your home more sustainable, check out the following links:
Your Home
Australian Government
Buy or build with environmental considerations in mind
Sustainable Households
NSW Government Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
A range of different hints and tips guiding sustainability in NSW households
5 Tips to make your Home Energy Efficient and Save Money- Green Home Renovation
The Renovation Plan
Greening your household in 5 steps
Economic Driving
NSW Government Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, Gosford City Council and Wyong Shire Council
If you have to drive, you might as well drive as environmentally friendly as possible
Green Living Tips Homepage
Green Living Tips
A huge range of information on greening your lifestyle
GreenHome
Australian Conservation Foundation
GreenHome, a program run by the ACF provides a huge range of data demonstrating the need to green your home
Living Greener
Australian Government
A diverse range of information and action plans for greening your lifestyle
Smart and Sustainable Homes
Partnered with the Queensland Government Department of Public Works
Be inspired by a range of display homes built throughout Queensland displaying sustainability ingenuity
Sustainability Guide: Tips for Making Established Homes more Sustainable
Lifestyle Channel
10 easy-to-implement actions to green your home and 10 possible green upgrades
Sustainable Gosford
Gosford City Council
This website does contain some location specific information but is still filled with great practical advice for all households
Sustainable House Day
Sustainable House Day
Visit this site to find a sustainable house near you to visit on Sustainable House Day
Sustainability in Australian households today
How sustainable are Australian households and lifestyles today? Have a look through a range of reports on household resource use:
Consumption and Lifestyle
A Snapshot of the Lifestyles and Consumption Patterns of a sample of Australian Households
CSIRO2010
Household Environmental Pressure from Consumption: an Australian Environmental Atlas
Christopher Dey, Charles Berger, Barney Foran, Miles Foran, Rowena Joske, Manfred Lenzen and Richard Wood
http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/2104/1/WaterWindCh9Dey.pdf
Energy
Are Households using Renewable Energy?
Australian Bureau of Statistics2009
Australians are using less water but more energy
Australian Bureau of Statistics2010
Energy Account Australia 2006-07
Australian Bureau of Statistics2009
Environmental Impact of Household Energy Use
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2009
Environmental Issues: Energy Use and Conservation
Australian Bureau of Statistics2008
Transport
Environmental Issues: Waste Management and Transport Use
Australian Bureau of Statistics2009
Waste
Environmental Issues: Waste Management and Transport Use
Australian Bureau of Statistics2009
Household Waste
Australian Bureau of Statistics2007
Water
Environmental Issues: Water Use and Conservation
Australian Bureau of Statistics2010
General Information on Climate Change and the Australian Environment
What is climate change and what is the current state of the Australian environment? Please find below general resources on climate change:
Australia’s Environment: Issues and Trends Jan 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics2010
Climate Change
NSW Government Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Climate Change in Australia
Australian Bureau of Statistics2010
Environmental Awareness and Action
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2010
Measures of Australia’s Progress 2010
Australian Bureau of Statistics2010
Tackling the Challenge of Climate Change
Australian Government Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
