Educating for sustainability can be broadly categorised into four main areas: energy, water, biodiversity and waste. The education links provided have a focus on waste issues, in line with Tasmanian EPA priorities for promoting the sustainable use of resources.
Visit these organisations for more resources:
Australian Association for Environmental Education
Cool Australia
Kindergarten lessons on waste and decomposition
Lesson plans on waste for kinder students
How to run a swap meet in kinder
Book: Bethel, E (2008) Michael Recycle, Koala Books, Mascot, NSW Australia
Book: Bethel, E (2009) Litterbug Doug – A Michael Recycle Adventure, Koala Books, Mascot, NSW Australia
Please note: These videos are hosted by YouTube, the EPA does not take responsibility for the content of the videos
Video for children about composting Source: YouTube
Video about how to compost scraps Source: YouTube
A social justice game using waste newspaper
EPA Tasmania teaching resource on plastic waste
Book: Package it Better: Primary Connections 8 Lesson module
Article: Bottled water is more energy intensive than tap water
Program to reduce water bottle use in Asia
How plastic affects wildlife
Article: How Australian waters are polluted by harmful tiny plastics
Book: Auman, H (2015) Garbage Guts, Dog Ear Publishing, Indianapolis, USA.
A mountain of waste clothing
Statistics on cotton
How to reduce, re-use and recycle textile waste
Environmental impacts of the textile industry in Bangladesh
How to host a swap meet
Article: The rise of mending and repairing clothes
Mobile phone re-use debate
Waste Fact Sheets
The Secret Life of Mobile Phones
Collaborative Consumption
Waste Minimisation Officer134 Macquarie StreetHobart TAS 7000Phone: 03 6165 4599Email: Enquiries@epa.tas.gov.au
