Education Links

​​​​​​​​​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 EPA Tasmania priorities for promoting the sustainable use of resources.

Visit these organisations for more resources:

Australian Association for Environmental Education 

Sustainability in Schools

Cool Australia 

Early ​y​​ears

• Kindergarten lessons on waste and decomposition

• Lesson plans on waste for kinder students
  

• 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
  

Litter

• EPA Tasmania teaching resource on litter
  

F​ood waste

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
  

• Oz Harvest - Fight Food Waste
  

​Pape​​r waste

• EPA Tasmania teaching resource on paper waste
  

• A social justice game using waste newspaper 
  

Plastic wa​​ste

• EPA Tasmania teaching resource on plastic waste

• Book: Package it Better: Primary Connections 8 Lesson module
  

• ​Organising a rubbish free lunch

• 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. 
  

Fashi​​on waste

• ​The debate about cotton in Australia​
  

• 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

Electrical and Electro​nic waste​

• Waste Fact Sheets

• The Secret Life of Mobile Phones

• Collaborative Consumption