Resources

Are you looking for more information or resources to make your lifestyle or  business even more sustainable? We’ve collated these resources for each of the Ways To Switch to help you learn more!

We’ve collated resources for each of the Ways to Switch so you can learn more about how to live more sustainably. Browse the tabs below to read more.

Low Energy Building

Energy

Water

 

  • 9 years at the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities

Waste

General Waste Reduction & Recycling

Online Stores

Composting and Worm Farms

Food

Grow Your Own Food

Transport

Business

Ethical Investment

Infographic Sources & Citations

To view the sources and references we’ve used to build our infographic resources, please browse the tabs below.

Urban Greening

  1. Doctors for the Environment Australia (2023) Trees: The forgotten heroes for our health: March 2023, pp 23. https://wwf.org.au/blogs/trees-the-forgotten-heroes-for-our-health/
  2. Phillips,S. (2022). Greening cities can prevent mental illness. 360info,  [online] The Canberra Times. Available at: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7756101/greening-cities-can-prevent-mental-illness/.
  3. NSW Government AdaptNSW (accessed June2023). Climate change impacts on urban heat Available at:  https://www.climatechange.environment.nsw.gov.au/urban-heat#:~:text=Increasing%20green%20cover%20in%20urban,vegetation%20(known%20as%20evapotranspiration).
  4. Wong et al., (2003) The effects of rooftop garden on energy consumption of a commercial building in Singapore Energy and Buildings: 35(4) :353-364
  5. Knight, T., et al. (2021) How effective is ‘greening’ of urban areas in reducing human exposure to ground-level ozone concentrations, UV exposure and the ‘urban heat island effect’? An updated systematic review. Environ Evid: 10, 12
  6. Barboza et al., (2021). Green space and mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment study The lancet 5(10): 718-730

Energy Efficiency

  1. Wyndham, Joseph, Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, (2021) Your Home: Australia’s guide to environmentally sustainable homes: Energy – Heating and cooling, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, [ available online] https://www.yourhome.gov.au/energy/heating-and-cooling
  2. Energy Efficiency Council (EEC), (2021), Determining office tenancies energy end use:  A research project to determine disaggregated energy consumption in office tenancies – Final Report, Canberra, [available online] https://www.energy.gov.au/sites/default/files/Determining%20office%20tenancies%20energy%20end%20use_0.pdf.
  3. Dwyer, Scott, Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, Your Home: Australia’s guide to environmentally sustainable homes: Energy – Lighting, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, [available online] https://www.yourhome.gov.au/energy/lighting.
  4. Dwyer, Scott, Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, Your Home: Australia’s guide to environmentally sustainable homes: Energy – Appliances and technology, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, [available online] https://www.yourhome.gov.au/energy/appliances.

Other Ways to Switch

Learn about more ways you can switch your thinking and live a more sustainable lifestyle.

Low Energy Building

Energy

Water

Waste

Food

Transport

Business

Ethical Investing