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brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)
Understanding Sustainable Development
Run Time : 3:49 mins
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.
Run Time : 1:24 mins
This programme features a case study of businesses that have developed unique approaches to sustainability. Their visionary leaders reveal how becoming 'green' has helped make their businesses stronger and more financially viable. Through interviews we discover the problems they faced, the benefits of change and their organisation's future directions.
Run Time: 27:37 mins
A sustainable business approach that considers people, planet and profit can be particularly important in the agricultural sector. This video introduces the idea of the triple bottom line, how it applies to agricultural businesses and its benefits and challenges, with insight from Australian wool growers and academics from La Trobe University.
Run Time : 9:46 mins
The NSW Government's Sustainability Advantage program assists organisations to:
Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSD Australia)
The Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSD Australia) is the national peak body representing forward-thinking companies and organisations that are working towards the transition to a sustainable Australia. Our mission is to accelerate this transition by making sustainable business more successful.
This book looks in depth at the concept of sustainability and biodiversity, resources like timber and fisheries, and the impact of global growth.
Uncover humans' impact on the Earth's atmosphere, land masses, and water bodies, and the impact of solid and hazardous wastes; learn the truth about the greenhouse effect, global warming, and weather cycles; discover amazing ecosystems and biodiversity, erosion and desertification; learn about the hydrologic cycle, oceans, glaciers, and water pollution and treatment; discover the secrets of geochemical carbon and calcium cycling; and, take a "final exam" and grade it yourself! Simple enough for beginners but substantial enough for advanced students.
A world-wide push for ecological sustainability is fuelling the next great industrial revolution. What are the major issues for Australia? What are government and industry doing about it? And what can we do to protect the environment, the economy, ourselves and tomorrow's children? The answers can be found in this book. Through numerous case studies, this book explores urban planning issues, the true cost of indistry, salinity and soil degradation, water management and environmental activism. It shows how innovative design at every level of domestic, industrial and agricultural life can help us meet our needs while conserving fragile resources.
Why do some parts of the world have too much food and other not enough? Is genetic modification the solution to the global food crisis? How is the rise in biofuel crops affecting food stocks? What are the environmental benefits of organic farming? How can food and water resources be managed for a growing world population? This series explores the environmental and human impact of resource-based industries around the world, and looks at the ways in which their damaging effects can be reversed, limited or prevented altogether.
What are the alternatives to oil as a source of energy? How can we limit air pollution from oil refineries? In what ways can the risks of oil spills be reduced? How is plastic waste from landfill sites used to generate electricity? Is nuclear power the fuel of the future? This series explores the environmental and human impact of resource-based industries around the world, and looks at the ways in which their damaging effects can be reversed, limited or prevented altogether.
What is being done to protect Earth's valuable forest environments? How is agroforestry improving the lives of people in less developed countries? How can wood waste products be used productively instead of being thrown away? What are the environmental savings of paper recycling? This series explores the environmental and human impact of resource-based industries around the world, and looks at the ways in which their damaging effects can be reversed, limited or prevented altogether.
What can be done to prevent air and water pollution from mining activities? How does recycling metals reduce the environmental impact of mining? How can limited reserves of mineral and metal resources be managed sustainably? How do land-rehabilitation programmes remove mining scars from the landscape? This series explores the environmental and human impact of resource-based industries around the world, and looks at the ways in which their damaging effects can be reversed, limited or prevented altogether.
Sustainable land management (eBook) by This book examines the damaging impacts of Australia’s land use and agricultural activity, and proposes improvements to current farming systems, including more sustainable use of water and soil, and development of new systems for irrigation, fertiliisation and water use. To ensure long-term sustainability, land managers need to consider economic, social and environmental factors. How do we meet the needs of the present without depleting our natural resources and compromising the future of the land?
This list has been compiled to help you get started. You may choose other options, but check with your teacher first.
References
BCSD Australia. (n.d.). The Business Council of Sustainable Development Australia - About Us. https://www.bcsda.org.au/about-us
BIC Group Official. (2015, July 18). BIC: Two minutes to understand sustainable development [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/jfsWI8XgQyo
ClickView (Production Company). (2020). What Makes a Sustainable Agriculture Business? [Video]. ClickView. https://clickv.ie/w/wnZo
Healey, J. (2011). Sustainable Land Management, The Spinney Press.
NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment. (n.d.). Sustainability Advantage. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/sustainability/sustainability-advantage
United Nations. (2018, April 21). Do you know all 17 SDGs? [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/0XTBYMfZyrM
VEA (Production Company). (2010). Environmental Sustainability in Business: A Case Study [Video]. ClickView. https://clickv.ie/w/nnZo
Cover Image Credits
United Nations. (2017). SDG Colour Wheel. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/news/communications-material/
de Germain, G. (2018). [Globe lying on grass] [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/6Xw9wMJyHus
United Nations. (2019). SDG Individual Goals. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/news/communications-material/
Heftiba, T. (2020). [Sustainable Coffee Cup] [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/cvDmWWLbZwQ
