Environment

  • Blue Mountains Conservation Society 
    This website contains information about current campaigns as well as links to other local, Australian and international environment sites. The Blue Mountains Conservation Society is a voluntary group of about nine hundred members helping to conserve the World Heritage Blue Mountains region.
     
  • Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute
    The website offers links to research reports on a wide range of local issues. The Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that brings together research, local communities, and government agencies to support the conservation of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.
     
  • NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
    Information about sustainability, conservation and environmental issues in NSW. Also contains information on NSW National Parks.
     
  • Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 
    The department is responsible for implementing the Australian Government's policies to protect our environment and heritage, and to promote a sustainable way of life. The website contains databases and maps, publications, links and more.
     
  • GreenFILE
    What are the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done at each level to minimize these effects? GreenFILE offers information on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more, from scholarly, government and general-interest publications. Library members can access this site anywhere with their membership number, non-members can only access the site via a public PC or with a laptop using WIFI (where available) within a Blue Mountains City Library branch