Total Environment Centre in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia | Community organisation

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Total Environment Centre

Locality: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9211 5022

Address: Lv 1, 99 Devonshire Street 2010 Surry Hills, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.tec.org.au

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23.01.2022 KOALA PUSH CONTINUES We need to save remnant populations in order to prevent Koala extinction. Threatened species laws are being curtailed, while habitat destruction goes on.

23.01.2022 MORE SUN FOR EVERYONE Solar energy needs to be embedded in the National Electricity Market. TEC and ACOSS have developed a rule change that will achieve this. https://www.tec.org.au/more_sun_for_everyone

23.01.2022 AUSMAP - winner of Sustainable City Waterway Protection Award Congrats to our citizen science team - finding, analysing, alerting about microplastics pollution. www.ausmap.org

22.01.2022 14M TONNES OF MICROPLASTICS! An astounding global total - check out the CSIRO report and our AUSMAP commentary. We're campaigning for a national plan and bans on single use items. Matt Kean MP https://www.abc.net.au//14-million-tonnes-micropl/12735610

22.01.2022 GIVE GREEN SPACES AND TREES THE LEGAL PROTECTION THEY DESERVE TEC's Director, Jeff Angel calls for legal safeguards of our green spaces and trees in SMH oped.

21.01.2022 Sydney's Koalas go Court

21.01.2022 PROGRESS ON KOALAS? NSW Enviro Minister Matt Kean has a new plan. We think it could help Koalas survive.

19.01.2022 BIG WIN ON CUTTING ELECTRICITY USE AND EMISSIONS Finally the regulator of the energy market has decided to implement an energy conservation rule change, that has been championed by TEC for many years. Consumers can earn money by using less. It only applies to big consumers so far but we are pressing for all consumers to benefit.

17.01.2022 PLASTIC POLLUTION - NEW DIGITAL RESOURCES World Oceans Day is today and the Ocean Action Pod has released a virtual tour and quiz to understand and take action on plastic pollution. Virtual Tour (7.56min): https://youtu.be/uspQk-F_AJA Quiz (7.05min): https://youtu.be/orFfF_6fZWc Nature NSW WWF-Australia Greenpeace Australia Pacific AUSMAP

15.01.2022 LOST SHIPPING CONTAINERS - plastic pollution hazard! The loss of up to 50 shipping containers now polluting the state’s east coast should be treated as hazardous pollution with consequent large fines to help with cleanup. Foam packaging, masks, foodware and small and large pieces of plastic are on beaches and in the water. These are all highly hazardous as they break up into microplastics that are eaten by marine life, killing it and entering the human food chain.

15.01.2022 INCINERATOR FUTURE? Serious questions need to be answered by the proposed waste to energy incinerator in Matraville that will use up to 200,000t a year. Such incinerators need long term contracts and cannabalise material that can be better used for higher value reprocessing; and the local area already has an air pollution load. @matraville Matt Thistlethwaite Rob Stokes

12.01.2022 TEC - The Macarthur Koala Colony is essential to the survival of NSW Koalas. NSW planning must follow the Chief Scientists recommendations and the 42 recommendations of the recent Koala Inquiry, to ensure their survival.

11.01.2022 SYDNEY KOALA NATIONAL PARK Unanimous support for a Koala National Park along the Georges River from the NSW Upper House Inquiry. With predictions the Koala could be extinct in the wild by 2050, it's needed more than ever. #mattkeanMP #gladysnsw

10.01.2022 PLASTIC FREE HERE TO STAY Boomerang's Plastic Free Places project, working with businesses is making great strides; and being increasingly recognised as a transitional program to implement legislated bans on single use items.

10.01.2022 WASTE TO ENERGY INCINERATORS ON THE BACKFOOT Environment Minister, Matt Kean and (last night) the City of Sydney Council have opposed waste incinerators for the metro Sydney area. There are four proposed for Sydney. Recycling, reuse and the circular economy must be first and foremost.

09.01.2022 KOALA DESTRUCTION BILL It's outrageous - the NSW Parliament should reject it. Our Statement here - https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net//kOALA_Statement_.pd

08.01.2022 URBAN TREES - DEVELOPERS SHOW TRUE COLOURS A Plan for 40% tree canopy across the Wilton development area is being resisted by developers. The UDIA again shows they are stuck in the past. For the cooling, mental health and biodiversity benefits - private land must be involved. Rob Stokes @UDIANational

07.01.2022 Cumberland Plain Plan last chance to get it right for koalas and endangered bushland There are some good parts to the new Plan and some more work to do, says TEC. Faster protection of the Georges R Koala park area; east west corridors over Mt Gilead; and clear conservation for remaining bushland - before the area is engulfed in urban development.

06.01.2022 SYDNEY'S KOALAS GET PROFILE Peter Fitzsimons from the SMH gives the Appin koalas a lift, as TEC's campaign continues. https://www.smh.com.au//destruction-of-appin-koala-habitat

05.01.2022 WITH COVID, GREEN SPACES MORE POPULAR THAN EVER But not more protected. TEC is calling for major changes in planning and development laws. https://www.tec.org.au/viral_green_space_renaissance

03.01.2022 BIGGEST CITIZEN SCIENCE MICROPLASTIC SURVEY NOW ON LINE! Check out our AUSMAP results...more coming in every month.

03.01.2022 We are organising a WEBINAR! When? THIS FRIDAY, 22/05/20 We're presenting the latest AUSMAP data collected by our citizen science volunteers (you!) ... Did you know that our volunteers have helped remove over 100,000 microplastics from all over @Australia? We will be - Digging into the #microplastics problem and where we can find them in #Australia - Providing a State of Play of the #microplastic levels + trends that we have discovered - Sharing the sources of these microplastics Not all hope is lost! What is the way forward? We will be sharing what you can do! Get your (FREE) ticket now & join us on Friday 22 May 2020 at 12:30pm AEST! Don't wait too long! Almost 30% of tickets are already gone! https://www.facebook.com/events/921230778327378/

03.01.2022 Do you trust the makers of Coke, Powerade and XXXX Gold to put recycling first? Big plastic polluters will always prioritise profits over being plastic-free ...Victoria needs to stop untrustworthy & unaccountable companies taking total control of its 10c container deposit scheme. Join us today and sign the petition via https://bit.ly/3oXGIMy. #RecyclerightVictoria #StopBigBeverage #SayYesCDS

02.01.2022 FUTURE OF TREES IN SYDNEY Check out Jeff Angel's interview on the latest developments. https://soundcloud.com//losing-trees-in-the-inner-west-wit

01.01.2022 MICROPLASTICS ARE A HAZARD TEC is working with Surfrider and Northern Beaches Council with EPA $ to survey microplastics in Dee Why Lagoon and then take action to stop the pollution. We already know it is a hot spot! https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au//national-citizen-s

Total Environment Centre in Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia | Community organisation