Australia community resources

This article is an offshoot of Australia community action focusing on community resources and assets. Resources such as networks, events and community involvement (people and relationships) can be considered as primary resources. Also resources are the activism and physical assets (or what citizens value), such as green spaces and biodiversity, cycle lanes, food initiatives, etc, from the other Australia community pages.

'From the Ground Up – Regenerative Agriculture'

Authors: festival21, Jul 28, 2019

Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network - Grow Free, "dedicated to making our food locally grown, organic and free" - Local Harvest, national initiative aiming to help people find local sources of food and grow their own - My Home Harvest - Open Food Network, openfoodnetwork.org.au - Solar cooking resources in Australia

Farmers' markets: Australian Farmers' Markets Association

Resources: Planning and running open farm days, openfoodnetwork.org

• Community Power Agency, social enterprise setup to support the development of a vibrant community energy sector in Australia
• YourEnergySavings.gov.au, information from the Australian Government as well as state and territory governments.
• Energy For The People

Maps

Solar PV Maps and Tools, Australian Photovoltaic Institute

Energy transition in Australia

From Energy transition in Australia

Greenpeace Australia Pacific (Energy [R]evolution^[1]) and Beyond Zero Emissions (Zero Carbon Australia 2020^[2]) have issued reports to claim that a transition to renewable energy can be affordably made in Australia in the very near term - in years rather than decades.

communitylandtrust.com.au

The Power of Co – Rohan Mead, Australian Unity

Authors: BCCMau, 1.48 mins.

Date: 2025-11-10

Wikipedia:

Homelessness in Australia: The majority of long term homeless people are found in the large cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Brisbane. It is estimated that on any given night approximately 105,000 people will be homeless.

Poverty in Australia: Some of the latest information on poverty in Australia comes from a study conducted by the Australian Council of Social Service in 2012. The Report, Poverty In Australia, shows that in 2010, after taking account of housing costs, an estimated 2,265,000 people or 12.5% of all people, including 575,000 children (17.3% of all children), lived in households below the most austere poverty line widely used in international research.

Reverse Garbage

Open Shed

Citizens data initiative

• Open Knowledge Foundation Australia
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Wikipedia:Environment of Australia#State of the Environment reports

Maps

Wikimedia Atlas of Australia

Books

• Wikipedia:List of Australian environmental books

Apps for sustainability

• Snap Send Solve
• Trolley Tracker™, smartphone app to report wayward shopping trolleys on the run

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