Groups and Organizations
In Australia, due to the lack of awareness on waste management, citizens are often missed out on the latest news. Therefore, there are many campaign and groups that have regular event to raise awareness on waste management. According to the statistics, there are an increase of volunteer and participants in the events. Besides, the amount of waste are have reduced which means citizen are raising their awareness of waste management. In order to have a more sustainable environment, humans should be in action to achieve those plans. The following are descriptions of different groups and campaigns.
Purposes of these organizations :
Purposes of these organizations :
- To unite people, businesses and governments through positive environmental actions.
- To promote sustainable resource use
- To encourage a low carbon lifestyle
- To connect people with nature
- Inspire people with ideas and suggestion on how to improve environmental impacts
Planet Ark
Planet Ark Environmental Foundation is an Australian non profitable organization that believe people should live in a world balanced with nature. The organization was established in 1992, it is one of the Australia’s leading environmental behavior change organizations which focus on working collaboratively and positively.
Affects :
United This approach strikes a strong chord among the millions of Australians who take part in our campaigns each year.
To know more : http://planetark.org/
Affects :
United This approach strikes a strong chord among the millions of Australians who take part in our campaigns each year.
To know more : http://planetark.org/
Clean up Australia
Like its organization’s name, this organization holds cleanup activities to fix up and conserve Australia's environment. Not only this, it also provides researches and statistics each year to keep the citizens up to date. For example they are holding Clean up Australia day each year to unite Australians to clean up the waste around their environment.
Affect : Except Clean Up Australia day, Clean up organization has been holding other events such as Clean Up Mobile Phones,Clean Up Our Climate,Say NO to Plastic Bags,Clean Up the World. This event have not only Australian participating but also people around the world cleaning their home country.
To know more: http://www.cleanup.org.au/au/
Affect : Except Clean Up Australia day, Clean up organization has been holding other events such as Clean Up Mobile Phones,Clean Up Our Climate,Say NO to Plastic Bags,Clean Up the World. This event have not only Australian participating but also people around the world cleaning their home country.
To know more: http://www.cleanup.org.au/au/