Geography & Environmental Studies Resource Guide
Environmentalism--Some Starting Points
Australian householders' attitudes to greenhouse issues (2002) [web access]
[A 2002 literature review of the level of concern by Australians about the environment]
Ebbing of the green tide? : environmentalism, public opinion and the media in Australia (1998) [print]
[The level of concern shown by Australians regarding the environment is analysed through opinion polls, survey data and media coverage]
Environmental issues: people's views and practices (1994 onwards) [web access]
[The Australian Bureau of Statistics' regular surveys of the environmental behaviour and practices of Australians]
Green power : the environment movement in Australia (2000) [print]
[Covers the environmental movement and environmental politics of Australia in recent decades]
History of the Australian environment movement (1999) [print]
[Traces the environment movement in Australia including the major environmental issues since the 1960's]
Patriots : defending Australia’s natural heritage (2006) [print]
[An account of the conservationists involved in the struggle to preserve Australia's natural environment]
Environmentalism--Key Organisations
Australian Conservation Foundation
Conservation Council of South Australia
Friends of the Earth Australia
Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Wilderness Society
Wildlife Preservation Society
Environmentalism--Library Catalogue & Databases
Use the library catalogue to search for books. The following keyword searches may be useful starting points:
Conservationists Australia
Environmentalism Australia
Green movement Australia
Nature conservation Australia
Use databases to find journal articles. Choose an appropriate database from the Geography/Environmental Studies databases list (see especially the databases for Australian topics)
To find newspaper articles search Factiva. It includes full-text access to most Australian newspapers including The Advertiser and The Australian
Last update: 6th May 2009 Helen Attar
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