Established by trailblazers of the Australian environment movement in 1972, Total Environment Centre has worked with Australian communities on more than 100 victorious campaigns - defending parks and bushland in rural and urban areas, driving debate, advocating for pure air and water, supporting positive change in business and industry, and encouraging better environmental policy.
Our key achievements from over 100 wins include:
Won
the battle for a container deposit scheme
10,000 km2
of pristine forest saved from destruction
New Laws
supporting energy efficiency and combating climate change
Safeguarded
dozens of urban green spaces
Don't let developers wreck Sydney
Don't let developers wreck Sydney – now and in the future
AUSMAP
It’s hard to solve a problem you can’t see. So we’re putting microplastic pollution on the map!
Green Energy
With the best renewable energy resources in the world, Australia should be a global leader in the fight against global heating. Instead we are helping to trigger a climate catastrophe. But the market is overtaking the fossils. TEC has worked for years to encourage the growth of a solar and wind friendly energy supply system.
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Best case scenario: Local energy and climate change resilience
In the face of accelerating climate change impacts – in particular the frequency and intensity of severe weather events – local energy (or distributed energy resources, DER) can play a significant role in increasing individual household, local community and systemwide resilience. This paper represents an early attempt to recognise this potential role.
TEC Community Action
TEC works closely with communities determined to protect the character and natural assets of their neighbourhoods across Sydney.
Work with us to save your local bushland, which is under siege from the state government's tree clearing laws and development projects. Our information forums across Sydney in 2017 created the SOS Green Spaces campaign network - you can register for your area by clicking the links below. In 2019 work with us to save Sydney's koalas, demand better community consultation, and hold developers accountable.