Luke ParkerSell & Parker Metal Recycling We’re so grateful to Luke and his family for being part of our community and for caring so deeply about the environment and the need for lasting change. Luke first got to know our Executive Director, Jeff Angel, many years ago, when Jeff was pioneering the campaign for a national Container Deposit Scheme (CDS). That connection led Luke to start supporting us, and he has continued as a regular donor ever since.

How a community, supported by Total Environment Centre's Sydney Basin Koala Network (SBKN), is protecting wildlife habitat between Blue Mountains and Wollemi National Parks

Wentworth Park is moving closer to becoming public green space. Years of advocacy by TEC and the community have helped bring forward a major win for Sydney’s future.  

Plastic pollution is long lasting, pervasive and cumulative. The damage is growing, but so is the action.

Microplastics are now recognised as a global environmental challenge, found everywhere from the food we eat to the air we breathe. Over the past 4 years, ANZ Australia has been dedicated to empowering staff to live more sustainably by providing education and pathways to take meaningful environmental action.

In July 2026, the Total Environment Centre (TEC) and the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) co-hosted our first community workshop Exploring Australian perspectives on River and Waterway Rights at the Canva Space cafe in Sydney. We were joined by community groups, river guardians, and passionate individuals keen to learn more about the international movement to recognise rivers, waterways and ecosystems as holders of rights, and discuss ways these mechanisms could operate in Australia.

Good news for Sydney's green future   After years of advocacy, an important part of our vision for a greener Sydney is becoming reality. It follows the release of the Sydney Plan earlier this year, where the Blue-Green Grid was recognised as an essential part of Sydney's future. The NSW Government has announced a major step towards delivering the Blue-Green Grid, a connected network of parks, waterways and green corridors that my team and I have championed for many years. This article explains what has been announced, why it matters for Sydney's future, and where we go from here.

A night of film, conversation and inspiration with Tim Flannery, Laura Wells and Jeff Angel.

B-cycle, the voluntary industry group managing Australia’s battery recycling, is looking more and more like greenwash for the battery industry. This morning's report in the Sydney Morning Herald that batteries collected for recycling are instead being stockpiled, burnt or buried by B-cycle’s main recycler, Ecocycle, highlights the urgent need for a fully regulated and transparent national battery recycling scheme reinforced by strong compliance and penalties.

The results from two major reports on microplastic pollution along the NSW coast  support the call for comprehensive pollution reduction plans from local, state and national governments. Our 7-year AUSMAP study "Do We Have a Microplastic Problem in NSW Coastal Waterways?" using a robust citizen science methodology found extensive foreshore pollution and last week’s EPA NSW’s report "Broadscale Microplastic Assessment" of the water column in estuaries reinforces these findings.  There’s now a very strong case for government, business and the community to undertake a major attack on microplastics, rather than the current ad hoc approach.  

Hundreds of surveys documenting dangerous microplastic pollution in NSW coastal environments has been compiled in a major report. Sydney stands out as the state’s worst and most consistently impacted region, however, other regional urbanised areas are also of concern. 

For the first time, important Koala habitat corridors throughout Greater Sydney have been mapped. Total Environment Centre's Sydney Basin Koala Network project created maps that present a cost-effective opportunity that allows Sydney’s critical Koala populations and other threatened species to persist amidst growing threats from development.