Your Support in Action: Wins for Wildlife, Rivers & Urban Green Spaces

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TEC Newsletter 2026 Issue 2

In this issue:

Neighbours Protecting Koala Corridors
Neighbours are protecting a vital koala corridor in Kurrajong Heights. With TEC’s Sydney Basin Koala Network, local landholders are turning community action into conservation outcomes.

Wentworth Park joins Blue-Green Grid Push
Wentworth Park is moving closer to becoming public green space and the Blue Green Grid is featured in the new Sydney Plan. Years of advocacy by TEC and the community have helped bring forward major wins for Sydney’s future.

Fighting for a Green Future 
Bring the Fight for a Green Future to Your Community.

Supporter Spotlight: Luke Parker 
Luke Parker, long-term supporter who shares our commitment to protecting nature for future generations

Moving on Plastics
Plastic pollution is growing, but so is the momentum for change. We’re driving the stronger laws needed to stop plastic pollution at its source.

AUSMAP & ANZ: Four years of Action and Impact
When businesses and environmental experts work together, change happens. ANZ and our AUSMAP project have engaged more than 1,000 employees in citizen science to help protect Australia’s waterways.

Exploring River & Waterway Rights: Australian perspectives
What if rivers had rights? We're bringing communities together to explore new legal protections for nature and build momentum for action across NSW.

Read the full TEC Newsletter 2026 Issue 2

Thank You

Our campaigns succeed because of the generosity and encouragement of our supporters. Your support fuels expert advocacy, rigorous research, and long-term outcomes—from protecting urban wildlife to advancing a circular economy.

Evidence. Action. Impact. Because nature can’t wait.

• Evidence. Action. Impact. Every day we delay, more bushland is destroyed, more waste piles up and more wildlife is pushed closer to extinction. We have always relied on your donation to power our campaigns to stop it.
• Mobilise expert advocacy and campaign teams influencing state and national environmental policy.
• Produce rigorous research and coalition work that turns bold environmental goals into lasting change.
• Achieve long-term outcomes – from protecting koalas and green spaces to advancing a circular economy for Australia.
• Deploy legal and scientific expertise that strengthens environmental laws and safeguards biodiversity.
• Facilitate collaboration between government, research, business and communities to embed the rights of nature into policy.
• Implement multi-year initiatives addressing climate, waste and extinction risks.

Please donate generously today.

Previous issues

TEC Newsletter 2026 Issue 1

In this issue:

From our Director - Celebrating Our Wins
Our Director Jeff Angel shares a snapshot of TEC’s achievements and the year ahead.

Greater Sydney Koala – Corridors of Survival
New mapping gives local groups the evidence to defend koala habitats before they’re lost.

Container Refunds: Making the System Better
Progress on improving national recycling rates and boosting container refund schemes.

Green Spaces: Moving the Conversation
Updates on Sydney’s Blue-Green Grid, Wentworth Park, and Warranmadhaa National Park.

Wasted Batteries & Small E-waste Moves
National and state-level actions to reduce e-waste and push for circular economy rules.

Gerri Ormonde – A TEC Long Timer
Celebrating Gerri’s decades of contribution to TEC and the environment movement.

Microplastics Are Choking Our Waterways
Seven years of citizen science reveal alarming increases in microplastic pollution.

Too Big to Ignore – A National Campaign Against Plastic Pollution
Partnering to position Australia as a global leader in tackling plastics at the source.