Your Support in Action: Wins for Wildlife, Rivers & Urban Green Spaces
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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.
Read the full TEC Newsletter 2026 Issue 1
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.