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The community especially for people interested in Recycling in Australia. * Instead of throwing things away and adding to landfill, why not recycle instead? * Get rid of unwanted items for free or swap it for something you need * Get stuff for FREE - help the recycling process by taking things for free off other people's hands (one man's trash is another man's treasure) or request things that you need and someone might give it to you for free"

Plastic Free July is a simple idea developed in 2011. It aims to raise awareness of the amount of plastic in our lives by encouraging people to eliminate the use of single-use plastic during July each year. Plastic Free July is an initiative of the Western Metropolitan Regional Council (WMRC) in Perth, Western Australia. It was developed by clever Earth Carers staff. It has now gone worldwide.

"While many American adults enjoy the perk of owning a car, as they pull out of their garage, they overlook one mode of transportation that may very well serve as not only an alternative mode of transportation, but also a key to a healthy life. http://www.quickenloans.com/ has created an infographic entitled "Footloose and Car Free! How Biking Can Improve Your Health and the Environment", illustrating how adding two-wheeled transport to your repertoire can benefit not only you, but the environment and your wallet! "

"Food and packaging waste is not simply something that 'goes away' when we pop it in the rubbish bin for collection by our garbos. Waste has an insidious, long-term impact on our environment, our wildlife and ultimately our own health. But how do we avoid it? In an age of excess consumption and a mindset of convenience-at-all-cost, is it possible to truly be waste free? The free-to-watch documentary shows how food and plastic waste can be avoided, drawing attention to much of the unnecessary packaging that is choking our lives, oceans and animals. It also gives an insight into the environmental and social impacts of our wasteful ways."

"The Darebin Fruit Squad, a crack team of volunteers who, for free, harvest excess fruit and advise on tree maintenance. Leaving residents a box or two, they donate the leftover produce that would otherwise rot to the needy through charities such as Second Bite and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. The volunteers, in return, get free TAFE-level horticulture training."

Welcome to the POWER MATRIX Game - the new, free strategy game. Now available for your browser. Found your POWER MATRIX City and power your world. Play for free now.

"Eco-Cycle is proud to be the new home for the Be Straw Free campaign, started by Milo Cress at age 9. Please join us in enjoying drinks--strawless!"

"To explain the latest 20% rise of electricity cost in Queensland, look no further than the free market reforms kickstarted in the 1990s"

""101 Ways to Go Green and Save Money""

"Los Angeles became the biggest city in the country to ban free plastic bags in grocery stores following a city council vote Tuesday. The 9-1 vote supports a ban that will take effect Jan. 1 for large stores, City News Service reported. Under the law, shoppers will have to tote their own bags, or pay 10 cents each for paper bags."

""Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation" is a free, open-source textbook available for viewing online or as a download for use on e-readers or printing. First and second-year college students are introduced to this expanding new field, comprehensively exploring the essential concepts from every branch of knowledge - including engineering and the applied arts, natural and social sciences, and the humanities. As sustainability is a multi-disciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field. Designed for the new generation of e-readers, the book can also be viewed in a browser, saved as a pdf, or printed."

"It's the food even food rescue organisations won't take but one campaigning chef is using it to make salads, soups and even chocolate cake. Former Gasolina head chef Adam Smith is the founder of The Real Junk Food Project, a volunteer collective that intercepts food waste from markets, stores, restaurants and food charities. Using only the ingredients on hand, Smith would until recently cook up a weekly feast using free public barbecues for whoever was nearby and hungry."

Today the possibilities with pallets are endless, and the materials are often free. If you've got access to pallet wood and basic power tools (and the skills to use them), this project shouldn't take longer than an afternoon."

"Plans, tools and information  to help you build renewable energy andconservation projects. Hundreds of projects -- from changing a light bulb to building a solar homes. Design information and tools  for building renewable energy projects. An Experimental section for backyard inventors. Nothing For Sale here -- just free ideas, plans, and information."

"CREATING AUSTRALIA'S MOST EDIBLE CURB COMPETITION We are people that like our food fresh, local and free. We like social gatherings, designing and building useful things and getting to know neighbours. We empower people like you to RECLAIM THE CURB."

"Free teacher resources and engaging student toolbox brings sustainability to life through learning activities, video, images, stories and units of work across the entire Australian Curriculum."

Been toying with the idea of using Augmented Reality in your classroom or library? Here's your chance to use the latest in AR to excite your students and get them looking at environmental issues through a new lens, then lens of their smart phone, iPad or tablet. If you are looking for a super #edtech way to engage your students, I have just the thing for you this World Environment Day - June 5. How about  a 700 x 1156 pixel poster which when scanned with the Augmented Reality (AR) app Layar will display rich  media elements.

"AskNature is a free, open source project, built by the community and for the community. Our goal is to connect innovative minds with life's best ideas, and in the process, inspire technologies that create conditions conducive to life. To accomplish this, we're doing something that has never been done-organizing the world's biological literature by function."

"Here's a bright idea: what if, instead of paying for solar panels to keep your electricity bills down, you asked a solar company to put them on your roof for free, then paid them back with excess energy that you didn't need? Well, it's already happening. Solar panel installation with no upfront payments, paid off over several years from the money saved out of your power bills, began in Australia almost two years ago. In a few years, it is likely that companies will be competing with each other to pay you for the privilege of using your roof to generate electricity for your home."

Global Forest Watch (GFW) is a dynamic online forest monitoring and alert system that empowers people everywhere to better manage forests. For the first time, Global Forest Watch unites satellite technology, open data, and crowdsourcing to guarantee access to timely and reliable information about forests. GFW is free and follows an open data approach in putting decision-relevant information in the hands of governments, companies, NGOs, and the public.