Total Environment Centre

25/09/2026

The highest number of koala deaths has been recorded in Sydney in a single night since recording began.

23/09/2026

16/09/2026

Tonight in Sydney! Join the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) and Total Environment Centre (TEC) for the next in our series of workshops about Rights of Nature and the potential of 'river rights' in New South Wales.

In this workshop, we will:
➡️ Bring people together from river communities around NSW, to discuss current initiatives and plans for the future;
➡️ Host a guest presentation by Paul Powlesland, a barrister from the United Kingdom, who will discuss the River Wye Charter, and the legal personhood for rivers movement in the UK; and
➡️ Discuss strategies for building a working group and network for river rights in NSW.

Join the discussions, and share your views about how we can collaborate to strengthen our capacity to be a voice for local rivers, and create new governance structures to protect and manage our living waterways.

This event is being hosted in-person in Sydney (101 William Street, Darlinghurst) and online. When you register, please indicate if you'll be attending in person, or via zoom.

➡️ https://events.humanitix.com/rivers16sept

24/07/2026

Our Sydney Basin Koala Network is urging the community to speak up for koalas.

132 koala feed trees are at risk of being cleared.

This proposal threatens an important section of the Georges River koala corridor and critically endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland.

The consultation is open now, and every submission counts. Please show koalas you care by taking a few minutes to have your say before Wednesday 29 July.

17/07/2026

Good news for Sydney's green future.🌱

After years of advocacy, we're pleased to see the NSW Government take another important step towards delivering Sydney's Blue-Green Grid.
On 8 July 2026, the Government announced the establishment of a Blue-Green Grid Committee of agencies with urban landholdings to help implement a connected network of parks, waterways and green corridors across Greater Sydney.

It follows the inclusion of the Blue-Green Grid in the new Sydney Plan and reflects growing recognition that investing in nature is essential for healthier communities, cooler neighbourhoods and a more resilient city.

Our work isn't finished. We'll continue advocating for stronger planning rules, healthier waterways, increased tree canopy and better connections between Sydney's parks, wildlife and people. 🐨

Thank you to everyone who supported our campaign, made a submission and helped keep this vision on the agenda.

👉️Read more about what this announcement means and what comes next.
🔗 link in comments

07/07/2026

🎉Happy 8th Birthday, AUSMAP !

Eight years ago TEC set up AUSMAP to answer a question nobody else was asking: how much microplastic pollution is really out there, and where?

Today, thanks to over 1,300 trained citizen scientists, we have real answers, including 70+ new pollution hotspot sites identified across Australia and a recent detailed report combining all of our data in NSW.

This includes a case study into Kai’ymay/Manly Cove where AUSMAP was launched 8 years ago yesterday, 🌞and we have since collected over 90 samples, the longest running microplastics database in the southern hemisphere, and quite possibly, the world! 🐳

"This is what community powered science looks like," says Dr Scott Wilson, AUSMAP's Research Director. "To everyone who's sampled a beach, helped us process and log data, or simply cared enough to ask questions: thank you."

"Our research such as the recent NSW Microplastics Report is now shaping real policy conversations", says TEC Executive Director Jeff Angel: "That's the difference this community, advocacy and persistence makes."

Here's to the next 8 years. 🌊

28/06/2026

54 years of fighting for nature.

Koala corridors being mapped and secured. Microplastic data reaching the government. Battery stewardship laws through parliament. Rights of Nature being advanced in Australian law.

None of it has happened alone.

Tomorrow is 30 June. If you have been thinking about giving, this is the moment. Any donation of $2 or over is tax-deductible in this financial year.
Help us make nature a priority in every decision.

Donate today https://www.tec.org.au/donate

19/06/2026

🚫 SBKN encourages objections to Alkoomie Place Planning Proposal in South Wilton – 450–550 houses in core koala habitat in an area planned for 50! Submissions close 5:00pm Thursday, 25 June 2026.

* Koala population under threat: South Wilton has a long standing koala population and a critical primary corridor recognised by the NSW Government.
* 10x overreach on Council’s plan: Cell 3 was planned for ~50 rural lots in a low-impact rural setting; this proposal seeks 450–550 dwellings, a massive intensification inconsistent with Council’s own land use plan.
* Indirect intensification of Avoided Land: Dense housing beside CPCP Avoided Land will degrade habitat via edge effects, dogs, noise, weeds and fragmentation without clearing.
* Will contribute to the vehicle strike crisis: 175 total strikes since July 2022 in South West Sydney, driving local declines.
* Cumulative growth pressure: Adds to Wilton’s existing development and infrastructure stress, undermining corridor connectivity across the broader landscape.

🛑 SBKN calls on Wollondilly Shire Council to refuse this proposal – it conflicts with Cell 3’s vision, threatens koalas, and intensifies biodiversity loss.

Have your say here (our full submission in comments): https://www.yoursay.wollondilly.nsw.gov.au/proposed-rezoning-alkoomie-place-south-wilton?fbclid=IwY2xjawSE1gRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMY2dlUlVmMnUwaUFPYThJc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHv98kZsPtn8yK_L5D25oWNsiKdEMKE296ylNNs9Ze8bLD5Xcw1Ds-TdHYXBY_aem_oRsmb9a2EO0mVsHYiwK8KQ

Wilton Action Group Save Sydney's Koalas Total Environment Centre

18/06/2026

Microplastic pollution in Metropolitan Sydney has tripled since 2018.

That is not a guess. That is seven years of data collected by citizen scientists sampling our waterways so governments can no longer claim they do not know what is happening.

The evidence is in front of decision makers. Now we need the laws to match.

If you have been thinking about giving before 30 June, now is a natural moment. Any donation of $2 or over is tax-deductible in this financial year.

Help us make nature a priority in every decision.

Link to donate in comments!