"A donation to environmental care is an investment for eternity."David Thomas, The Thomas Foundation
The Land and Biodiversity : The Australian continent is home to highly distinctive and diverse plants and animals — around 90% of Australian mammals, frogs, reptiles and plants are found nowhere else. With so many unique species, we have an important…
“The environment movement began outside institutions, in the minds and actions of ordinary (and great) people who perceived environmental issues and problems that were largely ignored by mainstream politics.” (Doyle 2000, pxvii.)
Toxic chemical pollution underlies many environmental challenges, yet it is generally overlooked: industrial chemicals pervade our culture and the pollution they create is often invisible. The reality is Australians live in a chemical soup, exposed to thousands of toxic chemical emissions from food, water and everyday…
New Publication: Inland waters: rivers, wetlands and estuaries Australia’s inland waters support globally significant biodiversity and are vitally important for agriculture, industry and communities. Yet everything we do in and around water catchments can impact and potentially degrade wetlands and…
Climate change affects all aspects of our environment and our humanity – in Australia and globally. There is an urgent need to rapidly scale up action to reduce the impact of climate change and philanthropy has an important role to…
This framework has been developed to support grantmakers’ understanding of how they can contribute to building a stronger, more effective environment movement. Although ‘capacity’ is often taken to mean ‘how much’ can be done, capacity building is equally concerned with…
AEGN’s Guide is a world first, step-by-step tool for philanthropists who want to transition away from fossil fuels and toward climate solutions. Produced by the AEGN, the Guide includes a range divestment options and a step by step roadmap which…
