Environmental views and behaviour 2007-08

Source: Aust. Bureau of Statistics
"This survey presents information on people's views and practices on environmental issues, for people aged 18 years and over. The data collected provides information on environmental concerns, personal energy and water use, waste collection and disposal and environmental involvement. Data from this survey are used to obtain a better understanding of the factors that influence people to participate in environmental activities and energy and water conservation practices."

Interacting with Government: Australians' use and satisfaction with e-government

Source: Dept. of Finance and Deregulation
"Interacting with Government explores Australians’ use and satisfaction with e‑government services provided through the internet and telephone. It investigates:

how people contact government by internet, telephone, in-person or mail; satisfaction with these means of contacting government, including reasons for satisfaction and dissatisfaction; reasons why people choose to use or not use e‑government services; preferences for future delivery of government services."

Wasteful consumption in Australia

source: Australia Institute
"Landfill data and analysis by the Aust Institute suggested 3m tonnes of food worth $5bn was discarded annually in Aust. That wasted inputs eg water used to produce food. Discarding 1kg of beef wasted the 50,000 litres of water the CSIRO estimated it took to produce the meat and throwing out 1kg of rice wasted 2,385 litres. In addition, food dumped in landfills released methane into the atmosphere."

Framework for pro-environmental behaviours

Source: DEFRA
"This report sets out a framework for Defra’s work on pro-environmental behaviour. It pulls together evidence on public understanding, attitudes and behaviours; identifies behaviour goals; and draws conclusions on the potential for change across a range of behaviour groups. The report concentrates primarily on behaviours which will have an impact on carbon savings and therefore link to climate change mitigation. The report recognises that there may also be other environmental behaviours we wish to promote where carbon savings are not the primary or secondary purpose (i.e. behaviours that enhance biodiversity). Further work is required on identifying and prioritising such behaviours which will have a positive impact on the natural environment."