ClimateSmart 2050: Queensland climate change strategy 2007: a low-carbon future

The State of Queensland

"ClimateSmart 2050 establishes Queensland's long-term goals and provides a platform for the government, community and industry to move to a low-carbon future".

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State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy

The Worldwatch Institute

This is a must for policymakers and business leaders showcasing a range of diverse innovations to create the architecture of sustainable economies. Chapters include renewable energy, innovations in clean production, trade policy, finance for sustainability and engaging communities.

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Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for profits, jobs and security

by Amory B. Lovins et. al.

"Our energy future is choice, not fate". This book provides a roadmap of the oil solution, bringing together innovative technologies and new business models to end oil dependence, not only in the US but worldwide.

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Whitsunday and Mackay Islands Visitor Management Strategy

Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

"This Strategy provides the framework and quidelines for managing visitors ro national park islands in the Whitsunday and Mackay area. It sets out the considerations, outcomes and strategies that will form the basis on which day-to-day management decisions will be made"

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Greenhouse solutions with sustainable energy

by Mark Diesendorf

"In this book Mark Diesendorf argues that ecologically sustainable energy technologies based on energy efficiency, renewable energy and natural gas are commercially available today, and that their implementation could halve Australia's greenhouse gas emissions within just a few decades".


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Look Back: Tales of yesteryear

Published by the Tweed Heads Historial Society, this volume contains stories by Peter Winter covering social and cultural events in the Tweed Heads, Coolangatta and Lower Tweed Valley regions.

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A hydraulic, environmental and ecological assessment of a sub-tropical stream in Eastern Australia: Eprapah Creek, Victoria Point Qld on 4 April 2003

On one day, 4 April 2003, more than 60 people recorded hyrodynamic, environmental and ecological data for Eprapah Creek, a small subtropical stream in Eastern Australia. The results provide a detailed snapshot of this creek system.

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