Marine and Coastal Issues

7 Ways in 7 Days: A Kid's Guide to Saving our Coastline from the Ravages of Climate Change

We need to act now if we are preserve our precious and unique coastal environment. Climate change is occurring now and the excess of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere means that some consequences are unavoidable. But there is a way YOU CAN HELP…

Read the tips in this booklet and start doing these easy things every day. Remember that the biggest challenges are overcome when many people, like you, step up and say“yes, I can make a difference!”

7 WAYS IN 7 DAYS BOOKLET
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The World's Trashiest Continent

Did you know the world’s largest landfill is floating in the pacific ocean? The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an ‘island’ formed by rubbish that has been thrown into the ocean and is now trapped by currents in one place. Made up of over 90% plastic, this floating dump between Hawaii and California is about the size of New South Wales!
Our Manly - Great Pacific Garbage Patch
60 Minutes - Seas of Shame (transcript and video)

Australian Government, Department of the Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts

Save our whales – for kids
Save our whales – for teachers
Coastal Creatures
Protected Marine Species Identification guide
Coastal & marine Studies in Australia – a manual for teachers
Marine Pollution

Reef Ed, a service of the Australian Government Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Teachers' Resources

Australian Institute of Marine Science
www.aims.gov.au

Australian Coastal Society
Links and Resources

CSIRO
Oceans
Marine and Atmospheric Research

Life on the Edge
Take the Coastal Crusader Quiz online
Download the Coastal Crusader Quiz as a class activity sheet
Download answers and explanations
Priority issues for Australia's coastal environment
What Coastcare Groups Do