A few key sustainability information sources to get you started…

Sustainable development: general

• Our Common Future, Brundtland Commission Report 1987, chapter on sustainable development (easy access version)
• The Natural Edge Project, Australian sustainability think-tank
• Australian Government ESD overview
• Sustainable development topics: UN Dept Economic & Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development
• Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
• The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovation and Governance in the 21st Century
• The Ten Commitments: Reshaping the Lucky Country’s Environment
• Wikipedia entry

Climate change

• CSIRO Climate Change Science portal
• The Science of Climate Change, CSIRO background briefing
• The Climate Group
• Climate Change: UN Dept Economic & Social  Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development
• IPPC Fourth Assessment Synthesis Report on Climate Change (2007)
• Climate Change and What You Can Do About It
• The Weather Makers
• Analysis of the Costs of Inaction versus the Costs of Action on Climate Change for Australia, TNEP submission to the 2008 Garnaut Review
• Prospering in a Carbon Constrained World: Profitable Opportunities for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction, TNEP report

Water

• Australia’s Water Resources, Australian Government overview
• National Water Initiative, National Water Commission
• Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
• Murray Darling Basin Sustainable Yields project 
• The Australian Water Map
• Waterwatch Australia
• Water Transformed: Sustainable Water Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program

Energy

• ARC Centre of Excellence for Solar Energy Systems
• CSIRO Renewable Energy
• CSIRO Solar Energy
• Energy Transformed: Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program
• Electricity: Innovative Technologies Towards Sustainable Development, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program
• energyscience
• International Energy Agency topics page

Biodiversity & natural resources

• Atlas of Living Australia
• Caring for Our Country (Australian Government natural resources management initiative)
• Birds Australia
• On Borrowed Time
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management
• Wikipedia entry

Built environment, infrastructure & design

• Your Development: Creating sustainable neighbourhoods
• Green Building Council of Australia
• GreenHome website (Australian Conservation Foundation)
• Your Home Design Guide
• Introduction to Sustainable Development for Engineering and Built Environment Professionals, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program 
• Whole System Design: An Integrated Approach to Sustainable Engineering, TNEP Engineering Sustainable Solutions Program

Materials & waste

• Green Chemistry: Innovations towards Sustainable Development
• E-Waste
• Sustainable IT: Reducing Carbon Footprint and Materials Waste in the IT Environment 

Green skills

• ‘Growing the Green Collar Economy’, CSIRO Technical Report
• UNEP Green Jobs Initiative
• Conservation Volunteers

Sustainable business

• Clean Energy Council
• Ecospecifier
• National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development
• ´Action on climate change can help business competitiveness and economic growth´, 8th National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development
• Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change
• Australian SAM Sustainability Index
• Dow-Jones Sustainability Index

State government agencies

• Dept Environment & Climate Change (NSW)
• Dept Water & Energy (NSW)
• Sustainability Victoria
• Dept Natural Resources & Water (Qld)
• Dept Environment & Heritage (SA)
• Dept Primary Industries & Resources (SA)
• Department of Water, Land & Biodiversity Conservation (SA)
• Dept Water (WA)
• Dept Primary Industries & Water (Tas)
• Dept Environment & Conservation (WA)
• Northern Territory Natural Resources, Environment, Arts & Sport

National agencies & programs