Air Education Resource Kit

Air pollution can be where you least expect it.
Image courtesy of the Total Environment Centre

The Let's Clear the Air - Air Education Resource Kit is for educators to design, implement and evaluate air education programs that increase community actions to improve and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  It includes resources listed below and a listing of air themed resources about air education, air policy, air science, behaviours, eduction support and social research.

The full kit, sections, appendixes and promotional materials are all available in this section. Please note many of the downloadable items in this section contain branding for the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water. Many of the functions of this department are now controlled by the Office of Environment and Heritage. Please phone 131 555 for more information before using these resources.

Councils as well as other government, non-government and private organisations (for example schools, environment groups, companies) are welcome to download and distribute Let's Clear the Air materials. Everyone has a role to play in improving air quality.

Complete Air Education Resource Kit (PDF, 4.3MB)
Section 1 Air Quality In NSW (PDF, 602KB)
Section 2 NSW Government and air quality (PDF, 509KB)
Section 3 Social research and air quality (PDF, 509KB)
Section 4 Education that makes a difference (PDF, 654KB)
Section 5 Air education resources (PDF, 2.9MB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage.

If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

Section 1: Air quality in NSW - provides an overview of the causes and sources of air pollution in NSW. If you are designing a program, it will help you identify the air quality problem and focus for your program.
Download Section 1 (PDF, 602KB)

Section 2: NSW Government and air quality - describes how the Clean Air, Healthy Communities program fits within a national, state and local policy context to improve air quality. Use this section to determine how your local initiatives can build on existing programs.
Download Section 2 (PDF, 509KB)

Section 3: Social research and air quality - highlights social research findings from DECCW and the Australian Bureau of Statistics about community knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in relation to air quality. This can assist you to identify the target group(s) for your program and inform the selection of the program methods and approaches.
Download Section 3 (PDF, 509KB)

Section 4: Education that makes a difference - provides a step-by-step framework for air education programs. This section also outlines key behavioural goals and presents some useful case studies.
Download Section 4 (PDF, 654KB)

Section 5 contains a suite of promotional materials that can be used for local education programs and includes ideas on how schools and local government can use these resources.
Download Section 5 (PDF, 2.9MB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage.

Ifyou wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

All appendices:

Appendix 1 (Air quality fact sheet), appendix 2 (Air quality social research backgrounder) and appendix 3 (Air glossary) can be downloaded as a complete set of resources here.

Appendices - Air Education Resource Kit, colour (PDF, 1MB)

Appendix 1: Air quality in NSW factsheet

This A4 sheet provides basic information about air quality, pollutants, the link to climate change (hotter days) and actions.

Air quality in NSW factsheet, colour - Print ready (PDF, 282KB)
Air quality in NSW factsheet, black & white - Print ready (PDF, 247KB)
Air quality in NSW factsheet, colour - Low resolution (PDF, 270KB)
Air quality in NSW factsheet, black & white - Low resolution (PDF, 248KB)

Appendix 2: Air quality social research backgrounder

A three page summary extract from DECCW social research findings from 1997-2007. Educators, media and communicators will be able to use this information to get a deeper understanding of people’s attitudes and behaviours around air quality in NSW.

Air quality social research backgrounder, colour - Print ready (PDF, 229KB)
Air quality social research backgrounder, black & white - Print ready (PDF, 196KB)
Air quality social research backgrounder, colour - Low resolution (PDF, 230KB)
Air quality social research backgrounder, black & white - Low resolution (PDF, 190KB)

Appendix 3: Air glossary

A five page guide to the use of terms on www.cleartheair.nsw.gov.au and in the Air Education Resource Kit.

Air glossary, colour - Print ready (PDF, 235KB)
Air glossary, black & white - Print ready (PDF, 204KB)
Air glossary, colour - Low resolution (PDF, 235KB)
Air glossary, black & white - Low resolution (PDF, 204KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. 

If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

The Air Education Resource Kit style guide is a duplication of Section 5 of the resource kit and includes program elements, a key to action icons, typography requirements, colour requirements, mandatory logo requirements, supporting imagery and program material guidelines.

If you have any questions about using the style guide or any other Let's Clear the Air materials, phone the Office of Environment and Heritage on 02 8837 6000.

 Style guide (PDF, 3.2MB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. Should you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

The Let's Clear the Air header has been created for use in MS-Word documents and letterheads where the program look and feel is required.

Wherever this header appears it must be accompanied by the NSW Environmental Trust  and Our environment - it's a living thing logos (refer to the style guide for information about logos).

Header colour (PDF, 200KB)
Header black & white (PDF, 195KB)
Header colour (JPEG, 67KB) [right click on link and choose "Save target as..."]
Header black & white (JPEG, 44KB) [right click on link and choose "Save target as..."]

The Let's Clear the Air web tile h as been created so that councils and other organisations can add it to their websites with a link to www.cleartheair.nsw.gov.au

Web link tile 120 x 90 px (JPEG, 6KB) [right click on link and choose "Save target as..."]
Web link tile 120 x 60 px (JPEG, 6KB) [right click on link and choose "Save target as..."]

DL colour brochure

The DL colour brochure is a general program brochure and promotes the four main behaviours (walking, cycling, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. It is available in three formats which can be downloaded below:
1) DL for including tailoring local content and logos
2) DL for straight reproduction
3) A4 version for printing/emailing

DL brochure, tailor content - Print ready (PDF, 4MB)
DL brochure, tailor content - Low resolution (PDF, 602KB)
DL brochure, straight reproduction- Print ready (PDF, 4.8MB)
DL brochure, straight reproduction - Low resolution (PDF, 690KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

The A4 brochure is a general program brochure and promotes the four main behaviours (walking, cycling, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. It can be used for for printing and emailing.

A4 brochure colour - Print ready (PDF, 2.5MB)
A4 brochure black & white - Print ready (PDF, 1.2MB)
A4 brochure colour - Low resolution (PDF, 508KB)
A4 brochure black & white - Low resolution (PDF 344KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

There are four colour posters available, each promote one of the main behaviours (cycling, walking, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. They can be reproduced as A4 and A3 posters. There is space to include local information and logos.

Cycling poster - Print ready (PDF, 3.4MB)
Cycling poster - Low resolution (PDF, 437KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

There are four colour posters available, each promote one of the main behaviours (cycling, walking, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. They can be reproduced as A4 and A3 posters. There is space to include local information and logos.

Enviro driving poster - Print ready (PDF, 3.5MB)
Enviro driving poster - Low resolution (PDF, 415KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

There are four colour posters available, each promote one of the main behaviours (cycling, walking, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. They can be reproduced as A4 and A3 posters. There is space to include local information and logos.

Walking poster  - Print ready (PDF, 3.6MB)
Walking poster - Low resolution (PDF, 408KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

There are four colour posters available, each promote one of the main behaviours (cycling, walking, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. They can be reproduced as A4 and A3 posters. There is space to include local information and logos.

Public transport poster - Print ready (PDF, 3.2MB)
Public transport poster - Low resolution (PDF, 420KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

There are 5 strip advertisement each available in colour and black and white. There is a generic advertisement that promotes all the behaviours and 4 that are specific to the individual behaviours (walking, cycling, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. There is space for at least two lines of text to tailor local information and include logos.

Generic print advertisement, colour - Print ready (PDF, 1.6MB)
Generic print advertisement, black & white - Print ready (PDF, 1.4MB)
Generic print advertisement, colour - Low resolution  (PDF, 567KB)
Generic print advertisement, black & white - Low resolution (PDF, 496KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

There are 5 strip advertisement each available in colour and black and white. There is a generic advertisement that promotes all the behaviours and 4 that are specific to the individual behaviours (walking, cycling, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. There is space for at least two lines of text to tailor local information and include logos.

Cycling print advertisement, colour - Print ready (PDF, 1.6MB)
Cycling print advertisement, black & white - Print ready (PDF, 1.4MB)
Cycling print advertisement, colour - Low resolution (PDF, 566KB)
Cycling print advertisement, black & white - Low resolution (PDF, 498KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

There are 5 strip advertisement each available in colour and black and white. There is a generic advertisement that promotes all the behaviours and 4 that are specific to the individual behaviours (walking, cycling, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. There is space for at least two lines of text to tailor local information and include logos.

Enviro driving print advertisement, colour - Print ready (PDF, 1.7MB)
Enviro driving print advertisement, black & white - Print ready (PDF, 1.4MB)
Enviro driving print advertisement, colour - Low resolution (PDF, 568KB)
Enviro driving print advertisement, black & white - Low resolution (PDF, 500KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

There are 5 strip advertisement each available in colour and black and white. There is a generic advertisement that promotes all the behaviours and 4 that are specific to the individual behaviours (walking, cycling, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. There is space for at least two lines of text to tailor local information and include logos.

Walking print advertisement, colour - Print Ready (PDF, 1.6MB)
Walking print advertisement, black & white - Print ready  (PDF, 1.4MB)
Walking print advertisement, colour - Low resolution  (PDF, 566KB)
Walking print advertisement, black & white - Low Resolution (PDF, 497KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.

There are 5 strip advertisement each available in colour and black and white. There is a generic advertisement that promotes all the behaviours and 4 that are specific to the individual behaviours (walking, cycling, enviro driving and catching public transport) and their benefits. There is space for at least two lines of text to tailor local information and include logos.

Public transport print advertisement, colour - Print ready  (PDF, 1.6MB)
Public transport print advertisement, black & white - Print ready  (PDF, 1.4MB)
Public transport print advertisement, colour - Low resolution  (PDF, 563KB)
Public transport print advertisement, black & white - Low resolution  (PDF, 498KB)

Please note the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water is now known as the Office of Environment and Heritage. If you wish to reproduce these resources please be aware that the branding should be updated.