Congratulations to Greening The West, which has won the Environment Protection award at the Premiers Sustainability Awards 2019. This award was in recognition of 1,000,000 trees being planted across the west of Melbourne. Greening the West is one of the…
A circular economy will be essential in a low-carbon world. It means minimising resources and energy in manufacturing, keeping materials and products in use for as long as possible and at their highest value, and avoiding pollution and disposal. It…
Hobsons Bay City council will hold a very special event on 2 June 2019 – World Environment Day (WED). The council is renowned for its vibrant family-friendly WED celebrations, but this year the event will be a bit unusual… The…
Congratulations to Moonee Valley City Council, named as a finalist in the international Wellbeing City Awards for the council’s Enhancing our Urban Forest initiative, a project which will help Moonee Valley’s community adapt to climate change. The awards recognise councils from…
More Australians than ever before believe that climate change impacts are real and happening now. A majority also believe that Australia should do more to address the problem, particularly through our international commitments to reduce emissions and our energy policy.…
Did you know that Melbourne’s west has only one sixth of the tree canopy of other parts of Melbourne? Over the last five years, the Greening the West – 1 Million Trees project has been working to change that. Here’s…
So far, the greatest uptake of solar installations through the Victorian Government’s Solar Homes Package is in the growth suburbs of Melbourne. The busiest local government area is Wyndham, with 212 installations in Tarneit and 123 in Truganina. The Solar…
