Tag: environment
Call for green champions
Hume residents who are passionate about the environment are being encouraged to sign up as an Enviro Champion.
The council’s Enviro Champions training program kicks...
Early green learning
Pupils from three learning centres have spent the past month helping to clean up Wyndham’s natural environment.
Each Thursday during October, youngsters from Sparrow Early...
Food waste power plant for Wollert
A waste to energy facility under construction in Wollert will convert 100 tonnes of organic food waste a day into electricity from next year.
Yarra...
Only the best for Bundoora’s frogs
To be a frog in Bundoora is to be a well looked after amphibian.
A team of dedicated conservationists from Melbourne Water is cleaning up...
Goodness all home grown
Hume council’s Enviro Champions program is bearing fruit at Sunbury with a sensory garden that helps in the therapy of people with cancer. Registrations...
Melbourne’s north west to be the south east’s tip
Landfills in Melbourne’s north-west may have to absorb all the city’s waste within the next 10 years as tips in the south-east begin to...
Official fire season called early
Hot weather and below average rainfall in October has prompted the Country Fire Authority to start the fire danger period earlier this year.
Fire restrictions...
Recycling gives a appliances a new lease of life
A new northern suburbs-based recycling business has coined a new ailment.
Bright Sparks’ managing director Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald said “Cupboard Procrastination Syndrome” affects thousands of people...
Recycled water piped to school drinking taps
An investigation is under way to determine how recycled water normally used for flushing toilets was connected to a Craigieburn secondary school’s drinking fountains.
Routine...
Deer culling begins in Kinglake National Park
Deer are being culled in Kinglake National Park in an effort to protect the habitat of endangered animals nearly wiped out by the Black...
Council vows to plant 700,000 trees to beat heat
Brimbank council has vowed to plant 700,000 trees over the next 30 years to cut pollution and boost residents’ resilience to heatwaves.
The council’s urban...
CFA plans fuel reduction burns across Whittlesea
Wollert, Epping North, Mernda and South Morang residents should expect to see smoke this Friday as the Country Fire Authority carries out planned burns.
The...
MP calls for Bulla Tip asbestos investigation
Western Metropolitan MP Bernie Finn has called for an urgent and thorough investigation of the Bulla tip.
Mr Finn said what went into the tip was...
Third toxic dump for the north?
A site near Melbourne Airport has been earmarked as a likely dumping ground for soil that may contain contaminants, which were excavated for the...
Asbestos not being covered at Bulla tip
Community outrage and a televised expose have led Victoria’s Environment Protection Authority to audit operations at the Bulla Tip and Quarry, prompting the authority...
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Movember returns for another year
Movember is officially back for another year, with men across Australia getting involved.
Since 2003, Movember has become a symbol of solidarity and support for...
