Sign our petition to help make Yarra Proudly Plastic Free. This petition is now closed. Plastic is an environmental nightmare. Manufacture of plastics produces greenhouse gas; about six kilos of CO2 per kilo of plastic. In Australia, about 20,700 tonnes of plastic bags alone end up in landfill each year. Plastic waste leaches toxins that […]

The City of Yarra’s two Roadmaps to Zero. The Climate Emergency Plan 2020-2024 (CEP) commits the City of Yarra to the aspirational target of net zero CO2-e emissions across the entire municipality by 2030. The largest element of emissions across the Yarra community, of course, derives from the community’s activities, rather than those due to […]

We aim to strengthen Council’s commitments to environmentally sustainable plans for buildings, precincts, transport and so on. We’ve learned a lot about the process of local government. At this level of government we can make ourselves heard.

What’s at stake: Australia is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, with iconic species like the Greater Glider and the koala facing extensive loss of habitat. Deforestation is the main driver, with a football-field-sized area of forest and bushland destroyed across the country every two minutes. Most of this is happening in Queensland, with […]

This unique and spectacular marine environment is under threat, with plans to turn the Great Australian Bight into an oil field. We’re taking it straight to the top, with a petition aimed at the Prime Minister calling on him to ban oil and gas development in the Great Australian Bight—now and into the future.