After the Yarra Bicycle Strategy … what next? The City of Yarra had a Bicycle Strategy that ran from 2010–2015, and saw the establishment of a number of bicycle routes throughout Yarra. There was a refresh of the Strategy in 2016. The second phase of the Wellington St Copenhagen bike lane has been funded and […]

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 […]

There is a climate emergency and we all need to acknowledge it. In order to prevent runaway climate change, everybody needs to take action. YCAN started lobbying City of Yarra to recognise that there is a climate emergency in 2016. In a submission to Council relating to the Draft Council Plan in January 2017, YCAN […]

Conservation laws designed specifically to protect nature are being unwound, both on the state and national level. Some governments and big business often try to give us an ultimatum—a healthy economy or a healthy natural world.