Tag: environment
Friends bag a winner
Kororoit Creek Neighbourhood House members are on a mission.
With grocery chains moving to ditch single-use plastic bags, they are out to make it easy...
Sunshine says straws suck
Sunshine traders are in agreement – straws suck.
As part of a push to make the Sunshine CBD more sustainable, the Sunshine Business Association (SBA)...
Tree change for creek
A section of embankment along Kororoit Creek underwent significant revitalisation last week.
Year nine students at Catholic Regional College St Albans planted 1000 native grasses,...
Brimbank plea on pilot project
Brimbank council is calling on the state government to continue funding a program that is helping oversee environmental issues in the west.
The government introduced...
City works to go green
A proposed amendment to the Brimbank Planning Scheme is aimed at encouraging developers to be environmentally conscious.
The council wants to include an Environmentally Sustainable...
Green scene for Stony Creek
Sunshine North’s Upper Stony Creek is to be transformed from a concrete drain into a natural, re-vegetated creek.
Work on the $11.35 million project will...
Bag ban gets bigger
Woolworths’ Taylors Lakes store kick-started the company’s green movement by ditching single-use plastic bags last week.
Taylors Lakes is one of three Victorian stores, the...
Green wisdom for Brimbank
The Sustainable Living in Brimbank expo is back for its eighth year, showcasing a wide range of ideas on how to conserve energy, grow...
Funding scheme’s first recipient named
Brimbank council has announced the first recipient of its environmental funding scheme.
Derrimut-based company Langdon Ingredients received the funding for environmental upgrades to its premises...
West’s greening zone branches out
Melbourne’s west is feeling the positive effects of a major tree planting program, according to a new study from RMIT University.
The study looked at...
Mother Nature gets helping hand
Brimbank council has released a draft Habitat Connectivity Plan for community consultation, with the aim of better preserving native flora and fauna in the...
Students to become teachers
At the beginning of the year, a group of computer coding club students at St Albans’ Catholic Regional College began brainstorming ideas to promote...
Local lake used as dumping ground
Lake Caroline has become a dumping ground for shopping trolleys and litter.
In the past six months, Melton council has fished more than 30 cubic...
Pupils love litter play
A passion for environmentalism and a love of performance are happily colliding for Jessica Gerger as the Sunshine actor takes her new play to...
Park is back on track
A flood-damaged track in Brimbank Park, along the Maribyrnong River, has been reopened.
Parks Victoria area chief ranger David Collins said the track, which is...
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Netball competition continues to grow
The Western Netball League is continuing to grow with the league set to have more than 70 teams next season.
Big plans are in place...
