Environment

Boroondara Climate change Local Government

Boroondara’s Climate Action Plan

An ambitious but underfunded Climate Action Plan Julie Mulhauser In 2021 Boroondara Council declared a climate emergency and adopted an ambitious Climate Action Plan. As part of this plan, it set several aspirational targets for the community to be carbon neutral by 2035. These included a target of 60% net…

Eastsider News24 November 2023

Sustainability

Rehome your hard rubbish

Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome A not-for-profit, volunteer-run community group. We promote and support reuse, repair, recycling, refurbishing, repurposing (upcycling) and replanting of pre-loved items through sharing, education, and events. Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome (BHRR) is for individuals, not for professional collection companies or professional collectors to use. We are inspired by…

Eastsider News23 January 2023

Sustainability

Sustainability – David Kennedy

Sustainability: What does it mean to me? David Kennedy Sustainability is a word we often hear in the media and our daily conversations, sometimes associated with recycling everyday materials (e.g., metals, plastics, water and clothing), but also including more generic constructs, such as sustainable farming practices, business models, social structures,…

Eastsider News1 December 2022

Climate change

Only one lifetime – a call for climate action

Only one lifetime Bob Ridley As I write we are alert for the birth of our first great-grandchild due tomorrow. What an exiting event. This child will be born into a family which will be welcoming and caring and excited to share his or her life. All four great grandparents…

Eastsider News19 October 2022

Boroondara Trees and natural surroundings: protection

Canopy Tree Cover – Ian Hundley

Reform of tree regulations is urgent as climate change takes hold Ian Hundley There are serious failings in regulation and administration both at state and local government levels which, together, are compromising the recovery of canopy tree cover in greater Melbourne, and especially in the City of Boroondara. To read…

Eastsider News4 October 2022

Climate change Whitehorse

Whitehorse declares a Climate Emergency

The Climate Was Right. Whitehorse declares a Climate Emergency Chris Trueman Whitehorse Council took an historic decision at its meeting on Tuesday 12 September 2022 when it declared a Climate Emergency. A motion to this effect was put forward by Cr Trudy Skilbeck, and seconded by Cr Prue Cutts, Cr…

Eastsider News27 September 2022

Level Crossing Removal Project Transport Trees and natural surroundings: protection

Railway Projects

Restore the Rail Corridor – Surrey Hills and Mont Albert Bruce Harvey The rail corridor running through Surrey Hills and Mont Albert, historically hemmed with peppercorn and gum trees, used to have a delightful rural aspect. It is now an industrial wasteland. Apparently, this was the price to be paid…

Eastsider News26 September 2022

Electric Vehicles

Safety Guidance for EV Drivers Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) RACV is encouraging EV drivers to adopt specific safety practices, as Victoria experiences continued growth in zero-emission vehicle ownership. Sales of Battery Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles reached almost 117,000 across Australia from April 2024 to end…

Eastsider News23 August 2022

KooyongKoot Trees and natural surroundings: protection

KooyongKoot (Gardiners Creek )

KooyongKoot Alliance (KKA) is working to reduce rubbish and pollution in our creeks. Mark Landmann The KooyongKoot Alliance (KKA) is a not-for-profit community-based organisation comprising some 24 Friends Groups in the Gardiners Creek/KooyongKoot Catchment, from Blackburn Lake to the Yarra, who work together to heal the KooyongKoot, its waterways and…

Eastsider News25 May 2022

KooyongKoot Wildlife

Platypus in Melbourne Rivers

Platypus spotting on the Yarra ACF Eastern Rosellas The Eastern Rosellas community group of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is an open and welcoming group of eastern suburbs people who work together where we can to protect our natural environment, and to influence those in power to rise to the…

Eastsider News2 April 2022