Environment Strategy

At is Ordinary Meeting on 27 October 2021, Council adopted a refreshed version of the Environment Strategy(PDF, 5MB), updated from its first Environment Strategy of June 2016. It outlines future directions and key actions for the themes:

  • Climate Emergency
  • Biodiversity
  • Water
  • Waste.

Council publishes an Annual Environment Report to summarise progress on implementation of the Strategy,  according to stated indicators for each theme.

Some key achievements in implementing the Environment Strategy over the past few years include developing Counting-Down-to-Zero, conducting Cool-ER Changes to inform the first Climate Emergency Plan for the shire, expanding the Healthy Landscapes Program, completing cultural heritage and ecological assessments at several reserves, expanding Council’s environment events program to include more community monitoring (citizen science) events, commencing the establishment of a Community Climate Action grants program with support from funding partners, and developing the Waste and Resource Recovery Management Strategy 2021-2026.

Details about Council’s work in environment and sustainability can be found in the annual reports listed below.