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  • Rehabilitating Tamarama Gully
  • Summerama
  • Reduce your Footprint
  • Bronte Gully Stormwater Harvesting and Re-use
  • Waverley and Barracluff Park Groundwater Harvesting System
  • Environmental Action Plan
  • Barrett House
  • Sustainability Street
  • Sustainable Business Program
  • Home Composting
  • Renewable energy in Waverley
  • Energy saving initiatives
  • Reduce Your Footprint
  • EAP2 Progress Report 2012
• Schools
• Water
• Energy and Climate Change
• What's On
• Biodiversity
• Gardening With Native Plants
• Trees, Plants & Bushcare
• Parks and Open Spaces
• State of the Environment Reports
• Waste & Recycling
• Transport
• Compost and wormfarming

What Council Is Doing

Winner of the 2012 Green Globe Award

In September 2012, Waverley Council won the Green Globe 10-Year Sustainability Achievement Award for Council’s excellence in advancing environmentally sustainable practices.

Waverley Council won its category for a number of sustainability projects underway across the LGA including Bronte and Bondi stormwater harvesting, Waverley Park Groundwater Harvesting and Re-use System, the Compost Revolution program, installing and retrofit cost-effective energy saving technologies across Council premises, cycling and green links paths, and its commitment to pursuing environmentally friendly practices. See more information about the NSW Government's Green Globe Award.

Our Vision

Our vision for Waverley is for an environmentally sustainable community in which we,

• Have lowered our greenhouse emissions, and are prepared for the impacts of climate change,
• Manage our energy, water and waste resources efficiently, and,
• Respect and enrich our biodiversity

  

Our Plan

In late 2009 Council adopted it's Environmental Action Plan 2 (EAP2). This document outlines numerous targets that Council and the Community are working towards. The plan is divided into five main sections,

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Water
• Waste
• Biodiversity
• Sustainability Education and Engagement

The development of this plan involved significant community consultation.

Environmental Action Plan 2

Every four years Council reports the progress against EAP2 environmental targets in the above mentioned areas across the local government area (LGA) and Council operations. This replaces Council's annual State of Environment Report.

Environmental Action Plan 2 Progress Report - September 2012 

 

Our Projects

Water

• Bronte stormwater harvesting project
• Bondi stormwater harvesting project
• Bronte creek rehabilitation
• Rainwater tanks at the School of the Arts
• Water quality project - Centennial Par
• Waverley Park Groundwater Harvesting and Re-use System

Energy & Climate Change

• Carbon emissions monitoring program  
• Renewable energy in Bondi and beyond
• Energy saving initiatives 
• Climate change adaptation study

Waste & Recycling

• Summer waste campaign at Bondi Beach
• Compost Revolution
• E-Waste Collection Days
• Garage Sale Trail
• Clothes Swaps & Fix it Fest

Sustainable Transport

• Development of bike path
• Car share program
• Walking and cycling events
• Transport pla
• Bike skills & maintenance workshops

Biodiversity

• Flora & Fauna surveys
• Biodiversity plan
• Underwater Waverley
• Bushcare
• Support for the Marine Discovery Centre

Education & engagement

• Sustainability workshops and events
• Small grants for environmental projects
• Internal Council Green Tea
• Sustainable schools program
• Little Green Steps - for child care centres
• Barrett House - Sustainability demonstration house and community facility (3-Council)
• Summerama program
  

Partnerships, networks & reporting

• 3-Council Ecological Footprint Project (Waverley, Randwick & Woollahra Councils
• Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC)
• Sydney Coastal Councils Group
• Southern Sydney Region of Councils
• State of the Environment reporting

These are just some of the many projects Council is involved in. Please browse the website, call 9369 8000 or email environment@waverley.nsw.gov.au to find out more.

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