Jun 27, 2019 | Past Events
WHERE: Lena Karmel Lodge rooftop garden, ANU WHEN: 6:00PM – 9:00PM Friday 1 November 2019 Join the Conservation Council ACT Region to celebrate our environment achievements as we announce the ACT Environment Award winners at our 2019 Spring Mingle. Connect with others...
Jun 18, 2019 | Campaigns, Waste
The ACT Government is holding community and business information sessions on its proposal to tackle single-use plastics in the ACT. These sessions form part of the ACT government’s consultations on its Phasing out single-use plastics discussion paper. Although...
Jun 13, 2019 | Campaigns, Climate, Latest News, Urban planning
13 June 2019 MEDIA RELEASE Conservation Council calls on ACT Government to stop roll out of gas to new suburbs The Conservation Council ACT Region has called on the ACT Government to stop the roll out of gas infrastructure to new suburbs to ensure policy consistency...
Mar 28, 2019 | Campaigns, Nature and waterways
On 26 March 2019, the Conservation Council held an Environment Exchange on cat containment in the ACT. The Conservation Council’s holds the position that all of Canberra should have cat containment by 2025, with due consideration given to the protection of...
Feb 27, 2019 | Campaigns, Climate
After the ACT reaches its 2020 Renewable Electricity Target, natural gas will become the ACT’s second largest generator of greenhouse gases, accounting for 21 per cent of emissions. Minister Shane Rattenbury said in 2018 that “Gas is going to be a...
