Dec 2, 2022 | Climate, Latest News, Waste
Lurching forwards on climate action in 2022 In a year of more record floods and mild temperatures driven by an unusual concurrence in Australia’s three major climate systems (a strong negative Indian Ocean Dipole, a positive Southern Annular Mode and a triple La Niña...
Dec 1, 2022 | Latest News, Nature and waterways
At this time of year, there is a lot of forward planning and looking ahead to be done: Where am I going to be for New Years Eve? What are my 2023 goals? What do I get my secret santa? Amongst this, it can be easy to let the year slip away without taking the time to...
Nov 15, 2022 | Latest News, Nature and waterways, Past Events
Come join us for a screening of the popular feature documentary FRANKLIN on Wednesday 14 December! The Conservation Council ACT Region and ACF Community Group Canberra are excited to present a screening of the popular feature documentary FRANKLIN on Wednesday 14...
Nov 9, 2022 | Latest News, Waste
It’s National Recycling Week, so what better way to highlight the topic than to witness the “collapse” of the REDcycle soft plastics recycling service?! Media outlets are running with sensational headlines about “secret stockpiling” of soft plastics, but they are...
Nov 3, 2022 | Latest News
This month, we saw the release of the Federal Budget for 2022-2023, which demonstrated the first budget in years that plans to take the environment seriously. The Budget has shown a number of important transport commitments from the Government, such as further funding...
Nov 3, 2022 | Latest News, Nature and waterways
Ironically, this year, National Threatened Species Day was also the day that community consultation closed for the Lawson North residential development, a staunchly opposed housing project in Canberra’s Belconnen Region. The project was referred to the National...