ACT Environment Awards 2023

Ainslie Arts Centre 30 Elouera Street, Braddon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Join us in celebrating the hard work and achievements of the environment community over the past year with the ACT Environment Awards 2023

Bush Buds: Ngununggula/ Bluetts Block Walk

Ngununggula/ Bluetts Block

Ngununggula: Pronounced Nun-nun-gull-ah, meaning “Belonging to here” in Ngunawal. Join us for our Ngununggula/ Bluetts Block Bush Buds walk - the theme of this walk is Woodlands, and will have the opportunity to learn more about the habitat of the following Bush Buds:  Gang-gang Cockatoo Pink tailed worm lizard Regent honeyeater Swift parrot Superb parrot […]

World Environment Day Community Fundraiser

Take action and make a difference this World Environment Day!   The Conservation Council ACT Region is calling on our local community to stand with us and raise some much needed funds, so we can continue our work to protect nature and create a safe climate future.     Sign up to host your own […]

Bush Buds: Ngununggula/ Bluetts Block Walk

Ngununggula/ Bluetts Block

Ngununggula: Pronounced Nun-nun-gull-ah, meaning “Belonging to here” in Ngunawal. Join us for our Ngununggula/ Bluetts Block Bush Buds walk - the theme of this walk is Woodlands, and will have the opportunity to learn more about the habitat of the following Bush Buds:  Gang-gang Cockatoo Pink tailed worm lizard Regent honeyeater Swift parrot Superb parrot […]

A Safe and Thriving Environment for all: ACT Election Candidates forum

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The Conservation Council ACT Region is striving to protect nature and ensure a safe climate. The ACT region is battling the dual crises of climate change and biodiversity loss.  Mature native trees are being removed from the landscape at alarming rates, and developers are bulldozing our woodlands and grasslands for the sake of profit -with […]

Webinar: Fixing our Nature Laws

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Both the Federal and ACT Governments are currently reviewing our key nature laws. We know these laws are not working, being set up to let fossil fuel companies and developers run wild over our natural places. Federally, the EPBC Act has done nothing to stop Governments from approving large fossil fuel projects, nor to stop […]

Snap Rally! Save the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon

John Gorton Building King Edward Terrace, Parkes, ACT, Australia

Late last week we found out that the Canberra Airport Group has started construction on the Northern Airport Road. One of our volunteers went out to have a look and the bulldozers are moving fast.  If completed, the Northern Airport Road will bisect vital habitat for the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon. The Dragons are charismatic […]

Rally to save the Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon!

Parliament House Parliament Drive, Canberra

Join us to call on the Federal Labor Government to intervene and stop the Canberra Airport Northern Road Development which will push our Earless Dragons further into extinction.The Northern Road development at the Canberra Airport will likely see one of the last three remaining dragon populations perish.The Albanese Government has the power to intervene and […]

Drake Brockman Drive Ramble

Molonglo Rural Fire Service 25 Drake-Brockman Dr, Higgins, ACT, Australia

Come along for a ramble along Drake Brockman Drive at the southern edge of Holt and Higgins. With its direct connection to the Molonglo River Corridor and surrounding nature reserves, this area hosts a variety of plants and wildlife, and is significant for the large number of remnant trees that are located on both sides […]