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Free home energy assessments for locals

Friday, April 20th, 2018 | Sustainability

City of Sydney residents can make their homes more sustainable by applying for free home energy assessments through the Our Energy Future program. For a fixed time period, an energy expert will visit homes to carry out an energy review, … Continued

Citizen scientists needed for Sydney Park survey

Thursday, April 5th, 2018 | Sustainability

Visitors to Sydney Park have spotted everything from powerful owls to emerald-spotted tree frogs, now the City is inviting community members to become citizen scientists and help discover even more species of plants and animals living in the area. A … Continued

Free trees for City of Sydney residents

Thursday, March 29th, 2018 | Sustainability

Residents are invited to attend the annual free tree giveaway at Sydney Park on Saturday 7 April to help grow our urban forest. Residents can choose up to two trees from 24 different varieties to suit their backyard, courtyard or … Continued

Lower emissions from Sydney’s better buildings

Monday, March 26th, 2018 | Sustainability

The Better Buildings Partnership – a City of Sydney-led collaboration of major property owners – is driving Australia’s world leading sustainable building results, according to GRESB Head of Asia-Pacific, Ruben Langbroek. Better Buildings Partnership members have now recorded a staggering … Continued

Fun lesson for Sydney kids who ride to school

Friday, March 23rd, 2018 | Community, Sustainability, Transport

Pupils at Newtown Public School got on their bikes and joined more than 2,000 other schools across Australia celebrating National Ride2School Day on Friday 23 March. The inner city school hosted a morning of bike-based fun with the City of … Continued

Free and easy way to keep e-waste out of landfill

Friday, March 9th, 2018 | Sustainability

Obsolete mobile phones, outdated devices and broken appliances cluttering up homes can be brought free of charge to Sydney Park for the first E-Waste collection day of 2018. Almost 90 tons of e-waste was recovered across the four e-waste collection … Continued

Office and tourism sectors join climate change battle

Thursday, March 8th, 2018 | Sustainability

Following its success with Sydney’s major commercial landlords, the City is now enlisting the office, accommodation and entertainment sectors in the battle to slash carbon emissions. ‘Sydney’s Sustainable Office Building Plan’ encourages office building owners and tenants to reap the cost benefits of … Continued

Incentives to increase renewables in the City

Wednesday, March 7th, 2018 | Sustainability

The City of Sydney will put $750,000 towards an innovative $2.25 million Ausgrid grant program to reduce demand for electricity and carbon emissions in Australia’s largest city. The program is expected to reduce emissions by about 10,000 tonnes per year … Continued

Thousands of free plants up for grabs

Monday, March 5th, 2018 | Sustainability

More than 5000 pots of floral and edible blooms will be given away across the city this week following the conclusion of the City of Sydney’s Living Colour displays. Living Colour brightens up the city’s most frequented public spaces with … Continued

Sydneysiders stunned by summer blooms

Monday, January 22nd, 2018 | Green spaces, Sustainability

Summer blooms are brightening 14 of the city’s most frequented public spaces as thousands return to work in the CBD following the holiday period. The summer edition of the City of Sydney’s biannual Living Colour display is now underway – … Continued

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