November - December 2021
Our Clean and Green E-newsletter is the best way to keep up-to-date on the latest environmental and sustainability news, events and initiatives in our community. Learn how we can make our City cleaner and greener and make sure you share this email with your friends!
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The City of Canterbury Bankstown has been awarded almost $900,000 as part of the NSW Premier’s priority to increase tree canopy through the Greening our City Grants.
Cities are heating up partly due to hard concrete surfaces like footpaths, roads and buildings which retain heat. By increasing the tree canopy it can reduce surface temperatures by up to 15 degrees on a hot day. This project is part of Council’s work to reduce heat in urban areas. The funding will be used for street planting and urban canopy renewal and an urban heat response canopy growth program. By planting more trees on parks and roadsides, we can increase tree canopy to provide more shade and shelter from heat.
Greening our City will also enhance local biodiversity and create canopy stepping-stones linking biodiversity corridors throughout the City.
Click here for more information
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Are you ready for an emergency? Download Get Prepared
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The City of Canterbury Bankstown is supporting residents to become more resilient to disasters. As a participating Council in the Resilient Sydney program, we are collaborating with all the Councils of Sydney to create a metropolis that is connected, inclusive and resilient. One action in the Resilient Sydney Strategy is the promotion of Get Prepared.
Do one simple thing to prepare for an emergency. Download Get Prepared, co-created by Australian Red Cross and general insurer IAG, to keep your emergency plan close to hand
Get Prepared is a free and easy to use, tool to help you prepare for any type of emergency. You can: - establish a quick and easy network of support with your three key contacts - review the risks relevant to where you live - create checklists of actions to make an emergency plan - save the emergency plan as a PDF to be printed and shared with others.
The app helps you connect with your key support people, accomplish simple tasks to make you and your loved ones safer, and protect the things that matter most to you.
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Conversations by the River
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Bankstown Arts Centre recently hosted an online forum called ‘Conversations by the river,’ exploring the connections between the communities and ecosystems along the Cooks River. The event is part of the current exhibition, A Week On The River. The discussion included Aunty Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, Costa Georgiadis, Clare Britton, Ciaron Dunn, Jennifer Newman and Peter Munro.
You can watch the forum here.
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Australian Pollinator Week
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Pollinators provide essential ecosystem services, they are responsible for the majority of the pollination of flowering plants, both in urban and rural areas.
Australian Pollinator Week acknowledges our important and unique insect pollinators during spring. You're invited to take part in the Wild Pollinator Count 14-21 November . We still need to do a lot of research to identify all our pollinator insect species, understand their ecology and how they are affected by human activities. So far, we know that Australia has around 2,000 native bee species, all of which are important pollinators. We also know there are a couple of thousand butterfly, wasp, fly, moth, beetle, thrips and ant species, some of which are documented pollinators. Unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of information on the ecology of many of these insects, what flowers they pollinate, or where they are found.
The Wild Pollinator Count gives you an opportunity to contribute to wild pollinator insect conservation in Australia. You can join in by watching any flowering plant for just ten minutes sometime in our count week
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The Top 3 Environmental Benefits of Going Solar
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We know that solar can financially repay us and reduce our bills in a very short time, but what exactly are the environmental benefits?
1. Reduced water consumption
Australia is one of the driest continents on the planet, and our water resources are precious. While electricity production is dependent on thousands of litres of water each year, photovoltaic cells do not need water to generate electricity. The only water needed for a solar system comes with the rain, which cleans your panels when they get dusty!
2. Reduced air pollution
One of the biggest benefits of solar energy is that it results in very few air pollutants. Methods of powering homes through natural gas or fossil fuel-generated electricity often lead to harmful by-products, such as carbon dioxide and methane. Air pollution has been linked to a long list of serious health problems and using the sun to generate more of our power means fewer harmful emissions being released into the air we breathe.
3. Lowering your household’s carbon footprint
Solar energy is abundant (at least for the next 5 billion years or so) and best of all, it’s free! But solar energy also affords us energy independence. Solar takes the strain off the grid and reduces the amount of CO2 emitted to produce energy on your behalf. Over your solar system’s lifetime (receiving average sunlight), you could be reducing CO2 emissions by over 100 tonnes (that’s the weight of 100 or more cars!), reducing your household’s carbon footprint and actively contributing to the Australian Renewable Energy Target.
Ready to start your solar journey?
As a City of Canterbury-Bankstown Council resident, you can kickstart your solar journey by contacting our trusted partners at Australian Energy Foundation and having a free conversation with one of their expert Energy Advisors.
- Speak directly to an Energy Advisor by calling 1300 23 68 55, or book a phone appointment at a time that suits you: aef.com.au/bookings
You an also join our upcoming webinar on Tuesday 23rd November on Introduction to Solar and Batteries to find out how to kick start your solar journey.
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Bankstown Bushland Society
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The Bankstown Bushland Society is an incorporated association under the Associations Incorporation Act (NSW) 1984.
The society’s objectives are:
- To protect the environment of Bankstown
- To assist other persons in the protection of the environment in Bankstown
- To foster better community awareness of environmental issues
- To lobby through Government, commercial and other persons for the maintenance of a high quality of life through the progressive improvement of the environment.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bankstownbushlandsociety/
https://bankstownbushlandsociety.com/
https://www.instagram.com/bankstownbushlandsociety/
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Using Cloth Nappies
Modern cloth nappies are great for keeping costs down with a baby. Find out how easy it is to use them in our FREE webinar and you could win a $50 discount coupon to purchase some!
Wednesday, 17 November, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Find out more at cb.city/ClothNappies
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Introduction to Solar and Batteries
Solar is now more affordable than ever, so there's never been a better time to consider it for your home.
Join this FREE webinar to learn all you need to know on how to navigate whether solar and batteries are right for your home, and much more
Tuesday, 23 November, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Click here to register
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Backyard Chickens
Are you curious about keeping chickens in your backyard? You can learn all you need to know about these feathery friends from Chicken Mum Toni Salter.
Saturday, 20 November, 10:00am-11:30am
Click here to register
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Happy Houseplants
Houseplants can bring you joy, freshen up your home and improve your indoor air quality. Toni will share her expertise so you can confidently choose, care and maintain houseplants.
Wednesday, 1 December, 5:30pm-5:30pm
Click here to register
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