Tag: environment
MY WYNDHAM: Ben Goodwin
MY WYNDHAM: Ben Goodwin is a horticulturist at Werribee Open Range Zoo.
Where do you live?
I am from Werribee and reside in Westleigh Gardens. I love...
Clean, green team at Truganina South
Staff and students at Truganina South Primary School are doing their bit to help save the planet.
For the past four years, the school has...
Resident dirty on dust issue
A Tarneit mother says roadworks and construction sites near her house are generating so much dust she cannot open windows or hang out washing.
Lydia...
Green light for Wyndham register
Wyndham council is branching out in a new direction.
The council is calling on residents to nominate trees on public land for potential inclusion in...
Council takes a stand on plastics
Wyndham council will ban most single-use plastics at events and facilities it manages.
The council unanimously voted in the new policy last week, after Cr...
Tarneit turns on to solar power
Tarneit residents are proving to be leaders when it comes to installing solar panels.
Almost 7000 Victorian households, including 212 Tarneit homes, have installed solar...
Big day at the orchard
By Joanna Catalano
Werribee Park Heritage Orchard is bearing fruit – in the form of its annual summer grafting and tree sales day.
Grafting and budding...
MY WYNDHAM: Lisa Field
Lisa Field is the Community Engagement and Fundraising Manager at the Werribee Hospital Foundation. She is also passionate about the environment and started the Love...
Council works on plastic ban
Wyndham council has ordered a second report into a proposal to ban most single-use plastics at its events and facilities.
The council considered a report...
MY WYNDHAM: Bruce Boddington
Bruce Boddington was named as a Wyndham Community Volunteer Award winner earlier this year, in the category of environment or sustainability, by Wyndham council....
Developer eyes reserves
A property developer wants to clear two Williams Landing conservation reserves and use the land for residential and commercial activities.
Galway Holdings, a subsidiary of...
Eco-friendly fashion
Hoppers Crossing fashion student Katelyn Stephenson will have her designs showcased on the catwalk in Chadstone next week.
Stephenson, 21, is studying for a bachelor...
Tree protection takes root
Wyndham council has introduced a Significant Tree Register to help protect historic trees in the municipality.
At a meeting last week, the council voted to...
Platypuses found dead in illegal net in Werribee River
By Melissa Cunningham, The Age
Seven platypuses have been found dead inside an illegal bait trap in the Werribee River out of a local population of...
Tip plan gets green light
A decision to approve the Werribee tip expansion has been described as “seriously flawed” by its opponents.
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal last month...
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A Shaw thing
Wyndham councillor Mia Shaw will once again don the mayoral robes after holding off a challenge from Cr Peter Maynard.
Seven of the eleven...
