Environmental Sustainability Review
Consultation has concluded
We're updating our city's plans to make Wollongong greener and protect our natural environment.
Our Environmental Sustainability Policy and Strategy outlines how we'll work to reduce our environmental impact and create a sustainable future.
We are reviewing these documents to make sure they reflect current issues and approaches to sustainability within the community, business and different levels of government.
You can help by telling us what environmental issues are important to you by posting your images and comments in our ideas tool.
If you have any questions or would like to send an email you can get in touch at engagement@wollongong.nsw.gov.au
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Post an image and/or write a comment telling us why it is important that we continue to improve our city's environmental sustainability. You can post as many ideas as you like, or contribute by clicking the heart button on other people's ideas that you support.
View All Ideasabout 3 years ago
Let's try and limit our expansionism. Increasing Wollongong's population year on year is one of the quickest ways to degrade our environment
about 3 years ago
implement hygiene and health training and information sessions to all members of the community especially those in low-income families
How many people in the winter see people coughing and spluttering with out regard to those around them! Have hand sanitisers in all stores, toilets etc and train ie teach those who have no health standard why hygiene is!
about 3 years ago
Its time for our Council to stop using RoundUp to control weeds! theres good alternatives, just needs some training to be safe, lets do it!!
about 3 years ago
Accept food waste in green waste bins
about 3 years ago
Declare a climate emergency
All future development should be climate emergency sensitive. We should be planting trees, building a recycling plant, encouraging less consumerism & introducing rigorous building perimeters/consents that make it impossible to erect cheap non-energy efficient buildings. This should include having enough green space around buildings, in particular housing. Wollongong Council should enforce planning regulations that encourage domestic housing to occupy smaller footprints, for people to occupy smaller houses, instead of building more and more oversized dwellings that are cheek by jowl that guzzle energy.