The Royal National Park is not only a beautiful natural area. It is home to a diverse range of flora and fauna; it has outstanding geological features and spectacular scenery. Sutherland Shire Environment Centre is campaigning to have ecological values and unique history of the Royal recognised through UNESCO World Heritage Listing.
Petition to the NSW Legislative Assembly – please stop mining under Woronora Reservoir
Outstanding initiatives to care for our environment – highly commended in the Environmental Sustainability category in the Local Business Awards.
Among a whole host of other positive actions Tradies have invested over $250,000 in solar. At Caringbah they have a 40kw system; at Helensburgh 176kw. Helensburgh operates off 100% solar during the day and the panels provide 45-50% of the overall energy usage.
Sunny Shire provide information about solar energy, batteries, efficiency, electric vehicles and more.
SO Shire – working to protect our natural environment, including the beautiful waterways that surround our Shire.
The overall aim is to protect and enhance the natural environment by educating the public, mobilising volunteers, advising and promoting environmentally sustainable businesses within the Sutherland Shire.
We are an independent, not-for-profit, community organisation actively involved in a wide range of projects aimed at maintaining the natural beauty and character of our Shire, and surrounding waterways and parks. We promote sustainability, support environmental education, and welcome community involvement to help us address environmental issues that affect the Shire and its bioregions.
A current focus is to protect our water supply at Woronora – including our recent petition calling for the mining underneath our reservoir to be stopped. Sutherland Shire Environment Centre supports a number of other fantastic environmental initiatives, in addition to this campaign. If you are interested in living more sustainably at home, or at work, we may be able to help. Our Sunny Shire, SO Shire, and Plastic Free Sutherland Shire groups liaise with a number of local organisations, schools and businesses, and can offer advice about solar energy, batteries, and sustainable practices.
Sydney’s last Koala colony is being pushed to the brink by massive development and other human factors. Can it survive? Join us for this film preview about the movement of koalas from Campbelltown toward Sutherland Shire and the Royal National Park, and the obstacles koalas face on the way. Film makers Georgia Wallace-Crabbe and Gregory Miller will speak prior to the screening, about their work, and what is at stake.
If you’ve ever been curious to find out more about the Environment Centre we invite you to join us. Hazelhurst is a fantastic venue and an added bonus this month is the Wuliwulawala: Dharawal Women Sharing Stories exhibition.
Sutherland Shire Environment Centre holds an annual, national writing competition in honour of our founder, Bob Walshe, who passed away in 2018. With the RD Walshe Memorial Writing for the Environment Prize, we continue to celebrate the role and place of writing that values our environment and helps to shape a sustainable world.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Land, the Dharawal and Gandangara peoples, who have cared and continue to care for country. We recognise that Aboriginal Sovereignty has never been ceded. It is our goal to build restorative relations between peoples, and we pay our respect to their elders – past, present, and emerging.
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