How Can the Community Get Involved?North Sydney Council encourages and supports community involvement and leadership to protect the environment. There are many ways to get involved including free environmental workshops, bush regeneration and planting days and water quality monitoring. There are even activities that can be done around the home that will help to protect our natural environment. Streets AliveThis program gives members of the community an opportunity to participate in creating and caring for gardens on public land in North Sydney. Streets Alive sites range from small planted areas around the base of street trees through to extensively landscaped areas hundreds of square metres in size. BushcareBushcare is an environmental program that provides an opportunity for the community to become involved in managing, restoring and conserving local urban bushland areas. Participants meet on a regular basis and are provided with direction, technical advice, tools, native plants, mulch, removal of rubbish, signage and training. Bushcare volunteers can participate in our free annual training programs and attend a variety of interesting and informative weekend workshops. Participants keep in touch with the quarterly Bushcare newsletter. Sustainable Living workshopsFREE Sustainable Living workshops will help you learn more about the simple things you can do around the home to reduce your impact on the environment and live more sustainably. The workshops are held all year round and focus on aspects of sustainability including solar power, rainwater tanks, composting and worm farming, natural cleaning, permaculture and no-dig gardening and much more. > More information on the Sustainable Living workshops Native HavensThe Native Haven Program offers FREE assistance to residents who wish to help the environment by using local indigenous plants in their garden. Compost and Worm Farm workshopsIn these fun and informative sessions learn how to recycle food and garden waste by composting and worm farming - each is presented by a specialist in worm farming and composting techniques. For information on the next workshop please call Gabrielle Lewis on 9936 8100. Clean Up Australia DayClean Up Australia Day provides a great opportunity to make a difference to the local environment. Each year during March, members of community participate in this event at a range of sites in North Sydney. To find out more about the event, visit the Clean Up Australia Day website www.cleanup.com.au Each year Council seeks committed community members to volunteer as site supervisors. A site supervisor's role is to register volunteers on Clean Up Australia Day, at a local site of their choice. For more information on becoming a site supervisor, contact James Weatherall on 9936 8100. Green SchoolsFrom grants to environmental educators networks, Council can support your school to foster sustainability and implement environmental projects... Adopt a PlotThrough a partnership between the Cremorne Point Bushcare Group, North Sydney Council and bush regeneration contractor Bush-it, an Australian Government Envirofund grant of $21,000 was won in 2005. This funding provided a much needed opportunity for local residents and businesses to get involved in rehabilitating Cremorne Reserve bushland and other areas of this iconic reserve. Participants are offered a unique opportunity to team up with a qualified bush regenerator to care for a 'plot' in the reserve near their home. This option requires a commitment of three hours a month. > More information on the Adopt a Plot program Wildlife WatchYou can help identify wildlife in our area. Residents of North Sydney are the eyes and ears of our bushland reserves. Join Wildlife Watch and gain knowledge from long term wildlife watch volunteers and enjoy a walk at Berry Island to learn how to observe and record wildlife. > More information on Wildlife Watch
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