Grant Funded Projects
The Environmental Grants Program provides funding to community groups to undertake environmental improvement and awareness programs. The following projects have been funded to date.
Major Projects
Blue Wren Habitat Conservation in Glebe/Forest Lodge - This project seeks to preserve and enhance the habitat for Blue Wrens in Glebe. Research, on-ground works and community education activities aim to achieve biodiversity conservation outcomes for the long term benefit of the whole community. For more information and to download a copy of the report.
Website: Glebe Society.
Green Roof Retrofit Design Model - An environmental enhancement project to establish a model process to retrofit sustainable green roofs to existing multi-storey apartment buildings.
Website: Pyrmont Progress Incorporated.
2009/10 projects
CarriageWorks - SustainableWorks Community Gardens, creative workshops making simple gardens.
Website: CarriageWorks.
Chippendale Fresh Food Co-operative Ltd. - Food for the Future Fair.
Website: Chippendale Fresh Food Co-operative.
Friends of the Earth Sydney - Permablitz: Urban - Local - Food, Creating a sustainable closed loop food cycle.
Website: Friends of the Earth Sydney.
Green Strata Network - Green Strata Wiki, accessible online knowledge base about retrofitting existing apartment buildings.
Nature Conservation Council of NSW - The Carbon Foodprint Challenge, about how to source, grow, buy and dispose of food and drink waste.
Website: Nature Conservation Council of NSW.
Nature Conservation Council of NSW - Green Jobs in a Changing Climate, seminar series.
Website: Nature Conservation Council of NSW.
Piquant Publishing - Food for the Future Magazine, encouraging sustainable, local food supplies.
The Factory Community Centre Inc. - Cycle Re-Cycle Club (CRC), volunteer run bicycle recycling for the community.
Website: The Factory Community Centre Incorporated.
2008/09 projects
BikeSydney Advocacy Inc. - Creation of three self-guided ride kits and cards.
Website: BikeSydney.
Chinese Youth League of Australia Ltd. - Sino Enviro. Media and public seminars in Chinese, about waste reduction and climate change for the Chinese Community.
Website: Chinese Youth League.
Growing Green in Redfern - Auspiced by South Sydney Community Aid Multicultural Neighbourhood Centre
Website: SSCA.
National Parks Association of NSW - NatureKeepers BioBlitz09. Counting species over a 24 hour period.
Website: National Parks Association of NSW Inc.
Pyrmont Ultimo Landcare Inc - Pyrmont Wildlife Corridor Extension and Historic Davey Flour Mill Weighbridge Refurbishment.
Website: Pyrmont Ultimo Landcare.
The Factory Community Centre Inc. - Development of a monthly Market Day at Waterloo Green to expand the work of The Waterloo Recycling Workshop.
Website: The Factory Community Centre Incorporated.
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW - The Climate Challenge - Diversity in Action. Tailor existing program for CALD groups in City.
Website: Nature Conservation Council of NSW.
Windgap Foundation Ltd. Envirohouse - To create an environmentally sustainable demonstration home for people with intellectual disabilities.
Website: Windgap Foundation.
2007/08 projects
HarbourKeepers in the City -
The project increases the ability of City of Sydney residents to participate in specifically tailored HarbourKeepers activities to protect, restore and explore Sydney Harbour.
Website: National Parks Association of NSW Inc.
NatureKeepers BioBlitz 2008 -
This community based volunteer initiative links science, education and public participation. Recording species over a 24 hour period will increase the public's awareness of their City's natural environment.
Website: National Parks Association of NSW Inc.
Grime Scene Investigation GSI -
Grime Scene Investigation' is an environmental education fieldwork project in Blackwattle Bay, with a focus on investigating catchments and estuaries to promote action planning for environmental improvement of local environments.
Website: Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre.
Pyrmont Urban Wildlife Corridor (Stage 3) - Volunteer regeneration with native species to attract native wildlife of weed-infested land along Light Rail Corridor, Saunders Street Pyrmont, requiring erection of a safety fence.
Website: Pyrmont Ultimo Landcare.
Waterloo Recycling Project, Unleash the Potential - Established and run by local residents adjacent to the Waterloo Shopping Precinct, this project repairs and recycles furniture which it sells back to the local community donating all profits to community events and projects.
Website: The Factory Community Centre Incorporated.
2006/07 projects
Water Awareness Education and Conservation - This project has developed and implemented environmental educational programs and reduced use of potable water by installing rain water tanks.
Website: Blackfriars Children's Centre.
Community Garden: Asphalt to Green Belt - A school community garden has been built as a central outdoor learning space. The garden draws on themes of bush tucker, Erskineville’s cultural heritage, food production, water use and sustainability.
Website: Erskineville Public School P&C.
Stormwater Harvest: Saving Stormwater at School - An underground 30,000L stormwater harvest system was installed on the Erskineville Public School grounds to save 190,000L of mains water per year. The installation project was incorporated into the school's environmental education curriculum.
Website: Erskineville Public School P&C.
Ethnic Communities Bin Butts - Bilingual environmental educators with the training and culturally appropriate resources targeted cigarette butt littering among ethnic communities. The project focused on a number of strategic locations including: Chinatown and outside the Mandarin Club, King Street Newtown, outside the Greek Community Welfare Centre and at education sessions held in the City of Sydney.
Website: Ethnic Communities Council of NSW.
Why Waste at World Square? - Bilingual environmental educators engaged Korean and Chinese residents living in the World Tower in a waste reduction and recycling program. The results of the project will provide a model other large high-rise developments in the LGA.
Website: Ethnic Communities Council of NSW.
HarbourKeepers for Kids - The program provided unique educational experiences for Sydney's school children allowing them to learn more about Sydney Harbour's marine environment as part of NPA's existing HarbourKeepers program.
Website: National Parks Association of NSW Inc.
Water Wise Guys - An environmental education event that celebrated National Water Week. The project involved 750 students and 60 teachers with programs focusing on waste water management and water conservation.
Website: Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre.
Improving the Ecology of Pyrmont Peninsula - The ecology of Pyrmont Peninsula is much impoverished. This project has generated baseline information, strategies, and action plans for ecological improvement to be implemented.
Website: Pyrmont Progress Incorporated.
Pyrmont Urban Wildlife Corridor (Stage 2) - Regeneration of weed-infested land and the creation of a native wildlife corridor of native species, within the Light Rail Corridor, Pyrmont.
Website: Pyrmont Ultimo Landcare.
Plastic Bag and Mobile Phone Recycling Survey - Survey and report on voluntary plastic bag and mobile phone waste reduction initiatives by the retail sector. Comparing current figures to commitments.
Website: Total Environment Centre.
