Wellington Shire Council is on track to reach net zero emissions by 2040, and with the launch of their new tool you can see exactly how they are achieving that.
Council’s recently launched, interactive online tool, Our Sustainability Impact, provides information on the progress being made towards the goals and targets outlined in the Sustainability Strategy 2020-24, ensuring the community is kept up to date.
Our Sustainability Impact online report breaks up council’s sustainability projects into the five key themes of the Sustainability Strategy.
It looks closely at how council has worked towards achieving climate resilient communities, a low carbon economy, protecting nature, progressing towards a circular economy and environmental stewardship.
Some highlights from the last 12 months include swapping almost all high-energy streetlights to energy efficient LEDs, trialing a range of plant species to uncover which will perform better under a changing climate, and the work being done onsite at depots to make compost, mulch and soil, which council uses to fertilise public parks and garden beds.
Check in with projects that are happening nearby under the Virtual Tour tab, or see the revegetation impact of council’s planting projects after a few decades by using interactive sliders.
Council’s sustainability impact can be found here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8928427901094a23b98976c83b2745ce
