Environment
New garden guidelines open door to greener neighbourhood streets
Melburnians will be able to plant small gardens in nature strips, tree plots, laneways and planter boxes more easily under new City of Melbourne guidelines designed to encourage community-led greening across the municipality.
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Fed Square features in plans for a 220km Birrarung Valley Walk
A long-term plan for a 220km “connected, whole-of-river trail” along the Yarra, or Birrarung, has been publicly announced, with the walk, from Williamstown to the Upper Yarra Reservoir, expected to open in 2029.
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QVM food rescue program turns surplus produce into relief for struggling Melburnians
Thousands of kilograms of surplus fresh food from Queen Victoria Market will now be redirected to people in need under a new food rescue initiative aimed at tackling both waste and rising food insecurity across Melbourne.
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Experts left worried by end of Sustainability Victoria’s “vital work”
The imminent closure of Sustainability Victoria (SV) is causing concern among experts in the sustainability field, who say it is unclear how the agency’s functions will be carried out.
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Council’s latest “tree-thousand” push
A couple of Melbourne City councillors got their hands in the dirt to help green the CBD recently.
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Citizen scientists log the city’s top three insects
Insects were under the magnifying glass around the City of Melbourne in the first week of March, with the launch of a local guide to the critters followed by a series of events aimed at getting to know them.
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Swamp everlasting crowned Melbourne’s new floral emblem
Melbourne’s new official floral emblem has been decided, with the swamp everlasting (Xerochrysum palustre) narrowly claiming victory in one of the City of Melbourne’s most popular ever community engagement exercises.
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Mini waste compactors prove a big win for Melbourne’s laneways
A world-first waste collection system trialled in some of Melbourne’s smallest laneways is already delivering major improvements to cleanliness, recycling and amenity in the CBD, with the City of Melbourne confirming strong results from its new network of mini garbage compactors.
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CBD bubble tea chain Top Tea fined for banned plastic straws at Swanston St store
Bubble tea retailer Top Tea has become the first business in Victoria to be fined for breaching the state’s single-use plastics ban, after EPA Victoria found prohibited plastic straws and stirrers being offered to customers at its Swanston St store.
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Greenline milestone: first stage opens at Birrarung Marr as the city’s signature river project edges forward
The City of Melbourne has reached a landmark moment in its decade-long effort to transform the Yarra River’s north bank, officially completing Stage One of the Greenline Project at Birrarung Marr – the signature initiative of former Lord Mayor Sally Capp.
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Residents unhappy about “unsightly” palm trees proposed for Exhibition St
Spanish electric vehicle company sets up operations in the CBD
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