Environmental Initiatives

Environmental Sustainability Policy

The Environmental Sustainability Policy seeks to provide clear direction for organising Council efforts that will enable the Baw Baw community to realise its vision to achieve social, environmental and economic outcomes, connecting the community and celebrating diversity.

Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2018-2022

This Strategy focuses on Council’s key environmental responsibilities to the community and the Baw Baw Shire organisation, as directed by our legislative and statutory requirements and our Council Plan.

Council's Environment Initiatives

Check out some of the environmental events and activities Baw Baw Shire Council have been running and supporting in the local community.

Environmental Grants and Rebates

Council offers numerous grants and rebates to ratepayers.

Revegetation

Information on programs including - Indigenous Plants Revegetation Guide and West Gippsland Seedbank.

Weed Control

Weed control on Council owned and managed land, information and assistance for landholders.

Climate Change

Information about climate change and the initiatives that Council is undertaking to adapt and mitigate its effects.

Environmental Upgrade Agreements

Baw Baw Shire Council is offering Environmental Upgrade Agreements to businesses that own or lease commercial buildings within the Shire.

Environmentally Sustainable Design - Subdivisions in Regional Victoria

The project provides a basis to progressively improve the sustainability of subdivisions without creating an unreasonable burden on land developers or home owners.

Newsletter - Our Environment

Click to read or subscribe to Our Environment, our newsletter all about waste, recycling and local environmental sustainability.

Baw Baw Significant Tree Register

Council has established a Baw Baw Significant Tree Register to identify valuable and important trees within the Shire. The Register provides clear and consistent criteria for community groups to identify and nominate trees on public land in townships that are deemed ‘significant’. The criteria include environmental, historical, cultural, aesthetic and scientific values. Click to learn more.