From 12.00pm Tuesday 17 September 2024, Baw Baw Shire Council will enter into Election Period prior to the Saturday 26 October 2024 (Local Government) Council election.
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Baw Baw Shire Council’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy 2022-2030 details Council’s environmental management and sustainability goals, aspirations, and commitments for the next eight years. Click here to learn more.
Council has partnered with MyLi to provide free toolkits that help you assess the efficiency of your home and identify areas for improvement.
Read or subscribe to our newsletter all about waste, recycling and environmental sustainability.
Click here to learn more about Baw Baw's biodiversity and to download the high-resolution Biodiversity poster and copies of the Birds of Drouin and West Gippsland Flora, Fauna and Fungi books provided by the Friends of Drouin's Trees.
Council has established a Significant Tree Register to identify valuable and important trees within Drouin. Learn more.
Information about the water saving programs available in Baw Baw Shire.
The Waterway Management Plan Guidelines have been developed to aid developers and landscape designer/architects with the development of waterway management plans and landscape designs.
Information on programs including - Indigenous Plants Revegetation Guide and West Gippsland Seedbank.
Weed control on Council owned and managed land, information and assistance for landholders.
Information about climate change and the initiatives that Council is undertaking to adapt and mitigate its effects.
Baw Baw Shire Council is offering Environmental Upgrade Agreements to businesses that own or lease commercial buildings within the Shire.
The project provides a basis to progressively improve the sustainability of subdivisions without creating an unreasonable burden on land developers or home owners.
To assist the community in living more sustainability, Council has released a Sustainable Living Guide. This guide has been made with the help of many existing useful resources and the advice of Council’s Environmental Voice Committee.
Cost savings from Council’s energy-efficiency initiatives are now reinvested in sustainability projects following Council’s adoption of a Revolving Sustainability Fund (RSF) Policy on 9 June 2021.