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Category Archives: Remnant Bushland
Last chance – Comment on draft Perth/Peel Plan
Urgent reminder – Comments on the State Government’s Perth/Peel Green Growth Plan 5pm on Friday 13 May 2016. See How To Make a Submission Our biggest concern is the loss of tree canopy cover and vegetation, which increases dangerous urban … Continue reading
Posted in Bush Forever, Climate Adaptation, Climate Change, Coastal Vegetation, DAPs, Democracy, density, Drought, Environmental Protection, Green space, High-rise, Density & Urban Sprawl, Infill, Nature Preservation, Planning and Public Health, Planning Laws, Public Open Spaces, Remnant Bushland, Urban Planning
Tagged DAP, Development Assesment Panels, draft, Perth and Peel Green Growth Plan, Planning, submission, Urban Bushland Council, WAPC, West Australian Government
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Cape Peron Coastal Park an economic imperative for WA
See this slideshow presentation and find out why we need to expand our tourism industry, what tourists really want and why protecting Point Peron in its entirety, is an economic imperative for Rockingham and WA ; … Continue reading
Posted in Canal Developments, Coastal Vegetation, Community Participation, Ecotourism, EPA, heritage, LandCorp, Landscape Architecture, Marine Developments, Nature Based, Point Peron, POS, Public Open Spaces, Remnant Bushland, Seagrass, Sustainability, Tourism, Urban Planning
Tagged Cape Peron, City of Rockingham, Coastal, ecotourism, EPA, Mangles Bay Marina, Nature Based, perth, Point Peron, protected area park, Rockingham, State Government, tourism, WA, western australia
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WORLD CITIES 2014 Report By Max Hipkins
WORLD CITIES SUMMIT Singapore, June 2014 Conference Report By Max Hipkins, Mayor City of Nedlands, Western Australia WORLD CITIES Summit- 2014- Max Hipkins
Posted in High-rise, Density & Urban Sprawl, Landscape Architecture, Planning and Public Health, POS, Public Open Spaces, Remnant Bushland, Sustainability, Tourism, Transport, Urban Forest, Urban Heat Island Effect
Tagged 2014, City of Nedlands, Conference Report, Mayor Max Hipkins, perth, public transport, social sustainablity, Sustainability, western australia, World Cities Summit
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Sell’em off & pack’em in
See this article “Squeeze on Schools” . “ELLENBROOK Secondary College could lose a third of its recreational oval space with the introduction of 30 demountable classrooms over the next three years.” Get use to crowded public high schools, it seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Public Open Spaces, Remnant Bushland, Schools, Sustainability, Transport, Urban Forest, Urban Planning, West Australian Government
Tagged budget, Carine Senior High School, Churchlands, congestion, cycle to school, DCC, Department of Education and Training, DET, developers, Development and Construction Complex, Duncraig, population, public transport, Tax payers, WA, walk, western australia
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Developers to cash in on public school sell offs?
No doubt news that the government intends to sell off more public school properties has developers like the extremely profitable public company “Cedar Woods” positively hopping with anticipation? See this article in today’s West . Cedar Woods are the developer partners with the … Continue reading
Save 40 Hectares of “Bush Forever”
Please sign this CCWA On-line petition to help save this beautiful reserved Bush Forever site in Point Peron from greedy developers and crony government. Developers Landcorp and Cedar Woods plan to dig it out and turn into a private canal housing estate and … Continue reading
Posted in Canal Developments, LandCorp, Mail Out, Marine Developments, Nature Preservation, Planning and Public Health, Point Peron, Remnant Bushland, Sustainability, Tree Protection Laws, Trees, Urban Forest, Urban Planning, West Australian Government
Tagged Bush Forever, canal development, CCWA, Hands Off Point Peron, marina, Point Peron, western australia
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Lifeline must lobby Government to protect green spaces and trees
Lifeline’s CEO Fiona Kalaf is on the board of the WA Planning Commission (WAPC) as the “Community Representative” http://www.planning.wa.gov.au/693.asp Do you suppose Fiona knows about Solastalgia? The amount of depression being caused in the community by trees and amenity being destroyed … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Protection, Mail Out, Nature Based, Nature Preservation, Passive Recreation, Planning and Public Health, POS, Public Open Spaces, Remnant Bushland, Sustainability, Tree Protection Laws, Trees, Urban Forest, Urban Planning, West Australian Government
Tagged depression, Fiona Kalaf, green spaces, mental health, natural environment, nature, pubic opens spaces, solastalgia, stress, trees, urban forest, WA Planning Commission, WAPC
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Debate over public swimming pool site and affordability
When the State Government sold off the Scarborough Public High School site a few years ago for a private land development, they promised the furious locals a community/sports centre (which they built on Newborough Street in Karrinyup) and a replacement … Continue reading
Appeal withdrawal raises serious questions
There is growing speculation that the EPA (and or some other department) has pressured the Conservation Commission (our peak body for caring for our State’s natural environment) to withdraw their appeal against the EPA’s approval of the highly controversial Mangles Bay … Continue reading
Posted in Canal Developments, Conservation Commission, Environmental Protection, EPA, Federal Government, LandCorp, Marine Developments, Mercury, Nature Preservation, Passive Recreation, Planning and Public Health, Point Peron, POS, Public Open Spaces, Remnant Bushland, Seagrass, Sustainability, Toxic Contamination, Trees, Uncategorized, Urban Forest, West Australian Government
Tagged Albert Jacobs, Appeal, canal development, Cedar Woods, Conservation Commission, EPA, Landcorp, Mangles Bay Marina, marina, Minister for the Environment, Planning, Point Peron, Rockingham, WA, West Australian Government
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