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Our environment

Find the information, programs and activities to help you reduce your impact on the environment - in the home, garden and around our community.

Sustainable Living

The Sustainable Living program provides advice on sustainable design, as well as reducing energy, waste and water use.

Climate Emergency

On the 19 of February, 2019, Council acknowledged that we are in a state of climate emergency that requires urgent action by all levels of government.

Your sustainable home

Find out how you can live more sustainably and save money in the home.

My Smart Garden

My Smart Garden is a free program that will help you grow food, shelter your home from the sun and wind, create homes for local wildlife, use water wisely and recycle waste.

Zero Carbon Council

Council have achieved zero carbon corporate emissions each year since 2015 as part of our Carbon Neutral Action Plan.

Environmental Programs for Schools

Find out about our free environmental education workshops for schools and kindergartens.

How can I get involved?

Find out how you can help to support our local ecology and environment through citizen science programs, creating native gardens and habitat, and joining local environmental groups.

Solar Savers Maribyrnong

Find out how you can access quality PV solar systems through our Solar Savers Program.

The Victorian Energy Collaboration

Read more about the Victorian Energy Collaboration (VECO), the largest emissions reduction project by local government in Australia.

We acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. We acknowledge the people of the Kulin nation as traditional custodians of the lands on which Maribyrnong City Council is located and where we conduct our business. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present. We are committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society.

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Our environment

Sustainable Living

Climate Emergency

Your sustainable home

My Smart Garden

Zero Carbon Council

Environmental Programs for Schools

How can I get involved?

Solar Savers Maribyrnong

The Victorian Energy Collaboration

Discover Maribyrnong

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Environmental Programs for Schools

How can I get involved?

Solar Savers Maribyrnong

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Discover Maribyrnong

Contact us

Get connected

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