2007-08 Eco-Wise Community Grants Pilot - Successful Projects

Establish improved composting facilities to help deal with green waste in Florence Ave Eastlakes. Educate residents on reducing and recycling green waste and highlight the benefits of organic fertilisers.

Through setting up a community nursery provide skills in the propagation of drought resistant plants to beautify the Riverwood social housing areas. The project will specifically target male residents not currently involved in other community projects.

The Riverwood Community Garden is in need of rain water tank to deal with water restrictions and to teach visitors and local gardeners to use water harvesting for high water need gardens.

Build 6 composting bays for the Riverwood Community Garden to address its need of reducing the large quantities of green waste generated by the garden.

Establish in the Woronora housing complex raised garden beds to grow fresh vegetables. This project is OH&S friendly to elderly residents and residents with a disability.

Blacktown City Council is proposing to collect and recycle bicycle parts and turn into fully functioning bicycles.

Establish a recycling program focusing on people with a disability living in 17 supported living homes in greater western Sydney, Southern Highlands and Illawarra areas, and increase their environmental and recycling awareness.

Engage and educate two social housing communities in the Holroyd LGA to reduce their consumption of energy and water using the Sustainable Street Approach – a community based training program that nurtures all aspects of sustainable living.

Supply and install water and energy efficient products (e.g. light bulbs, showerheads, water tanks) across 13 Burabi houses to increase water and energy efficiencies. Host an Education Day and provide information to increase environmental awareness in Aboriginal communities.

Establish a self sufficient nursery; provide materials, equip and encourage East Cessnock social housing residents with the knowledge and skills to run and manage it on their own.

The Lismore Sustainable Living project will increase the awareness of waste management and water conservation issues to Lismore social housing residents.

Establish 8-12 sustainable, individual and low maintenance vegetable gardens for residents in their own homes to improve the health and well-being of ATSI social housing residents in Moree who are frail, elderly, or have a functional disability.

To deliver a number of sustainable living workshops focused on improving social housing community gardens within Newcastle.

Provide practical educational tools for up to 60 ACH residents, enabling them to recycle their organic waste and reduce landfill.

Establish a community vegetable garden with raised beds for elderly and disabled residents within the Queen St Housing NSW complex in Moruya, install a large water tank and conduct a series of sustainability related workshops and training.

Deliver a series of waste management workshops to social housing residents in Nowra and Bomaderry.  Free materials will be provided to up to 66 residents.