Lismore Environment Centre in Lismore, New South Wales | Community organisation

Lismore Environment Centre

Locality: Lismore, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6621 6977

Address: 1/115 Molesworth Street 2480 Lismore, NSW, Australia

Website: eepurl.com/gyqeBv

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24.01.2022 "We are convinced that the Dunoon dam project is not the 21st century solution ... We need fresh eyes looking at green powered desalination, roof water harvesting, reuse of water and of course water efficiency.’": Simon Clough 4 years; Duncan Dey 4 years; Ros Irwin 8 years, 2 as chair; Richard Staples 13 years. ‘Between us we have 29 years of experience on Rous County Council'.

22.01.2022 We are very proud to share Lismore's Spinks Park Precinct with several community groups including the Richmond River Historical Society. If you haven't seen their displays, do yourself a favour. Also a fantastic venue to keep in mind for your family & friends visiting Lismore. Bugalbeh- thank you

18.01.2022 Beware of LNP using 'renewables' as a bi-word for 'dam building': Hidden in the NSW Government's latest renewables announcement seems to be 2 Gigga-Watts of 'pumped hydro' from 'new dams'. While perhaps not 'technically feasible' for Rous(?) this may be part of the support and encouragement Rous thinks it's getting from the NSW Government, for it's proposal to dam Dunoon. Listen in this ABC Extra podcast from the 16-18 minute mark. Giles Parkinson, who has been a guest on LEC's Environmental As Anything & Earth & Arts programs, presented here by Geraldine Doogue - https://abclisten.page.link/2Bn4mv36A9u8ooc67. Available now through the ABC listen App - http://bit.ly/ABCradioApp

17.01.2022 Another hopefully positive story, especially for those of us old enough to remember the (successful) battle to save the Lord Howe Island woodhen. https://www.theguardian.com//orange-bellied-parrot-best-ye

10.01.2022 "Rous Future Water 2060 is a flawed document in terms of content Drought-resilience was considered in the 2020 Coarse Options" "Curiously, while the report notes that there may be issues of community acceptance for desalination and indirect potable reuse, a dam that would destroy an Endangered Ecological Community, threatened species habitat and Cultural Heritage is presented as if acceptance can be obtained through a magical process of ‘mitigation’ and ‘offsets’. "

07.01.2022 Haven’t had many toads in my backyard- a few small juvies every few days. So last night my visiting nephew & I did front & back.... wow 21 including 1 huge female (??) & a yellowish ?? Male??

07.01.2022 Change creeping like an unwilling snail... https://www.theguardian.com//nsw-upper-house-passes-renewa

07.01.2022 NEFA: "Please sign onto our campaign below as a first step to keep our forests standing." https://www.nefa.org.au/no_biomass_for_coal

06.01.2022 URGENT: the Local Land Services (koala-killing) Bill is on the agenda TODAY! Call key MPs NOW and tell them to kill the bill! Details in the comments. #SaveOurKoalas

03.01.2022 When the Forestry Corporation identified they intended to start logging Bungabbee State Forest near Lismore in north east NSW in November, NEFA decided to organise a group of flora and fauna experts to undertake a brief survey with the primary aims of identify localities of threatened species and priority habitat areas for protection.. Our brief visit revealed the additional presence of the Vulnerable Long-nosed Potoroo and Marbled Frogmouth, as well as the Critically Endange...red Native Guava. We identified records for 173 threatened plants. The finding of a large unknown outlying population of the regionally endemic Marbled Frogmouth is exciting. This is one of only a handful of species that the Forestry Corporation is still required to look for ahead of logging and protect additional habitat for, in this case wider stream buffers. Though as their model did not predict its occurrence in Bungabbee, they didn't have to look there. Luckily we did. It was particularly disturbing to find significant populations of the Critically Endangered Scrub Turpentine and Native Guava. The very survival of these species is in doubt because of the introduced fungus Myrtle Rust. There is something fundamentally wrong when we allow logging amongst species teetering on the brink of extinction, with low prospects of regeneration, rather than doing all we can to save them. Our results clearly demonstrate the need for pre-logging assessments to identify those parts of forests most in need of permanent protection, rather than allowing the Forestry Corporation to pick those areas with the lowest timber values. Most importantly they prove that Bungabee State Forest is of exceptional importance and should be added to the reserve system.

03.01.2022 #ForestsAreNotFuel

02.01.2022 Council is developing a new Lismore Waste & Recycling Strategy to guide long-term solutions for resource recovery, recycling and waste management. Waste management is a key service provided by Council and a major component of Council's annual budget. It is important that we have a strategy for the delivery of these services that meets the expectations of our community in relation to cost, service delivery and a vision for recycling and waste management. The first step to crea...ting an effective strategy is to listen to our community. We want to hear your thoughts and suggestions to help us shape the future of waste and recycling in our region. https://yoursay.lismore.nsw.gov.au/lismore-waste-strategy