Hume City Council: 2023 Finalist – Thriving environment
Hume City Council is a finalist for a Community Champion award in the Premier's Sustainability Awards 2023 – Thriving environment category. Hume City Council’s Hume Enviro Champions program provides 10 free training sessions to community members to develop a community-driven environmental or sustainability project or initiative. The program supports people living, working, volunteering, or studying in Hume to run their own sustainability projects in the community.
Training includes: environmental and social issues, behaviour change, communication, community engagement, resourcing, and project planning
The program connects participants with likeminded people to nurture their passion for the environment and community, as well as those who have done the program in the past and other community initiatives or organisations. Projects have included seed libraries, bush tucker gardens, litter campaigns, advocacy groups, and biodiversity or conservation projects.
