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Environmental Sustainability

The Rockhampton Region is a great place and we’re committed to keeping it that way. Already there’s a lot happening to protect, maintain and enhance our environment but there’s still more work to do. As the level of government closest to the community, local council is responsible for the management and protection of local communities and their environment. That’s why we’re working together to embed sustainability in everything we do.

The Rockhampton Regional Council Corporate Plan sets an environment goal to be an environmentally balanced and aware community, which preserves and maintains our natural environment and incorporates contemporary and proven sustainability principles, as part of all activities for current and future generations.

Find out what Council’s doing and how you can get involved.

Sustainability Events

Check out the various environmental sustainability events, you and your family could participate in, held across our Region.

Get involved

Find out about local environmental groups and projects, sustainability competitions, citizen science actions and environmental grant opportunities.

Living Sustainably

Living sustainably comes down to daily habits and choices you make, both big and small, that can have a huge environmental impact.

Bringing Nature Back

Rockhampton Regional Council is ‘Bringing Nature Back’ into our community’s hearts, minds and everyday lives.

Environmental Sustainability Strategy

Rockhampton Regional Council’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy sets the vision, objectives, pathways and strategic actions to advance sustainability across our Region.

Reef Guardian Council

The Fitzroy River is the largest river catchment flowing to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. Rockhampton Regional Council is a proud Reef Guardian Council.

Sustainable Rockhampton Investment Fund

The Sustainable Rockhampton Investment Fund is an initiative with a dual purpose – reduce Council’s environmental footprint whilst delivering real financial savings.

Community Assistance Program Projects

Find out the many ways local residents and groups are making a difference and delivering local projects under the Environment and Sustainability grant category of the Community Assistance Program.

Environmental partners & groups

There are many active local organisations and groups that work towards improving our Region’s environmental sustainability.

Rockhampton Regional Council acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work. We pay our respect to their Elders, both past and present, and to our shared future.