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                    2019 Environment Award

                    Southbank Sustainability Group

                    Southbank Sustainability Group members posing among raised garden beds
                    Southbank Sustainability Group evolved from a group of isolated Southbankers with an environmental conscience into a purposeful community of neighbours improving Melbourne’s environmental footprint.

                    A solution-focused group, they successfully convinced the Council to give Southbank a permanent community garden by installing a temporary one and demonstrating its benefit to the environment, community, and municipality. 

                    Today, the garden is a place where Southbankers gather to share, learn, connect, and grow. It has improved liveability, reducing the suburb’s waste and environmental impact through green space activation, and provided countless opportunities for fun, educational activities on various sustainability topics leading to long-term behavioural changes.

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