Saving our Western Edge - Next Steps Info Night

Come along to our Next Steps Information Night to find out how you can get involved in the next stage of our community campaign to save Canberra’s Western Edge from suburban sprawl development, and instead secure funding for its restoration as a part of the national 1% for Nature campaign. We have two new tactics to introduce (attending MLA mobile offices and Canberra’s Biggest Nutbush: Line up for City Limits) and we will also be reviewing our current tactics (petition stalls, screenings of On the Edge and meetings with MPs) to see how they can be improved. After the formal portion of the event, there will be the option to stick around and share a warm, vegan meal with fellow volunteers! 

Since August of last year, we have collected over 1,900 signatures on the Save our Western Edge petition, sent over a thousand emails to our MLAs calling for their support, and directly questioned the Planning Minister during our first rally of the campaign.  And while the ACT Government has been scrambling in response to our pressure, they are still only talking of vague plans for conservation and planning rather than making any real decisions about saving our Western Edge - so we need to keep upping the ante. 

But this isn’t just about saving the Western Edge from development! This year we, alongside other Conservation Councils around the country, launched a national campaign to secure 1% of the federal budget for restoring places of natural value. Winning this new campaign would mean not just protecting the Western Edge, but securing funding to regenerate it as well!

That’s where YOU come in - we need more volunteers on the ground to keep the campaign growing in its numbers and scope. We have two new tactics to introduce and will be reviewing our current tactics to see how they can be improved. So, come along to our info night to learn about the next stage of the campaign, meet fellow volunteers, and walk away with an impactful role that suits you! 

If you can’t make this session then make sure you have completed our volunteer sign-up form and we will be in touch over the phone to get you started.