World Environment Day - Reaching Net Zero
Event description
Join staff from the North Sydney Council sustainability team as they talk about the targets and programs they are offering to help tackle climate change and work towards net zero. Also, learn about pioneering environmental activists, the Bradley sisters and local Bushcare volunteer programs in the area.
Guest Speakers
Reaching Net Zero - Danielle Birkbeck, North Sydney Council
The Bradley Sisters - Kate Eccles, President of Mosman Parks & Bushland Association
Bushcare Volunteer Program - Andrew Scott, North Sydney Council
About the Bradley Sisters
Joan and Eileen Bradley were the pioneers of assisted bush regeneration, a core practice of bushland management today. The Bradleys grew up in Neutral Bay and went to Wenona school, opposite North Sydney Council chambers. They developed their method of assisted bush regeneration in Ashton Park Mosman, where they later retired and now part of Sydney Harbour National Park.
The Bradley sisters played a key role in protecting this area from unnecessary development during the 1960s and 70’s, a period of awakening environmental consciousness. Their legacy lives on today in the form of the Bushcare movement and community advocacy for the protection of urban bushland.