This solar compactor bin is part of the Inner West Council ‘Love your home ground’ litter prevention pilot project, funded by the NSW EPA and in partnership with the Cooks River Alliance. The project aims to reduce litter in...
Report cards are often used to show the health of waterways, by using indicators including water quality, presence of native and exotic vegetation and the types of waterbugs found in creeks. The Cooks River Alliance has produced report cards...
Here at the Cooks River Allaince we love when our partners do amazing things for the river!! Another happy story below! In early 2022 Inner West Council applied for and successfully secured an EPA litter prevention project grant. This...
Over the past few years, the Cooks River Alliance has worked with River Canoe Club and a number of local stakeholders such as the Cooks River Alliance and The Mullets to organise clean up events along the Cooks River....
The Cooks River Community Values Survey closed on Sunday 5th September with over 1100+ respondents and five prize winners announced on our social media pages. The engagement outcomes and next steps will be published on the Alliance website and...
The Cooks River Alliance has partnered with the Georges River Environmental Education Centre (GREEC) to deliver the Cooks River Rescue School Stormwater Action Plan Program. The now completed program involved 19 schools across the Cooks River Catchment, leaving a...
Builders, developers and home renovators are more successfully implementing erosion and sediment controls on building sites to protect our local waterways, according to results from the recent Get the Site Right education and compliance campaign. In June 2020, the...
The Cooks River Alliance is partnering with the Georges River Environmental Education Centre (GREC) to deliver the Cooks River Rescue School Stormwater Action Plan Program. Want your school to join? Fill out the EOI application form – limited places...
Help us capture Cooks River history by sharing your river stories during covid-19! Humans can’t live without the environment. But with covid restrictions easing, how many people will remain connected to our precious patch along the Cooks? We want...
The Get the Site Right campaign in June will increase awareness of the dangers of runoff from building sites impacting the environment and encourage developers, builders and home renovators to implement appropriate erosion and sediment controls. The campaign is kicking off...