Transcript - Our Environmental Narrative
This is our Mandjoogoordap, the meeting place of the heart, and it’s where waterways,
wildlife and thriving bushland also meet.
We live in one of the most beautiful, unique, and threatened places on the planet. Our
natural environment is at the centre of life here, vital to our health and wellbeing, and we are
vital to its wellbeing. We want our beaches, rivers and estuary to be pristine, our wildlife to
thrive, and our parks and bushland to be diverse and healthy. We want water to be fresh and
abundant for both people and places.
Nature needs a voice in the decisions we make as we plan for the future, and in the actions
we take each day. With the help of our community, we want to lessen our collective footprint
and ensure we walk softly on this land. We want to celebrate the stories of country and
elevate nature’s place in our neighbourhoods; to preserve, respect, understand and
celebrate our local environmental identity so we can share an even more pristine
environment with generations to come.
We are guardians of a place that is woven by waterways and bursting with biodiversity; a city
as active in caring for our environment as we are proud to call it home.