Reduce your footprint
There are a number of ways to reduce your carbon footprint and your impact on the environment while at home, in the work place or during leisure time.
Useful websites and publications
Our Environment It’s A Living Thing 
- this NSW Government website includes a range of resources and tips of how to live more sustainably.
Save Power - this NSW Government website provides information on hat you can do in your world to reduce electricity.
Love Food Hate Waste - this NSW Government website provides information to help you waste less food, save money and our environment.
Brochure on wormfarming (126.6kb) - find out how to set up a worm farm in your backyard.
From Garden Gate to Dinner Plate' (118 kb) - learn how to start an organic garden in your backyard?
Living sustainably for residents of Blue Gum Hills and neighbours (1.5mb pdf)
For information on environmental education programs please contact Council on 02 4974 2848 or email: mail@ncc.nsw.gov.au.
Contact us
City Administration Centre
282 King Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
Tel: 02 4974 2000