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Sustainability
Informed by the Whitehorse Sustainability Strategy 2008–2013, Council strives to meet the following key objectives: 
- Reduce Council's ecological footprint (through resource efficiencies, addressing climate change, water supply issues and protecting natural habitat)
- Provide leadership in environmental sustainability, in our community and in our workplace
- Facilitate sustainable behaviour change across the Whitehorse community
- Engage, educate and empower the Whitehorse community to ensure its sustainability into the future
- Deliver current and future Council services so they are sustainable
- Manage all Council assets in a sustainable manner, including the renewal of existing assets
- Advocate for sustainable initiatives and improvements on behalf of the community to government and non-government organisations
- Provide financial sustainability in Council operations
Click on the links on the left to find out what Council is doing, and what you can do, to help lessen our impact on the planet.