Environmental Education Strategy - Campbelltown City Council ...

Environmental Education Strategy 2009-2012(ii)Council’s Management PlanWhile the 2025 Vision provides long term strategic directions, Council’s ManagementPlan provides a strategic direction for the medium to short them.The Management Plan for Council places a significant emphasis on the naturalenvironment. This again is a reflection of how highly Council and the communityvalue the environment, and working towards ensuring its preservation. One of thebroad focus areas outlined in the management plan is:“Campbelltown’s Highly Valued Environmental Assets Need to Be Maintained”The Management Plan outlines how the community of Campbelltown places a highvalue the environmental assets of Campbelltown, particularly the Scenic Hills,Georges River, rural landscapes and bushland.Key Principle Activities have been also identified. These Principle Activities forCouncil are:1. Preserving Our Hills, Rivers and Bushland – “Campbelltown’s Environment”;2. Growing Our Regional City – “Campbelltown’s Economy”;3. Strengthening Our Vibrant and Connected Community – “Campbelltown’sPeople”;4. Strategically Managing Our Civic Assets and Infrastructure - “Campbelltown’sAssets and Infrastructure"; and5. Developing a Dynamic Organisation – “Campbelltown’s Governance”.In summary, Principle Activity 1 states: – The City has a significant catalogue ofCultural and Environmental Assets comprising Natural Landscapes, Rivers,Indigenous Flora and Fauna, whilst other Environmental Factors such as soil, air andwater are critical to our on going survival as a species. The city’s natural bushland,Scenic Hills, rivers and native flora and fauna help define a distinctive Campbelltown– a place our community identifies with, a point of difference between Campbelltownand other places. To maintain and enhance our Environmental Assets we mustmanage them sustainably into the future.Version 2.03 18/3/10Page 10 of 48