This Earth Day we need to make a real difference for Queensland. On Saturday 22 April, we will be urging the State Government to announce a new independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Queensland - the only state without one! Will you help make 22 April EPA Day? The window of opportunity is closing fast, so our collective voice and strong support could make the establishment of an independent EPA a reality in this term of government. There needs to be a Queensland equivalent working alongside the new Federal EPA - an independent,...

By Narelle McCarthy, Sunshine Coast Environment Council IT WAS Margaret Mead who said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” And, indeed we have seen this in the fight and wonderful win to protect Ferny Forest, a 130ha section of the Beerwah State...

MEDIA RELEASE     14 December 2022 COMMUNITY CELEBRATES AS FERNY FOREST PROTECTION CONFIRMED Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) and Save Ferny Forest have welcomed the announcement that an important 130ha section of Beerwah State Forest, locally known as ‘Ferny Forest’ will not be logged. The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF)’s plan to log the forest was strenuously opposed by SCEC,...

  Increasing urbanisation brings increasing pressures on our precious native wildlife.  Here on the Sunshine Coast, the landscape from our floodplains to our forests has been heavily fragmented pushing wildlife into  fast diminishing habitat. It's critical the hard-fought for National Parks, State Forests and conservation areas are connected to remaining bushland, wetlands, waterways and core habitat areas to provide...

Two long-running, major Planning & Environment Court (P&E Court) cases involving SCEC reached their respective milestones in recent weeks. SEKISUI SAGA CONTINUES The Sekisui saga continued with the matter remitted to the Maroochydore Planning & Environment Court for hearing in August. This followed the earlier decision by the Supreme Court which found in favour of Development Watch’s appeal ie the community that the primary judge, Her Honour Nicole Kefford DCJ, erred in her initial 2020 P&E judgment.  This milestone win saw DW as the First Appellant and SCEC as the Second Appellant...

My name is Lily Munro, and I am from Immanuel Lutheran College. For the past week, I have been at SCEC for my school’s work experience program. Some of the activities I helped with have been participating with their social media and drafting some of their posts, preparing supplies for the upcoming EV expo (it’s on this Sunday at Noosa so make sure you come and check it out!) and creating some fun posters about different campaigns they have running.