"No Blasted Quarry" Campaign   The Yandina Creek Progress Association (YCPA) has been fighting hard to stop a MEGA Quarry being built in Coolum's backyard.  As many of you know, the Council rejected an application from Parklands Blue Metal Pty Ltd to quarry a beautiful area in Verrierdale/Yandina Creek.  The developer has appealed the Council's decision in the Planning & Environment Court. The YCPA has been raising funds for our own legal representation through all sorts of FUNdraisers.   The Trial was scheduled to begin on July 22, however as the new issue...

From the SCEC desk.. Another busy month with lots on for August/September so enjoy the read below. Please feel free to give us feedback  by emailing us here. Follow us on facebook to receive ongoing updates about conservation issues on the Sunshine Coast and throughout Australia, sustainability stories from around the world and all other things green and inspiring. SCEC is funded by the generous donations from people like you. Please support the work we do and help us preserve the environment we love. From the campaigners desk cam·paign /kamˈpeɪn/work in an organised and active...

SCEC joined with National Parks Association Queensland & Ian Mackay as guests of the Noosa Parks Association highlighting the concerning agenda which is exposing what precious little National Park have in Queensland to a range of threats. Here's the Noosa News article

This is a "growth at all costs" landscape. Enough.. The state government has pushed through another raft of rollbacks under the misnomer of "reform" While SCEC is in the process of fully assessing the consequences of these changes, it is evident that the some of the last remaining environmental provisions in the Vegetation Management Act (which was all but dismantled earlier this year) are gone. The community needs to stand up in the face of this unrelenting and misguided growth agenda which is leaving a legacy of environmental and social destruction. Hardly the "prosperous" future being...

National Parks in Queensland are currently facing many challenges. National Parks Association of Queensland has established a petition on the link below. http://www.communityrun.org/petitions/no-cattle-grazing-in-queensland-national-parks Please visit this site and register your support for our National Parks.

  The Sunshine Coast Council, Coolum Coast Care & SEQ Catchments recently hosted the annual Growing Beaches Forum in Maroochydore. It was an important & timely event where the science of coastal dynamics and ecology were presented.  It is evident that the Sunshine Coast is increasingly vulnerable to climate change, more extreme weather events and sea level rise. While the case for carefully managed beach nourishment under specific conditions was discussed, it is still short-term & costly. What is clearly evident is there is no case for hard infrastructure such as rock walls within dynamic and sensitive coastal systems.Defend,...