Nelson City Council

Sustainability at home

You can do so much at home - from composting to using safe alternatives to chemicals.

• Composting
• Recycling
• Eco Building Design Adviser
• Sustainable Living Programme
• Safe alternatives for household chemicals
• Safe CFL bulb disposal
• Solar hot water heating

Sustainability in schools

Community efforts to educate children and adults about being green.

• Enviroschools
• Ecobuzz
• Environment calendar for schools
• Waste education
• Waimaori stream care
• Sustainability Coordinator

Sustainability for business

Find out what your business can do to keep Nelson clean.

Sustainability help from Council

Council has a number of sustainability programmes that are available to the community.

• Sustainability Coordinator
• Eco Building Design Adviser
• Sustainable Land Management Adviser
• Sustainability policy and action plan
• State of the Environment reports

Climate change

Learn how to make a difference - if Kiwis don't make changes, the next 25 years could see big changes.

• Climate Change Local Action Plan
• NZ Youth Delegation in Copenhagen