As the Wet Season looms and the hot weather approaches here in the Top End, who doesn’t love a cold one? We know we do! Well… the environment sure doesn’t! Plastic 6-pack rings can often be littered in outdoor areas, such as the beach or park. If they enter the ocean or waterway, the
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Parap Primary Great Northern Clean Up
September 30, 2021Parap Primary School Eco-Warriors are Green Superheroes! In September 2021, Parap Primary School Eco Warriors gave back to the local community by collecting rubbish from the Parap Village Shops area. As part of the Eco-Schools Australia program, the Parap Primary Green Flag accredited Eco Warriors are passionate about the environment and caring for the Northern
Learn More →Wallace Rockhole Litter Education
September 18, 2021Wallace Rockhole Litter Education KABC(NT) CEO Heimo Schober visited the beautiful Wallace Rockhole NT at the beginning of September 2021, and enjoyed his time delivering ‘Litter Education’! Thank you for having us Wallace Rockhole! #litterfighter #litterpicking #keepaustraliabeautiful #northernterritory #tidytowns#wallacerockhole
Learn More →Wallace Rockhole wins two national 2021 Australian Sustainable Communities Tidy Town Awards
September 9, 2021Keep Australia Beautiful has announced the winners of the 2021 Australian Sustainable Communities -Tidy Towns Awards. The Tidy Towns name has always been synonymous with community pride, cohesion and above all, community action. The awards reach beyond tourism to encourage, motivate and celebrate the sustainability achievements of grassroots rural and regional communities across Australia.
Learn More →KAB 2021 National Sustainable Community Tidy Towns Awards
September 2, 2021NT Finalist Wallace Rockhole hosted a BBQ for the live streaming of the KAB 2021 National Sustainable Community Tidy Towns Awards. Wallace Rockhole has continually and deservedly achieved multiple Territory and National awards over a number of years. Wallace Rockhole is NT Finalist The quality of life is through the roof in Wallace
Learn More →2021 Territory Day: “Bang It & Bin It”
August 27, 2021MEDIA RELEASE: 27 August 2021 Keep Australia Beautiful Council NT are encouraging Territorians to be bushfire aware this year and to act responsibly, bin their spent fireworks cartridges and associated litter appropriately after Territory Day fireworks celebrations. Bang it, and then bin it! That’s the advice from Keep Australia Beautiful NT, for Territorians and
Learn More →IPCC Sixth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2021
August 12, 2021It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. According to the IPCC Report released in Geneva, on 9th August 2021, climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying. Faster warming The report shows that emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C of warming since 1850-1900, and
Learn More →Keep Australia Beautiful Week | Australia’s 7-Day Plastic Pledge
August 5, 2021Take the Pledge. Say Goodbye to Plastic. We’re excited to announce that the iconic Keep Australia Beautiful Week will be held this year from 16 to 22 August 2021. This year’s theme for the Keep Australia Beautiful Week is “Australia’s Seven-Day Plastic Pledge”. Our beautiful country needs help to protect its precious biodiversity. Plastic
Learn More →Our Top 10 Plastic Pollution Facts
July 29, 2021Litter in waterways is a serious pollution problem that affects our wildlife, aquatic habitats, and our water quality. Litter that is disposed of incorrectly on land can easily get blown into creeks, rivers, and oceans and once it reaches these waterways, it is very difficult to remove. It is estimated that 3 x as much
Learn More →Improving food security in remote Arnhem Land
July 29, 2021Remote and isolated Homeland communities throughout the Northern Territory have limited food supplies and lack affordable fresh nutritional produce that most NT metropolitan residents take for granted. Arnhem Land Homeland residents do experience food insecurity even when they have access to and use traditional foods. Keep Australia Beautiful believes in being the change you want
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