As we celebrate 20 years as a City within a World Heritage Area, the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre is launching critical mass: the art of planetary health on 3 October to lead a conversation about the emerging science of Planetary Health.

Supporting more sustainable tourism with a lighter footprint on our World Heritage environment, the City of Blue Mountains will join an established global network of like-minded destinations striving for excellence.

Council is considering quieter, cleaner rubbish collection with the recent trial of a fully electric garbage truck.

This week, Blue Mountains City Council came a step closer to achieving its target of net zero emissions by 2025, with the completion of its fifth, large scale, solar panel installation at the Katoomba Sports and Aquatic Centre. 

Council has teamed up with community Bushcare volunteers, Sydney Trains and local environmental restoration contractors to restore Fairy Bower Reserve at Mount Victoria.

When the Greater Blue Mountains Area was granted World Heritage status by the United Nations nearly 20 years ago, the nomination was accepted because of two outstanding features of the Blue Mountains region - its eucalypt / sclerophyll (hard leaved) ecosystems and its biodiversity, both of which are considered to be of global importance.

Birds have had a tough time lately due to drought and bush fires, but there’s one place they are starting to flourish – Banksia Park in Katoomba.

Council is showcasing the ways in which it protects one of our most precious resources – water.

A Wildlife Recovery Mayoral Reference Group (WRMRG) will be established in response to the long term drought and recent bush fires that have affected the City’s biodiversity.

Volunteers and Council staff welcomed the news that the Bushcare program reopened on 2 June, following the suspension of activities due to COVID-19.