Our GROWING GREEN Vision

Our City is GROWING GREEN

lp us make the City of Charles Sturt greener, cooler, healthier and an even better place to live.

Our City is getting hotter from the impacts of climate change and the urban heat island effect. Trees provide shade and cooling benefits, reduce heat-related illness, reflect heat and actively cool and clean the air. People need trees for their health and mental well-being. Trees are valued for their inherent beauty and for the associated aesthetic benefits they provide to homes, streets and suburbs, and are critical for urban biodiversity.

Planting trees is an investment in the future of our City. The mature trees we enjoy today and benefit from today, were planted by those generations before us, many decades ago.

We propose an extended and intensive tree planting programme over many decades and we look forward to working with everyone in our community to grow the tree canopy across our City.

Our target is to reach a tree canopy cover of 25% by 2045.

This is an ambitious target and one that Council is keen to lead. To meet this target we will need to work with residents, landholders, businesses and developers as a lot of the land within our Council area is privately owned.

We can achieve 25% by 2045 if we work together to GROW our tree canopy cover.

Find out more and get involved

  • Follow progress

    Click the "Follow" button at the top of this page to receive project updates.

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  • How You Can Take Action

    We all have a role to play to increase tree canopy across our city. What could your role look like?

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  • Become a Tree Champion

    Join other tree champions & be part of local community action.

    Join here 

  • Complete our Pledge Form

    Review the list of possible community actions and complete a pledge form telling us what you action you are committing to do.

    Pledge your action 

  • Share your pledge

    Share your pledge publicly on the Pledge Storyboard so others can see what you're committing to do and are inspired to act too.

    Share your pledge 

  • Community Gardening & Greening

    Besides tree canopy action, you may want to be part of a community garden or greening group.

    Learn more 

  • View our dashboard

    We are preparing a dashboard on our progress.

    Under construction

Contact us

Have question you can't find the answer to?

Name Mark Hannan, Strategic Planner - Open Space Environmental Management
Phone 0413 454 758
Email mhannan@charlessturt.sa.gov.au
Name Caitlin Tierney, Community Engagement Officer
Phone 8408 1132
Email ctierney@charlessturt.sa.gov.au