100 GREEN ACHIEVEMENTS

Greens Cr. David Risstrom was the first Green elected in Victoria. During his term as Melbourne City Councillor from March 1999 to September 2004 David worked with his community on ways to improve Melbourne. David's 100 Green Achievements is a list of 100 issues David initiated during his term on Melbourne City Council. Many of these have started or have been achieved, hence the name '100 Green Achievements'. A need for a further list has resulted in 100 More Green Achievements being developed. These ideas are being, listed under the highlighted headings, being used by Green Councillors across Australia and others to help Green their communities. This page was updated on 27 August 2006.

	BY WHEN	PROGRESS	ACHIEVEMENT
ARTS & CULTURE
	Dec 03	Some	The Art Gallery Of Is Melbourne
	Feb 04	None	Getting ACTive
	Apr 04	None	Liven Your Letterbox
	Dec 03	Achieved	Living Laneways
	Jan 04	Some	Savour Slow Melbourne
BUILDING COMMUNITIES
	Dec 03	None	Best High Garden
	Dec 03	None	Cafe Canine
	Mar 03	Achieved	Cool Green Tip Of The Week
	Jun 04	None	Designing Your Street
	Jan 04	Ongoing	Greening Commercial Developments
	Jul 02	Achieved	Skate Park Facilities In Melbourne
	Jul 04	Ongoing	Native' Avenues'
	Jun 04	Some	Native Bird Boxes
	Jun 02	Achieved	Nuclear Free Melbourne
	Dec 03	Some	Traffic Monitoring And Control
CARING FOR THE EARTH
	Jun 03	Achieved	30% Green Power Minimum
	Jun 04	Moderate	30% Less Paper Pushed
	Mar 02	Achieved	A $5 Million Sustainable Melbourne Fund
	Dec 03	Achieved	A 20 Year Water Management Regime
	Dec 03	Some	Bagging Melbourne (In A Nice Way)
	Sep 01	Achieved	Bringing The Sustainable Living Fair To Melbourne
	Sep 02	Achieved	City Of Melbourne Participating In World Summit On Sustainable Development
	Jun 03	Achieved	Climate Protection By Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	Dec 02	Achieved	Community Power Green Energy
	Jul 03	Achieved	Compact Fluorescent Light Give-Aways
	Nov 00	Achieved	Green Map For Melbourne
	Jun 03	Achieved	Green Purchasing Across Australia
	Jun 03	Achieved	Growing Green - A 50 Year Plan For Our Parks And Gardens
	Dec 03	Some	Increase The Number Of Solar Water Heaters In The Municipality by 1000
	Jul 03	Achieved	Major Solar Panel Installation In The City Of Melbourne
	Jul 02	Achieved	Melbourne City Council Lighting Strategy
	Dec 03	Ongoing	Mulching Melbourne
	Jun 03	Some	Provide Information On Locally Indigenous Plant Species With Rate Notices
	Jun 03	Some	Ratifying The Kyoto Protocol
	Jun 02	Achieved	Refuse Power Generation Sourced From Burning Woodchips
	Jun 05	Ongoing	Restaurants Recycling Their Organic Waste
	Jul 03	Achieved	The Toronto Declaration And Climate Security
	Dec 01	Achieved	Waste Wise Accreditation First In Melbourne
	Aug 02	Achieved	Water Campaign ICLEI Pilot Council
	Dec 03	Unknown	Worm Melbourne
	Jun 03	Achieved	Zero Net Greenhouse Emissions For Melbourne by 2020
	Jun 03	Achieved	Zero Waste Goal For Melbourne City
DEMOCRACY
	Jun 01	Achieved	Adopt and Promote The Earth Charter And Its Aims
	Dec 01	Achieved	Adopt And Promote The United Nations Global Compact
	Today	Ongoing	Applying Ethics
	Jun 01	Achieved	Environmental Sustainability Is Central To Melbourne City Council Governance
	Mar 02	Achieved	Metropolitan Environment Forum
	Nov 02	Achieved	Melbourne Principles For Sustainable Cities
	Ongoing	Achieved	Promoting Peace
	Jul 02	Achieved	Proud Precincts
	Dec 02	Achieved	Sustaining Democracy
	Dec 00	Achieved	The People's Forum
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
	Jul 04	Achieved	Gambling Less
	Nov 00	Achieved	Implementing Triple Bottom Line
	Mar 03	Ongoing	Professional Financial Management
	Aug 04	Some	Rates Plus
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
	Jun 03	Achieved	Achieve Indigenous Reconciliation
	Mar 00	Achieved	Acknowledgement Of Indigenous Heritage
	Dec 03	Achieved	Employ Indigenous People's Talents In The Organisation
	Jun 02	Achieved	Reaffirm Council's Statement Of Commitment To Aboriginal Reconciliation
	Ongoing	Achieved	Sustain Indigenous Arts Grants Program
MOVING MELBOURNE
	Jun 05	Significant	Car Fleet With Average Fuel Use Of 8 Litres/100 km Or Less
	Dec 04	Significant	Car Library For Car Sharing
	Jun 04	Some	CityLink Benefits
	Jul 03	None	Discounted Staff Bike And Accessories Packages Through City Bike Shops
	Dec 03	Some	Exterminate Rat Runs
	Dec 04	Some	Grown-Up Cars
	Jun 04	Some	Increased MET Ticket - Retail - Restaurant Combinations
	Aug 03	Some	Monthly, 6 Monthly or Yearly MET Tickets at 10% Discount For Residents
	Dec 03	Some	Monthly, 6 Monthly or Yearly MET Tickets at 10% Discount For City Workers
	Dec 01	Achieved	Monthly, 6 Monthly or Yearly MET Tickets at 10% Discount For MCC Staff
	June 04	Some	Pedestrian Boulevards
	Jul 04	Significant	Streets For People
	Mar 04	Some	Riding Melbourne
	Apr 03	Achieved	Sell Public Transport Tickets From The Town Hall
	Dec 03	Some	Slower Speeds
	Dec 03	Some	Three Substantial Bicycle Projects
	Jan 04	Some	Transport Choices Pack
PEOPLE HELPING EACH OTHER
	Jun 03	Achieved	1% For Humanity
	Aug 03	Significant	City Creches
	Jun 04	Some	Council For The Future
	Jul 04	Significant	Crime Prevention By Environmental Design
	Dec 02	Achieved	Develop And Manage Affordable Social Housing Stock In Inner Melbourne
	Dec 03	Achieved	Establish An Inner City Lending Library
	Dec 03	Some	Fairwear As a Hallmark Of City Retailing
	Jun 03	Some	Improve Access To Child Care Facilities
	May 03	Some	Landcare Weekends
	Jul 02	Achieved	Multilingual Service
	Sep 03	Achieved	Re-establish The Envirolink Newsletter
	Ongoing	Achieved	Refugee Justice
	Jun 00	Achieved	Safe City World Health Organisation Accreditation
	Jun 02	Achieved	Thinking Melbourne
	Ongoing	Ongoing	Treating Dug Abuse As A Health Issue
	Dec 03	Some	Youth Newspaper
TOMORROW'S BUSINESS
	Jul 03	Some	100 Green Power Users
	Dec 03	Some	100 Leading Lights
	Dec 03	Some	$100M Worth Of City Business Is Compliant With ISO 14000
	Jun 02	Achieved	Melbourne Is Australia-New Zealand Host For The International Council For Local Environment Initiatives
	Feb 05	Some	Promote Victoria As The Determining Jurisdiction For Contracts Made In Asia-Pacific
	Jun 00	Achieved	Sustainable Business Directory
YOUR IDEAS
	ASAP	Achieved	A Mailbox For Your Ideas On 100 More Green Achievements
	ASAP	Achieved	Your Good Green Ideas For 100 More Green Achievements
There are more ideas on improving Melbourne at: 100 More Green Achievements