A PUSH to transform suburban nature strips into greener community spaces has been backed by Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors. Cr David Gill brought forward the notice of motion seeking a report on “progress with local street community partnerships to help enable the greening of nature strips by residents in line with climate change initiative policies of council”. The motion drew on research from the University of Melbourne which showed nature strips make up close to 40 per cent of green public space in urban neighbourhoods and around seven per cent of residential land mass. Multiple councils are allowing residents to…
Thursday, May 21
