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The City of Unley won the 2024 IAP2 Environment Award

The City of Unley has been recognised an industry leader by the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2).

The City of Unley recently won the 2024 Environment Award at the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia Core Values Awards 2024 for the Shaping Unley Project – Building Greener Neighbourhoods Together.

More about the project

In 2023, the City of Unley asked their community to help solve the complex and challenging issue of declining tree canopy on private land. They asked :

"How can we work together to build greener neighbourhoods?"

Throughout the five-step Shaping Unley Community engagement approach that was adopted to work through this issue, their community shared the challenges they faced in planting and maintaining trees, why they thought trees were being removed and ideas that could support them to increase tree canopy cover in their gardens and outdoor spaces.

These ideas were reviewed and prioritised by two community panels, with a set of thirty ideas shortlisted for broad community testing.

As the 12,000+ votes rolled in, the community’s prioritrees became clear. Their votes were coupled with the Community Panel’s feedback and used to inform a set of 20 community-led recommendations to increase tree canopy on private land.

All 20 community-led recommendations were presented to Elected Members and endorsed in a unanimous vote on Monday, 22 April 2024. Furthermore, on Friday, 17 May 2024, changes to state legislation were made that speak to a number of the recommendations Council endorsed to increase tree canopy on private land. 

Source: International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Australasia