Save Our Shade

12/10/2026

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/nightingale-is-revered-in-melbourne-its-creator-says-it-won-t-fix-the-housing-crisis-20261013-p612xw.html

In a lecture theatre inside one of Melbourne’s premier design schools, Jeremy McLeod took the podium – and rattled the room.

11/10/2026

Governments at all levels need to recognize increasing heat as a serious natural hazard and plan accordingly

As Queensland's urban centres grow rapidly, experts and conservationists are concerned with how our communities will plan for extreme heat

03/09/2026

looks sounds & feels familiar…(!)

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We cut down the shade, cover the ground with heat-trapping surfaces, and then wonder why our neighborhoods feel hotter.

Trees are more than decoration. They cool the air, shade streets and homes, support wildlife, and make communities more comfortable during extreme heat.

Concrete and asphalt absorb the sun’s heat and release it slowly, while healthy tree cover can help keep local temperatures lower.

Protect the trees we still have. Plant more where we can. The shade we create today could make tomorrow’s summers easier to live through.

14/08/2026

The slaughter continues in Freshwater; this time along a creek bank, where several trees were stabilizing the slopes. Why? We've written to CRC to find out.
The sign was up for one week, trees gone next!

06/08/2026

Michael Vardon on why urban forests keep losing the argument — and how a bit of accounting could change the odds. And he begins by looking at the loss of a much loved 80-year-old raintree in Cairns.

28/07/2026

Reports of a Raintree Shopping Centre's rain tree being chopped down are untrue ... a reminder we all need to be on the lookout for information from dubious sources. It appears the image below posted on the 'Cairns Community' page was an AI fabrication!

27/07/2026

Council to carry out testing on the Beach Almond on the corner of Mill Road and Cannon Street

26/07/2026

The Save Our Shade launch went very well yesterday.
The fight to save our significant shade trees must continue and must ramp up!
25 of 26 significant trees were razed just days ago on Kamerunga Rd, Redlynch. For a FGF sub division. It slipped under our radar. You can set up planning alerts for a 5km radar on the Cairns Council website. Email [email protected] if you see a DA lodged that you're worried about.

15/07/2026

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About $1 billion in health spending would be saved if Sydneysiders had greater access to more dense tree canopy, a new report by the Committee for Sydney think tank suggests.

The committee has proposed a series of greenways linking Sydney's waterways using council and agency-owned land as ways to plant new canopy and create public space.

📲 Read Declan Bowring’s full story: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-13/one-billion-health-savings-greening-greater-sydney/106901582

02/07/2026