Community Environment Network
Central Coast
The Community Environment Network (CEN) is a not-for-profit community organisation and a Deductible Gift Recipient with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). We work to improve Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) on the Central Coast.
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CENTRAL COAST’S LAND ZONING PLAN IS A DUD
The Local Environmental Plan that the Central Coast Council uses to zone and manage land is flawed, not fit-for-purpose and incapable of protecting the region’s biodiversity, cultural heritage or unique

BETTER CLIMATE OUTCOMES MUST WIN THE 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION
The date of the federal election may not have been announced yet, but Climate Future is calling the community together to discuss the biggest elephant in the room – the

FUTURE SOONER INVITES YOU TO LAUNCH OF GROUNDBREAKING REPORT
RSVP today to secure your seat at the launch of UNTOLD STORIES, the final report from Future Sooners’ Citizens’ Inquiry into the health impacts of living near coal-fired power stations.

CEN SAYS REZONING PART OF A STATE SIGNIFICANT WETLAND UNACCEPTABLE
After analysing the business papers and attachments for the February 2025 Central Coast Council meeting, the Community Environment Network (CEN) has concluded that council staff are attempting to rezone 5.19
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