Welcome to ECCO

ECCO is the Environmentally Concerned Citizens of Orange.
We are an environmental watchdog and a peak environmental
lobby group for the community of Orange.

Connect With Us

ECCO meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm. Meeting details are posted as a News Item on this website and on our Facebook page, before each meeting. If you have any questions about ECCO and its operations, please send an email to ecco.orange@gmail.com or phone us on one of the numbers listed on the Contact Us page.

Join Up, Get Involved

To join ECCO, you can send an email to ecco.orange@gmail.com requesting a membership form or download a form from the Get Involved page.

Stay Up To Date

24 September 2024 >>> Intrepid Landcare to Address ECCO Meeting
ECCO’s monthly meeting is on tomorrow night (Wednesday 25th September, 7 for 7.30pm) with a special guest speaker from Intrepid Landcare. Intrepid Landcare is a group of young people who provide inspiration, connection and empowerment of organisations through their assistance with projects and events. Please note that there is a change of venue for this meeting – the Nguluway Ngurang Seniors Village Hub (77 Kite Street – access through the Woolies Carpark).

21 September 2024 >>> Earth First Article on Global Nature Positive Summit
Today’s Earth First article in the CWD Weekend is about the upcoming Summit.
From the 8th to the 10th of October, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will be hosting the Global Nature Positive Summit in Sydney. This has been described as “an event which will accelerate collective action to drive investment in nature and strengthen activities to protect our environment”. The Summit has the potential to be embarrassing for the Minister, because she may bring little to the table herself. >>> Read more >>>

17 September 2024 >>> Picnic For Nature
ECCO is one of three groups organising the Picnic for Nature being held at Gosling Creek Reserve on Sunday 20th October. There will kids activities and live music starting from 12 noon and running until 3pm. Put the date in your diary and join us for a great afternoon celebrating the beautiful natural environment in which we live.

17 September 2024 >>> Dates for the Diary and Socials
Sunday 22nd September ECCO and Electrify 2800 at Sustainable Living Expo
Wednesday 25th September 7.30pm – ECCO Monthly Meeting at Nguluway Ngurang (Seniors Village Hub 77 Kite Street)
Saturday 20th October- Picnic for Nature
Wednesday 23rd October 7.30pm – ECCO AGM

26 January 2024 >>> Environmental Citizen of the Year – Nick King
Congratulations to our hard working Secretary, Nick King, on his award as Orange’s Environmental Citizen of the Year. Nick is a passionate advocate for the environment and tower of strength in multiple community organisations across Orange. He is a veritable quite achiever with a long list of accomplishments. Among these is his role as co-founder of ECCO back in 2006, and ECCO Secretary for much of our 17 years of active involvement in the community. He’s written hundreds of submissions and has been the coordinator and principal writer of the Earth First column in the Central Western Daily for more than a decade. Nick has supported the establishment of school kitchen gardens and organised dozens of ECCO public events. Congratulations Nick on a very well-deserved award!

ECCO Orange recognises the Wiradjuri people as the traditional owners of the land on which we live and we pay respect to elders past, present and emerging.