BILL HARVEY

Bill Harvey is a long-term Hobart City Councillor who always has the environment out front. Bill joined Landcare Tasmania’s Board as Chair in 2021. Bill brings governance expertise and a wide network to the Board, being an experienced leader in local government.

First elected to the City of Hobart Council in 2007, Bill currently chairs the Sustainability in Infrastructure Portfolio Committee and led the City of Hobart to be the first capital city in Australia to declare a Climate and Biodiversity Emergency.

In addition to his experience as a director and chair, Bill has been personally involved in Landcare since the 1990s, is committed to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and is passionate about making Tasmania a genuine leader in environmental sustainability.

Bills passion for Bio Char is spreading throughout. It not only reduces carbon in the sky it also helps clean up the rubbish, gorse bushes and blackberries from landcare working bees.