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Coming soon! Your electric vehicle could act as a home battery
Coming soon! Your electric vehicle could act as a home battery

In late 2024, the Australian government passed legislation to allow electric vehicles (EVs) to power homes and send power back to the grid, adding to the growing list of reasons to buy an EV

Help needed- Wash Against Waste at the Malmsbury Fayre
Help needed- Wash Against Waste at the Malmsbury Fayre

Sustainable Malmsbury is working with the Malmsbury Village Fayre to minimise waste again this year on Sunday 27th April. Can you help?

Photo: Happy helpers at the Fayre in 2024. Credit: Robert Bruhn

Malmsbury Neighbourhood Battery Project Update
Malmsbury Neighbourhood Battery Project Update

The Malmsbury Neighbourhood Battery Information Session was a great success and project planning is now full steam ahead

Riddells Creek Cool Changes Enviro Expo
Riddells Creek Cool Changes Enviro Expo
Kyneton's Autumn Equinox Picnic
Kyneton's Autumn Equinox Picnic

Sunday 23 March, 12-3pm, at the Kyneton Mechanic Institute Reserve. Bring your own picnic blanket and food to share, meet some other locals and listen to the sweet tunes of local music. This picnic also coincides with Kyneton Backyard Growers’ 1 year celebration of gathering local growers and providing free fresh fruit and vegetables to the residents of Kyneton.

New Initiative for Growing Community Gisborne
New Initiative for Growing Community Gisborne

We are looking for 3-4 more households to commit to the 6-month trial, and we would ideally have a range of gardening confidence and experience in the group. If you are passionate about more sustainable food systems and grow your own food, live in Gisborne and are looking to share your garden and your table with new friends, please express your interest here . 

Grant Awarded for Neighbourhood Battery Project
Grant Awarded for Neighbourhood Battery Project

We are excited to announce we were awarded a Community Climate Action grant for $5000 from Macedon Ranges Shire Council for project planning and community engagement

GROW Festival
GROW Festival

A one-day festival, field day and conference for broadacre to backyard farmers, foodies and anyone interested in the environment. 25-plus speakers, 25-plus exhibitors, all-day walk-and-talk demonstration program, a soil-science lab, small-scale producer hub and lots of great local, regeneratively produced food and drink. At Kyneton Racecourse February 22, 2025. Tickets www.growfestival.au

Thank you and happy end of 2024
Thank you and happy end of 2024

Thanks for a wonderful 2024. The MRSG committee wishes you every success over the festive break and look forward to continuing our efforts for 2025. Stay well and thank you for all your great work to keep Macedon Ranges protecting its wonderful environs.

Volunteers needed to Wash Against Waste at the Kyneton Show
Volunteers needed to Wash Against Waste at the Kyneton Show

We’re looking for passionate volunteers for the Wash Against Waste effort at the 2024 Kyneton Agricultural Show. Come and have fun and be part of reducing single-use waste in our community. You will also get free entry to the Show!!

Upcoming Events
Sustainable Malmsbury April Produce Swap, Recycling Station and Knitting Circle
Apr 20
Sustainable Malmsbury April Produce Swap, Recycling Station and Knitting Circle

Come and join us at the Sustainable Malmsbury Community Produce Swap, Recycling Station and Knitting Circle at the April Malmsbury Village Farmers Market on Easter Day

Blog
Invest in Rooftop Solar and home Battery with no up-front cost
Stephen Pepper
Invest in Rooftop Solar and home Battery with no up-front cost
Stephen Pepper

Invest in Rooftop Solar and home Battery with no up-front cost

Stephen Pepper
What if you could run to save one of the last wild places on Earth?
Ralf Thesing
What if you could run to save one of the last wild places on Earth?
Ralf Thesing
Ralf Thesing
Stephen Pepper
Register your interest in being part of the Macedon Ranges Shire Council Community Assemby
Stephen Pepper

If you look at pages 3 and 4 of your Rates notice you will see details of the Shire Council’s invitation to shape the shire’s vision and future to improve outcomes for the benefit of the Macedon Ranges community.

You’ll need to register your interest by 15 September at macedon.sortition.au

Participants will be selected randomly. This is an opportunity to participate in a community assembly - edging towards true democracy!

Stephen Pepper
Riddells Creek Cool Changes 2025 Enviro-Energy Expo
Vince Mulkerin
Riddells Creek Cool Changes 2025 Enviro-Energy Expo
Vince Mulkerin

Expo aim: Showcasing practical, affordable solutions to help homes, the planet and our pockets

Expo themes: Individual change, town collective action and political influence

Timing:  10am to 3pm     Venue: Riddells Creek Leisure Centre, Riddells Creek Recreation Reserve, Sutherlands Road, Riddells Creek ( LOT 9 Sutherlands Rd, Riddells Creek VIC 3431)

Contact: For more information, visit https://mrsg.org.au/riddells or contact: Vince Mulkerin Email: riddells@mrsg.org.au

 Two keynote speakers

   Prof Emeritus David Karoly – Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne Climate Futures Climate change science, impacts and solutions for your community

Annabel Sides, Green Planet Sport -  ​Helping to secure a healthy climate future by supporting sports to become regenerative and build partnerships 

Vince Mulkerin
Electrification talking points
Sue Barker
Electrification talking points
Sue Barker

Thanks to everyone who stopped to chat with the volunteers from Sustainable Homes Action Group and Go Renewable Energy Group at the Woodend Community Farmers’ Market on Saturday 7th October.

We were exploring the level of interest in electrifying home heating and hot water and the obstacles to electrification.

Sue Barker
July Produce Swappers Gardening Tips
Eve Archbold
July Produce Swappers Gardening Tips
Eve Archbold

Tips for winter gardening in the Macedon Ranges

Eve Archbold
Getting Off Gas
Stephen Pepper
Getting Off Gas
Stephen Pepper

Reasons for closing your gas account and going to an all electric household

Stephen Pepper
President's Report
Lenka Thompson
President's Report
Lenka Thompson

Welcome to MRSG President’s Report for Jan - April 2023. Read about some of the highlights for MRSG and share in festivities of the first quarter of the year.

Lenka Thompson
Preparing Your Home for an EV
Nikki Barker
Preparing Your Home for an EV
Nikki Barker

Are you ready to kick fossil fuels to the curb and switch to an electric vehicle? We've got just the thing for you! Meet Chantel Gilbert, the CEO of Bluegum Electrical and a guest speaker at the upcoming Malmsbury EV Expo.

Nikki Barker
Motherload - The Movie
Nikki Barker
Motherload - The Movie
Nikki Barker

An award-winning documentary that uses the cargo bike as the vehicle for exploring parenthood in this digital age of climate change. 

Nikki Barker

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