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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!!
MRSG welcomes James McGregor to this years AGM. James is the CEO of Blue Tribe, which promotes positive behavioural change for some of our biggest sustainability challenges. Come and learn about the tools Blue Tribe use to sway the moveable middle through world-leading approaches to design thinking, research, innovation, transformation in complex systems, and even behavioural science.
MRSG AGM with Guest Speaker, James McGregor
Saturday 26 October, 3-5pm
Riddells Creek Community Centre, 74 Main Road, Riddells Creek
Welcome to the MRSG President’s Summer Report for April - June 2024. Read about some of the highlights for MRSG and share in the festivities of the third quarter of the year as we move into the summery months.
What an incredible Wash Against Waste effort at the Malmsbury Village Fayre! Thanks to the Fayre committee for hiring the Wash Against Waste trailer, the stallholders who all used the reusable dishes, and to our amazing Sustainable Malmsbury volunteers who collected and washed and dried all the dishes over and over and over!
Woodend Community Bags is a project of the Wast Action Group and recently hosted a team from Sunbury Cobaw Oral Care Services to make bags as a team building activity. WCB was very please with the efforts of the 14 participants.
Kyneton Backyard Growers is a project of the Kyneton Transition Hub Action Group and runs a weekly Fruit and Veg Share for the local residents. Our growers donate their fresh produce each Sunday for everyone to take. The motto,
“Take what you need, leave what you can”
is central to the model so the wonderful produce can be shared with the whole community.
The Fruit and Veg Share is located in the beautiful Kyneton Library Park at the Kyneton Lion’s Community Stall each Sunday from 9am (for produce drop off) and 10am-12pm for the rest of the community to help themselves.
Introducing the new Regional Engagement Lead, Loddon Mallee for Sustainability Victoria - Jessica Morthorpe. Jessica is very excited to now be working for Sustainability Victoria (SV), and to act as a link between the Loddon Mallee region and SV’s programs and initiatives. She’s keen to connect and understand what your priorities and needs are, and what you are working on to accelerate our transition to a circular, climate resilient economy in Loddon Mallee.
Welcome to the MRSG President’s Summer Report for November 2023 - January 2024. Read about some of the highlights for MRSG and share in the festivities of the third quarter of the year as we move into the summery months.
In an exciting first, we will be using the Vehicle to Load feature on an Electric Vehicle to power the Wash Against Waste trailer at the Malmsbury Farmers Market
Electrify 3442 is running a Community Survey and we’re on the lookout for households at various stages of electrification ) and happy to share their stories on our website. Read our news >>
Kyneton Backyard Growers invite you to their Fruit and Veg Share where you can take some delicious homegrown produce free of charge each Sunday 10am-12pm (Spring times) at the Kyneton Lion’s Community Stall.
Be a part of something nourishing for our town.
Everyone is welcome to MRSG’s end of year “pot luck” event! Please come along and celebrate with us by sharing food, drink, and good company. Please bring a bit of something to share for dinner or dessert, and MRSG will have a BBQ with sausages and bread to add to the table. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet other MRSG members from across the Shire and help celebrate 2024 and welcome 2025.
We will be gathering in the garden area next to the Woodend Neighbourhood House, so please enter from Margery St.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Come and join us at the Sustainable Malmsbury Community Produce Swap and Recycling Station at the December Malmsbury Village Farmers Market
Kyneton Backyard Growers invite you to their Fruit and Veg Share where you can take some delicious homegrown produce free of charge each Sunday 10am-12pm (Spring times) at the Kyneton Lion’s Community Stall.
Be a part of something nourishing for our town.
Kyneton Backyard Growers invite you to their Fruit and Veg Share where you can take some delicious homegrown produce free of charge each Sunday 10am-12pm (Spring times) at the Kyneton Lion’s Community Stall.
Be a part of something nourishing for our town.
Kyneton Backyard Growers invite you to their Fruit and Veg Share where you can take some delicious homegrown produce free of charge each Sunday 10am-12pm (Spring times) at the Kyneton Lion’s Community Stall.
Be a part of something nourishing for our town.
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!
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
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.
Tips for winter gardening in the Macedon Ranges
Reasons for closing your gas account and going to an all electric household
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.
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.
An award-winning documentary that uses the cargo bike as the vehicle for exploring parenthood in this digital age of climate change.
Solar Citizens have added the Malmsbury EV Expo to their Electric Ute Roadshow where the team are travelling around the regions as part of the Electric Ute Roadshow, telling people what we know about the current state of the technology, listening to their needs and concerns – and feeding that info back to Canberra, so the decision-makers can make sure the switch to EVs works for everyone.
Guest Speaker Bryce Gaton will explain the basics of EV technologies, EV charging needs and show how they don’t ‘ruin the long weekend’ using examples from his long experience of driving EVs.