Not sure what “net zero emissions” means? Want to know how you can impact climate change?
Project Drawdown has produced an excellent series of 6 videos, ranging from 10-25 minutes, explaining where we can have the most impact on climate.
This is a thought-provoking series, highly recommended for anyone starting out on the road to sustainability.
Read MoreWith 26% of people across all housing types unable to stay warm at least half of the time during winter, this article, published by The Conversation, contains some practical advice regarding efficient use of energy within the home, and how to keep warm in these cold winter months.
Read MoreTips for our region for staking broadbeans, eliminating curly leaf, mulching and more
Read MoreThermal imaging cameras detect areas of heat loss and unwanted heat gain, and allow you to make changes, many of them low or no cost, that will make your home more comfortable and save energy and money.
Read MoreTips for our region for ripening those last tomatoes, planting garlic and more
Read MoreThe IPCC Working Group III report, in addition to highlighting the urgency of the situation and the dire consequences of ignoring climate change mitigation, gives the world’s policymakers options. The following four options are estimated to have the most potential to reduce net emissions by 2030,
Read MoreDon’t panic and pull out your tomato plants just yet, sowing green manure and cold season veggies, fruit tree care. Jobs to do in the garden now in our region…
Read MoreA few weeks ago, the IPCC released a report titled, “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability“. Even though the report focuses on impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptive practices on a global scale, I have tried to derive some adaptation principles that could be applied to the Macedon Ranges.
Read MoreGrowing tomatoes, brassicas, root crops and managing those pests and diseases. Jobs to do in the garden now in our region…
Read MoreDid you know that 90% of homes in high risk areas are not resilient to bushfire, putting lives, homes and livelihoods at unacceptable risk?
Would you like to learn more about upgrading your home for bushfire resilience?
(Image: Jen Theodore via Unsplash)
Read MoreTime for mulching, pumpkin care and hand pollination….Read on for gardening tips for our region
Read MoreTomato care, growing salad greens and netting fruit trees….Read on for gardening tips for our region
Read MoreWow this wintery weather has set back our summer veggies but it is all systems go in the veggie garden. Plant, plant, plant! Read on for this month’s gardening tips for our region…
Read MoreGeoffrey Murray, MRSG committee member and EO of the local Victorian Regional Recyclers, is conducting a trial with the Macedon Ranges Shire Council in the recycling of soft plastics. The following is from the Council’s press release.
Read MoreAs you read through the incredible list of achievements by MRSG’s many action groups in the past 12 or 18 months you could be forgiven for under-estimating the tremendous difficulties under which many of these achievements took place
Read MoreResilience. It’s a word we’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years and lately, reflecting on the Covid pandemic and the June storms, I’ve been considering the role of our homes in resilience: How do our homes contribute to our resilience? What makes a home resilient? And how does that relate to sustainability?
Read MoreDuang shares the inspiring story (and Recipe) behind her carrot and chickpea Makhani - a fusion dish born from lunches with Tamil refugee and friend, Raj, and meeting Alice Zaslavsky at the Bendigo Writer’s Festival.
Read MoreOctober is really the start of true spring in the Macedon ranges. Read on for this month’s gardening tips for our region…
Read MoreSpring has sprung in the Macedon Ranges! Read on for handy gardening tips for our region…
Read MoreHome energy saving tips such as stopping draughts, LED lighting, heating, windows, energy monitoring, insulation, motion sensor lights, standby power and solar PV.
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