This Changemakers workshop will inform you on who to electrify your home for greater efficiency and lower energy bills.
Interested to learn more about neighbourhood batteries in our local area? Come to along to hear from our guest speaker, join the Q & A and learn more about the benefits and challenges of neighbourhood batteries for Malmsbury/Drummond and the Macedon Ranges.
Learn about adapting your home for greater summer comfort, with a focus on shade, insulation and ventilation. Sue Barker from Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group's Sustainable Homes Action Group will provide some cool tips and help you start on your heat-busting journey.
Hosted by Goldfields Library, Kyneton branch.
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!!
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!!
Tim Forcey, founder and moderator of the My Efficient Electric Home Facebook group, will share insights gained from working with thousands of Australian households and provide tips and strategies to help convert your home into a comfortable, healthy, efficient space.
Join us in Woodend Library to meet and hear from Tim.
Sustainable House Day will be held on Sunday April 21.
MRSG is not presenting a Community Event this year but there will be open homes in the region, including one MRSG member household.
Tours of open homes are being offered via ticketed sessions and a small fee is payable.
Join us for this free community event, an inspiring documentary and panel discussion. Hear from locals who are taking action. Discuss the things each of us can do to combat climate change. Supper provided. All welcome!
CLIMATE CHANGERS follows Tim Flannery’s search for leadership on climate change.
Come and help Kyneton Backyard Growers launch their project for growing and sharing their locally grown produce with you all. With the vision of feeding everyone in Kyneton with their own homegrown produce this project is set to bring all the community together through one thing that binds us all; food.
Take what you need, leave what you can.
Join GREG and friends for an exciting morning of Speed Dating with a Sustainability Focus at Gisborne Library.
(Image: Christina @ wocintechchat.com via unsplash.com)
Learn about Goldfields Libraries’ new Sustainable House Kits and find out how being energy efficient can save you money and help our planet.
Thinking About Buying an Electric Vehicle?
Is your house READY?
Bluegum Electrical Solutions is running an online information session to help you discover:
5 Avoidable EV Mistakes that could cost you $$$ (and how to avoid them)
3 things you need to get the RIGHT EV Setup (two of these things most companies won't tell you)
Discover how to power your car for FREE from the Sun with your solar now or in the future.
Learn about Goldfields Libraries’ new Sustainable House Kits and find out how being energy efficient can save you money and help our planet.
Learn how to make your home more energy efficient, reducing running costs, while being kind to the environment.
Learn about Goldfields Libraries’ new Sustainable House Kits and find out how being energy efficient can save you money and help our planet.
Learn about Goldfields Libraries’ new Sustainable House Kits and find out how being energy efficient can save you money and help our planet.
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New energy efficiency standards for buildings are on the way! Energy efficient homes need less energy to stay comfortable all year round. They cut household energy bills and emissions, are more comfortable to live in, and provide better protection from extreme weather events like heatwaves.
New national building standards commence October 2023 and include a new requirement for a building to be minimum 7 stars (the current standard is 6 stars).
MRSG Sustainable Homes’ Building Ideas Group is hosting three speakers who will explain the updated energy efficiency standards and their application. Stay on to chat over a “potluck” dinner.
A free interactive webinar that explores easy and affordable ways to stay warm and save money at home in the Macedon Ranges.
To mark the Winter Solstice (which occurs on June 22), the Sustainable Homes Action Group will host a talk about Energy Efficient Lighting on Thursday 9th June at 7pm.
Photo by Austin Neill on Unsplash
Thinking about getting a solar system or battery storage at your home or business? This community meeting organised by the MASH team aims to provide information to help you decide what’s right for you.
(Image: Bill Mead via Unsplash)
Eliminating gas as a fuel in your home is an important change for a sustainable future.
Moonee Valley City Council is hosting a free webinar, presented by Jeremy Spencer of Positive Footprints, to help you learn more about how and when to transition away from gas.
Check out properties from all around Australia in a virtual event organised by Renew … places we’d never dream of being able to get to in one day.
Homes will be presented from 12th September leading up to the main event on Sunday September 20th … an event like a virtual conference, with a range of presentation and “question and answer” sessions running concurrently.
Photo: O’Connor (ACT) dual occupancy, supplied by Renew
The Sustainable Homes Action Group, with support from the Renewable Energy Action Group, is planning a morning of retrofitting at the Woodend Neighbourhood House. We’ll be working on draughtproofing windows and doors and applying secondary glazing (a layer of Perspex inside the window glass as a DIY alternative to double glazing). Let us know if you’d like to join in, by email to susthomes@mrsg.org.au, by about 19th June, so we can organise teams mindful of social distancing requirements.
The WNH Winter Energy Improvement Project is supported by the Federal Government “Stronger Communities” Programme.
Heating and cooling accounts for about 40% of an average household’s energy use (maybe more in our chilly climate!), so improvements in efficiency are worth knowing about.
Join this free webinar on”Heat Pumps - Space Heating” presented by Tim Forcey of Renew, who knows the subject very well. You can read Tim’s bio on the registration page.
Image: Carlos Lindner on Unsplash
Kyneton Community House is running a workshop to show how to use essential oils to make your own beauty products that you can fill into your own containers (goodbye single-use plastic!).
Come along to this free and inspiring workshop aiming to help us all live a little more sustainably. This session will cover bottling, drying, spicing, pickling, preserving, freezing and more.
Find out how you can inform and guide local action on climate change, for the Woodend district, at this event run by Macedon Ranges Shire Council and facilitated by Amy and Gavin from Hip V. Hype Sustainability
Kyneton Community House is running a workshop to show how to use essential oils to make “low tox” cleaning products that you can fill into your own containers (goodbye single-use plastic!).
Introducing the high performance, comfort and energy standard of Passivhaus (Passive House) utilising five key principles for healthy and comfortable buildings using almost zero energy. This session is aimed at beginners, including design professionals, homeowners and those intrigued by the new design nomenclature.
The inaugural youth [15 -24yo] maintenance demonstration workshop will be Saturday morning, 15th February 2020 at Social Foundry workshops Kyneton.
