Expressions of Interest: Household Renewable Sustainability Education and Information Project

Background

Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group (MRSG) through its Renewable Energy Action Group (REAG) has successfully applied for a $5.5k from the Macedon Ranges Shire Council for a project to collect and make available to the Shire community information on household sustainability. MRSG will add $2k to the project budget for a total of $7.5k.  The information will be collected and made available in online resources and through a community engagement program.

Project Details

This project aims to:

  • Make available to local residents and businesses a range of quality, easily accessible, locally applicable information relating to sustainable homes, renewable energy and energy efficiency.

  • Engage with local residents to promote these areas of sustainability.

  • Contribute to an increase in the sustainability and energy efficiency of households in the Macedon Ranges, and an increase in the uptake of renewable energy.

  • Build MRSG, and its action groups, as a reliable partner/consultant in these areas.

Expressions of Interest

To achieve these aims the Renewable Energy Action Group are interested in external support for the following tasks:

  • Collation of relevant information from a range of sources.  With a focus on locally applicable information.

  • Creation of an engagement plan to ensure this information is communicated widely and efficiently to residents of the Macedon Ranges.

  • Creation of a specific social media communication plan.

  • Website design, including integration into the existing MRSG website.

Expressions of interest are sought from people with an appropriate background and range of skills to assist REAG with the project - one or all of the components outlined above.
Further details can be provided by, and expressions of interest and lodged with Project Coordinator Ben Cumming on ben.m.cumming@gmail.com  0490 023 301‬

Projects, Renewable EnergyDavid Gormley-O'Brien