We’re getting ready to launch a speaker program for 2019. Based on feedback from last year’s survey, the first cab off the rank will be retrofitting insulation to homes.
We’d like your suggestions about what to include or who to invite as speakers.
Read MoreWelcome to 2019 everybody. The Community Garden Group is in a flurry of activity in an effort to be perfect for the Macedon Ranges Sustainable Living Festival this year. We are welcoming a new face amongst our regular volunteers, Robin Phillips. Robin will be particularly helping with some of the handyman aspects of the backyard garden space, most urgently repairs to our wonderful chicken coop which suffered a fox incursion recently.
Read MoreThere’s an app for that! New Waste and Recycling info app aims to make sorting the rubbish a whole lot simpler.
Read MoreFollowing up the excellent sessions on Sustainable Design held last year, Council is planning to run a series of presentations on Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency, commencing in February.
Sustainable Design Officer, Felicity Houghton, is looking for some good local examples of completed retrofits, and some challenges needing solutions, to include in the presentations.
Read MoreThe MRSG VEG group has kick started its newsletter series for 2019 which goes out to one hundred of MRSG’s members. Yes that is a lot of people wanting More Veg, More Often in their diet.
Read MoreThe Woodend Farmer’s Market is on again this Saturday 5th January and you can expect some crazy delicious delights at the MRSG M.R. VEG stall.
Read MoreMRSG’s Renewable Energy Action Group (MRREAG) has been working on our vision for a Community Energy Park and have intensified our efforts as a result of the encouragement we have had from Mary Anne Thomas MP and other members of the state government following the recent election.
Read MoreThere is a lot of misinformation in social media about the proposed changes to state and national parks in our region. If you are wanting to understand the draft proposal for the Macedon-Wombat block, especially the changes in park use, see http://www.veac.vic.gov.au/investigation/central-west-investigation
Read MoreSunday September 15 has been announced as the date for Sustainable House Day 2019. Mark it in your diary and check back here for updates.
Read MoreThe Woodend Permaculture Garden recently has received a large boost in honeybee pollination services from the Woodend Bee-Friendly Society.
Read MoreOur last Woodend Bee Friendly Society meeting for the year hummed along beautifully today (18th November) with the room jam packed with 70 pople like a hive about to swarm.
Read MoreWaste Action Campaigns in 2019
Read MoreThe Woodend Community Farmers Market is delighted to welcome Katherine Bishop as the new Farmers Market Manager.
Read MoreThere are plenty of changes presently taking place in the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group. MRSG’s new leaders of Waste and Vegetarian action groups, and new vice-president and president.
Read MoreSustainable homes don’t cost the earth! A quick look at the high-tech products available to create eco-friendly homes would suggest that you need plenty of the folding stuff to live well, and that’s not the reality for most of us.
As a follow up to Sustainable House Day I want to issue a challenge: how can we make our homes more environmentally friendly, cheaper to run and more comfortable to live in – for just $50?
Read MoreResidents will soon be able to place fruit and vegetable waste into green garden bins following Council’s approval of an expansion of the garden waste service.
Read MoreNew Gisborne Primary School will soon have important new works undertaken, thanks to the Andrews Labor Government and the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group
Read MoreDid you know that reducing your meat and dairy intake may be the most effective way you can act to stop the impending climate disaster?
MRSG VEG group members Heather and Suzanne will be at the MRSG tent at this Saturday’s Farmer’s Market to discuss everything you need to know to get started on a plant-rich diet.
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