Wash Against Waste at the SLF!
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Calling all members signed up for the Sustainable Homes Action Group! The MRSG Sustainable Living Festival organisers are looking for volunteers to help on the day, Saturday 2nd March.
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Promote sustainability in the Macedon Ranges with a MRSG T-shirt or peaked cap. All come with the MRSG logo and slogan ‘local actions - global change’. All merchandise is sourced from an ethical (non-sweatshop) provider.
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Why not try the VEG group’s NICE cream at the Farmer’s market on Saturday 2nd Feb?
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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.
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Welcome 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.
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There’s an app for that! New Waste and Recycling info app aims to make sorting the rubbish a whole lot simpler.
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Following 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.
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The 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.
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The 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.
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MRSG’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
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Sunday September 15 has been announced as the date for Sustainable House Day 2019. Mark it in your diary and check back here for updates.
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The Woodend Permaculture Garden recently has received a large boost in honeybee pollination services from the Woodend Bee-Friendly Society.
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Our 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.
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Waste Action Campaigns in 2019
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The Woodend Community Farmers Market is delighted to welcome Katherine Bishop as the new Farmers Market Manager.
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