MRSG wants to know more about our members. We are working towards greater inclusivity and diversity in our policies, practices, activities and Vision. Please help us by completing this survey.
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Over $3000 has been raised for the Malmsbury CFA and Kyneton Caring Community Foodbank by selling fabric masks sewn by Sustainable Malmsbury volunteers at the Malmsbury Bakery.
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Malmsbury Primary School, with support from Sustainable Malmsbury volunteers and a grant from Macedon Ranges Shire Council, has reduced their annual electricity use from the grid by one third. Learn how you can do the same at your home or small business.
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Hot on the heels of the Neighbourhood House’s solar installation, we’re set to resume work on draughtproofing and secondary glazing works planned earlier this year.
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A massive 31 panel solar power system has been installed this week on the Woodend Neighbourhood House thanks to funding from the MASH community solar bulk-buy and Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group (MRSG).
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MRSG and Farmers’ Market Action Group are pleased to announce we have hired a New Market Manager.
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Have your say about Victoria’s container deposit scheme: complete the survey by Nov 30.
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The Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group is looking for a dynamic person who is passionate about quality local food production and sustainability.
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Expressions of interest are sought from people with an appropriate background and range of skills to assist REAG with the project.
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All twenty-one candidates for the upcoming Council elections for South, East, and West wards were invited to give responses to key survey statements and share their vision on sustainability. This is what they wrote. A big thank you to the fourteen candidates who provided responses.
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The Terracycle Community Collection Hubs at Woodend Library and Neighbourhood House will be reopening soon, but without coffee pods. Read more to find out what you can do if you have pods to recycle.
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New Victorian Prevention of Cruelty to Animals regulation (2019) to affect home fruit growers.
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As we have been unable to conduct our usual face to face meetings where we endeavour to assist beekeepers with tools and knowledge to effectively manage their hives as the seasons change, the WBFS leadership team have come together to conduct our meetings via Zoom video.
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WELL! After months in lockdown, the folks at Renew and a bunch of generous householders around Australia have delivered an “ace card”, producing a Sustainable House Day event that looks set to eclipse all the others. Photo: Elemental House, High Camp, Vic, supplied by Renew
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Thanks to grants from Bank Australia and Central Victoria Greenhouse Alliance/MASH and local leg-work from MRSG’s Sustainable Malmsbury action group the Malmsbury Fire Brigade will no longer have to worry about power outages during the bushfire season.
Read MoreGiven the unprecidented times with Covid restrictions we have come up with some exciting and creative changes for the 2020 festival.
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It’s hard to believe but exploration drilling is being undertaken in the Wombat State Forest on the edge of the Blackwood township.
You might want to support this petition below that calls on the State Government to ban all mineral exploration and mining in the Wombat State Forest and to cease all current exploration activities.
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We are pleased to announce that the MRSG trialling a Proof of Concept for Farmers' Market Online, which will offer a direct link between local producers and shoppers and will operate in complement to the Woodend Farmers' Market. Farmers' Market Online is a social enterprise with all proceeds going directly to the farmers, producers, and volunteer organisations that assist.
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The Terracycle Collection Trolleys are back from June 9th. Please check with the Library and Neighbourhood House for opening times and access protocols.
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Many families in the Macedon Ranges depend on farmers’ markets for their livelihood. In the interest of supporting local food producers and farmers and enabling residents to buy food during this critical time, the Woodend Community Farmers’ Market will continue to be held throughout the COVID-19 crisis on the first Saturday of each month, 9am to 1pm, at the corner of High and Forest Streets, Woodend, albeit in a drastically changed format and notwithstanding further advice from government authorities.
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