Newham CFA brigade are grateful beneficiaries of a 5kW solar power system installation thanks to a grant from MRSG’s Renewable Energy Fund.
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Australia Energy Foundation (AEF) have just completed the public engagement phase of MRSG’s Neighbourhood Battery Initiative (MR-BIG).
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MRSG’s Renewable Energy team is involved in a project exploring the feasibility of neighbourhood batteries in the Macedon Ranges. Watch the video below to learn more about neighbourhood batteries and how they could be effective in our transition to green renewable energy.
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Calling all members keen to chat with others about building and renovating experiences in the Macedon Ranges. and interested in creating a forum for exchange!
(Image: Redd via Unsplash)
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With increasing COVID-19 cases in our region, Malmsbury has rekindled their Coronavirus Community Support Project
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Our new website, Get to Know Your Grower is an interactive site that allows you to easily search growers, producers, farmgates, cafes and restaurants to help you find and include more veg into your diet.
As an MRSG member, we are giving you early access to the site before it is officially launched in February.
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A very effective partnership between More Australian Solar Homes (MASH) and MRSG has resulted in a 10kW PV solar system being installed on another community building in the Macedon Ranges.
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As part of its MR-BIG project, the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group would like to engage the local community in determining preferences for the uses and possible ownership models of community batteries in the Macedon Ranges.
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The 6th edition of home sustainability guide “Your Home” has recently been released. In addition to the softcover book and website familiar to its current fan-base, a limited edition hardback version of the book has been published.
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Recycle old plastic, metal and plush toys at Big W Bendigo or Echuca
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In August this year, the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group (MRSG) was successful in securing a significant grant in the Victorian Government’s Neighbourhood Battery Initiative.
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Veg Action, a group of the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group, have been awarded grant funds through Macedon Ranges Shire Council Community Grants Scheme, to run the Plant Positive Food Service Awards in summer 2022.
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The installation of a network of 20 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations across 17 sites from Melbourne to Mildura, including Woodend and Kyneton, is in its final phase.
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Want a cooler home this summer and to cut down on bills?
Come along to this free webinar to learn about easy, cost-effective ways you can make your home cool and efficient
To raise funds for the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group, the REAG group have “struck a deal” with a local wine producer, Blackhill Road Co-Operative, headed by REAG member Henry Laas. They have put forward a part of their Chardonnay harvest from 2020 that was bottled recently to sell to MRSG members at a reduced price and give a generous donation of $5 per bottle purchased to MRSG for project funding.
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Macedon Ranges residents will receive complimentary advice on PV solar systems and energy efficiency, as well as an opportunity to purchase solar and battery storage systems through carefully selected and vetted suppliers. This is thanks to a new partnership between Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group (MRSG) and the Australian Energy Foundation.
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Sustainable Malmsbury is excited to be hosting these new workshops on making soaps and natural cosmetics, pruning, grafting and budding fruit trees. Tickets are selling fast. Don’t miss out!
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MRSG’s Sustainable Homes action group has just completed a project to reduce the energy for winter heating at Woodend Neighbourhood House funded by the Stronger Communities Programme from the Federal government.
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Latest update on the Community Energy Park in the Macedon Ranges
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Several conditions and events in recent years have intersected to bring us to a moment of change regarding the future of the Woodend Permaculture Garden.
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