Thermal imaging cameras detect areas of heat loss and unwanted heat gain, and allow you to make changes, many of them low or no cost, that will make your home more comfortable and save energy and money.
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Tips for our region for ripening those last tomatoes, planting garlic and more
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The IPCC Working Group III report, in addition to highlighting the urgency of the situation and the dire consequences of ignoring climate change mitigation, gives the world’s policymakers options. The following four options are estimated to have the most potential to reduce net emissions by 2030,
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Don’t panic and pull out your tomato plants just yet, sowing green manure and cold season veggies, fruit tree care. Jobs to do in the garden now in our region…
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A few weeks ago, the IPCC released a report titled, “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability“. Even though the report focuses on impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptive practices on a global scale, I have tried to derive some adaptation principles that could be applied to the Macedon Ranges.
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Growing tomatoes, brassicas, root crops and managing those pests and diseases. Jobs to do in the garden now in our region…
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Did you know that 90% of homes in high risk areas are not resilient to bushfire, putting lives, homes and livelihoods at unacceptable risk?
Would you like to learn more about upgrading your home for bushfire resilience?
(Image: Jen Theodore via Unsplash)
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Time for mulching, pumpkin care and hand pollination….Read on for gardening tips for our region
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Tomato care, growing salad greens and netting fruit trees….Read on for gardening tips for our region
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Wow this wintery weather has set back our summer veggies but it is all systems go in the veggie garden. Plant, plant, plant! Read on for this month’s gardening tips for our region…
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Geoffrey Murray, MRSG committee member and EO of the local Victorian Regional Recyclers, is conducting a trial with the Macedon Ranges Shire Council in the recycling of soft plastics. The following is from the Council’s press release.
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As you read through the incredible list of achievements by MRSG’s many action groups in the past 12 or 18 months you could be forgiven for under-estimating the tremendous difficulties under which many of these achievements took place
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Resilience. It’s a word we’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years and lately, reflecting on the Covid pandemic and the June storms, I’ve been considering the role of our homes in resilience: How do our homes contribute to our resilience? What makes a home resilient? And how does that relate to sustainability?
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Duang shares the inspiring story (and Recipe) behind her carrot and chickpea Makhani - a fusion dish born from lunches with Tamil refugee and friend, Raj, and meeting Alice Zaslavsky at the Bendigo Writer’s Festival.
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October is really the start of true spring in the Macedon ranges. Read on for this month’s gardening tips for our region…
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Spring has sprung in the Macedon Ranges! Read on for handy gardening tips for our region…
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Home energy saving tips such as stopping draughts, LED lighting, heating, windows, energy monitoring, insulation, motion sensor lights, standby power and solar PV.
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This is a list of Australian seed sources, all of these businesses provide some locally grown seed as a minimum; some franchise the growing of some seed and some will import seed to expand their offerings.
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With the cost of energy increasing it makes sense to be energy efficient. There are many simple ways you can be more energy efficient at home, reduce your power bills and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Transport Action Group (a recently formed sub-group within the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group - MRSG) advocates for sustainable transport solutions for the whole community. We are guided by the latest industry, scientific and governmental reports on sustainability, health and safety.
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