Update - Terracycle at the Woodend Farmer's Market
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Australians get through 273000 tonnes of tissue products each year, which is mostly virgin fibre. Cotton hankies save waste, energy, water and your nose!
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On March 17th and 24th, the Woodend Bee-Friendly Society recently ran their very first New Beekeepers Course led by the leadership group as opposed to outsourcing to other educators/beekeepers.
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In a long awaited announcement at the Sustainable Living Festival, the State Government through Mary-Anne Thomas MP has exempted our proposed community energy park from the current ban on wind power in the Macedon Ranges Shire.
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The chickens in our permaculture precinct perform an important function: they attack pests, weeds and disease in situ. Foraging under our fruit trees the chickens transform grubs, weeds, fallen fruit, lunchbox ‘gifts’ from the kindergarten next door and herbal ‘peck’ to a nitrogen rich deposit amongst the deep litter of the orchard mulch creating a slow release fertiliser.
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An active composting system allows us to continue the nutrient cycle of our gardening enterprise, closing the loop on waste creation by managing our organic waste on-site. We also avoid the introduction of external pests and disease into our growing system.
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Riddell’s Creek Seed Savers (RCSS) is a group of home gardeners dedicated to preserving traditional, non-hybrid, open-pollinated food seed varieties which do well in the Macedon Ranges.
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Riddell’s Creek Seed Savers (RCSS) is a group of home gardeners dedicated to preserving traditional, non-hybrid, open-pollinated food seed varieties which do well in the Macedon Ranges.
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Growing plants and vegetables in a hot, dry climate? After the recent hottest days ever recorded we wonder how our edible gardens will survive.
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*NEW at the Waste Action stall! Collecting mailing satchels for Terracycle.
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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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