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.
Read MoreCalling all members keen to chat with others about building and renovating experiences in the Macedon Ranges. and interested in creating a forum for exchange!
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Read MoreWith increasing COVID-19 cases in our region, Malmsbury has rekindled their Coronavirus Community Support Project
Read MoreOur 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreRecycle old plastic, metal and plush toys at Big W Bendigo or Echuca
Read MoreIn August this year, the Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group (MRSG) was successful in securing a significant grant in the Victorian Government’s Neighbourhood Battery Initiative.
Read MoreVeg 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreWant 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.
Read MoreMacedon 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.
Read MoreSustainable 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!
Read MoreMRSG’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.
Read MoreLatest update on the Community Energy Park in the Macedon Ranges
Read MoreSeveral conditions and events in recent years have intersected to bring us to a moment of change regarding the future of the Woodend Permaculture Garden.
Read MoreAt the April meeting, the MRSG Committee approved the following Aboriginal Statement and Acknowledgement of Country.
Read MoreA joint project between Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group, Macedon Ranges Shire Council and local business, the Woodend Woodsman, during COVID lockdowns last year has resulted in a terrific Wash against Waste trailer which will go a long way in reducing disposable plastic waste at events and festivals in the Macedon Ranges.
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