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‘A night of action on renewables’ shows keen community interest
Zero Emissions Byron hosted a ‘Night of Action on Renewables’ on August 31st, with an audience of more than 80 people who were all keenly interested in how we can develop renewables in our community. Keynote speaker Taryn Lane, a manager of Hepburn Wind, Australia’s first community-owned cooperative windfarm in Victoria, provided details of how…
April e-news
Autumn is known as the “transitional” season – a great time to reflect on the necessary changes underway in our community to create a safe future and safe climate. We extend our warmest wishes to everyone affected by the floods. As a community, we must adapt together to the challenges of climate change, and it was heartening…
June e-news
June events and updates
Sustainable House Day – introduces Flood Resilience as a category
This year’s Sustainable House Day is March 19 but check out the website here as there are a raft of resources permanently available plus a program of workshops that runs for a month after the 19th. All featured homes will have a video showing the elements of interest and owners will either open their doors …
Farmers’ questions answered about electric vehicles and tractors
Farmers for Climate Action and Solar Citizens teamed up on Thursday night at Blue Fattoria Farm outside Lismore to talk to local farmers about how electrifying transport can help stop climate change. Stuart Watson, a former Essential Energy engineer and owner of a solar company business in Port Macquarie spoke about his early efforts converting…
Good fire healthy country at Woodlands Community Byron Bay
From, Mark O’Connor, 1990. Fire-stick Farming: Selected Poems 1972-90, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, p. 132.