Solar my School Launches in Southern Highlands Marnee Harlor and Cecilia Kemp (Wingecarribee Shire Council), Carisa Wells (RDASI) , Jodie Savage (SmS), Camilla Staff (RDASI), Anthony Weinberg and Nicola Saltman (SmS) Regional Development Australia Southern Inland (RDASI) has partnered with Solar my School (SmS) and Wingecarribee Shire Council to facilitate the installation of solar on […]
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What the WinZero Team Members have Achieved so far. The Decision to Pursue Charitable Status As an organisation run by volunteers, with a membership full of volunteers, we all know the one thing stopping us from putting many of our plans into action – is money. Enthusiasm, blood, sweat and tears simply doesn’t cut it.
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WinZero November Roundup Creating Awareness PechaKucha 2020 Congratulations to all the speakers at PechaKucha 2020 event at The Farm Club in Werai. Especially our WinZero heroes Kirstine, Rob and Ian Hasslacher. More members signed up as a result! Kirstine Lumb-McKay spoke about your self-sustainable Life at Greenlaw Rob Skinner – Landscape Regeneration – A way out of
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WSC Climate Change Advisory Panel In February 2020, the Wingecarribee Shire Council passed the motion to declare a Climate Emergency, and a forum was to be created where the community would be given a voice in the matter. Councillor Larry Whipper has been instrumental in getting this off the ground. Creating the concept of the
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WinZero is very excited to be supporting the expansion and networking of community gardens throughout our Shire as part of the community drive towards net zero emissions. Growing our own food reduces food miles and therefore our carbon footprints, and creates a healthy and increasingly important food resilience within our communities. COVID 19 has awakened
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For those of us concerned about the environment, it’s been a pretty rough time of late. America’s secession from the Paris Accord, and Australia’s insistence on pursuing a gas led recovery out of the pandemic, for example, are just two decisions where common sense and economics appear to have been sidelined. And yet, there has
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Largest Green Stimulus in History approved by EU, along with protection against Greenwashing of funds. An example for the world, for sure….
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Recently, in the Mt Gibraltar Reserve, protectors of the native environment were distressed to see that a well-meaning soul has mistakenly pulled out a whole spread of the native daisy, Senecio lautus . The mistake almost certainly came about because this Senecio species is very similar in appearance to the rapid spreader, Fire Weed –
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Planting for a wet spring – A quick guide to selection of natives for poorly drained areas on farms and in the garden According to the Bureau of Meteorology, there’s a more than reasonable chance that a La Nina event will happen this coming spring. La Nina is associated with wetter than normal conditions across eastern and
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WinZero would like to announce that another group in the Southern Highlands has joined as a community alliance. Wombatised has over 160 members who care for the rescue and release of wombats. If you find an injured wombat you can contact Wombatised on the numbers below. Please respect our wildlife and drive slowly on
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