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Our aim is to help the community understand the challenge of climate change and global warming, and to provide information and support to encourage grass roots action in response to the global crisis facing us all. We are a group of concerned individuals on the far south coast of New South Wales volunteering our time and effort to address climate change. Bega, Eurobodalla and Snowy River Shires have adopted local targets of 50% energy reduction and 50% renewable energy by 2020. Voluntary working groups will help us achieve these targets.
Our tactics:
Think Tank
- generate ideas, proposals, policies on community-owned clean energy actions

Engage People
- provide opportunities for people from all walks of life to lend an hand in making a difference on climate change

Awareness
- promote high profile symbolic events that raise the profile of climate change and encourage positive change

Information
- produce regular articles and interviews for local newspapers and radio, encourage public forums, debates and talks at schools

Funding
- support relevant organisations and community partnerships to pursue funding options for clean energy projects


5050 by 2020 Action Plan

Action-Plan.pdf

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Action_Plan_Summary.doc

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Action_Plan-updated_July.doc

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Resolution

We the people of the Bega Valley support the objective of meeting a target of a reduction in our energy use by 50% and generation of 50% clean energy by the year 2020 in order to tackle climate change.
Further, we request that the Bega Valley Shire Council commit to working with the community to meet these targets and to establish a working group with the aim of reducing greenhouse emissions within the Shire. The working group will report back to the community within 6 months.

Clean Energy Action Plan

After six months work, the Clean Energy Action Plan - Towards 50/50 by 2020 in the Bega Valley Shire has been released to the community.

Produced by the seven member Clean Energy Working Group, it makes urgent recommendations for actions needed to turn our 50/50 by 2020 targets into reality, highlighting some exciting possibilities for Bega Valley Shire.

Initial feedback has been extremely positive, with other communities and shires keen to use the report as a model for their own action plans. Helpful criticism has also been gratefully received, highlighting areas for further work and ways of communicating better.

See the Action Plan above

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