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On Monday, the Rudd government announced an emission reduction target of 5% by 2020. This is the rock bottom lowest target they could have set, and sends a clear message to the world that Australia will be a follower, not a leader on climate change. What ...[read the full article]
I had a grandfather I never met. Ron King (Sgt, AIF) died in 1946, of complications from malaria (contracted while fighting in PNG), and alcohol, because he knew he was terminal anyway. He left Nan with Mum (13) and Uncle Ted (10). Poor, ...[read the full article]
Sustain Magazine is about building sustainable communities - socially, economically and environmentally.
In this time of climate change, rising food and fuel costs we are able to look to our own communities for solutions. We are clever people and Sustain reflects what we are doing to share the practical solutions to the problems.
Sustain is our story. The world is watching.
Sustain is the local, full colour, 48 page journal for the South East region. 12,000 copies are distributed by hand to businesses and community groups throughout the region. Submit your events for the Regional Events Calendar editor@sustain.org.au
 - A mysterious Cooma water tank Oct 08
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At 11am on Saturday, December 6, schools, community groups and people of all ages gathered on Mollymook Beach to create a human sign forming the words ‘PEOPLE POWER’. The event, organised by the Shoalhaven Chapter of Clean Energy for Eternity, was an opportunity for the people of the Shoalhaven to show their support for renewable energy and to urge Council and community leaders to make decisions to encourage new ‘clean’ technologies. Over 500 people gathered on the beach. On the day, Shoalhaven City Council Mayor, Paul Green, announced $8000 of funding towards the Mollymook Lifesaving Energy project. Milton & Districts Community Bank have also contributed $6000 towards the project. Local renewable energy supplier, Barker Electrical/Sunlord Solar, has donated a wind turbine and will provide the solar system at a great price. The installation will happen in 2009 in conjunction with other building works on the surf club.
Clean Energy For Eternity have been involved in the construction of over 40 human signs, and there have been many other human signs around the country calling for action on climate change. We have learnt many lessons about the construction of large scale grass roots images, and would like to share ...[read the full article]
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It is the year 2020, and Eden-Monaro looks quite different to what it was in 2008.
There are some obvious big differences. There is a wind farm on the Monaro, quietly producing more than half of our regions electricity needs. With this wind farm alone, we h
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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.
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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