environment
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Early green learning
Pupils from three learning centres have spent the past month helping to clean up Wyndham’s natural environment. Each Thursday during October, youngsters from Sparrow Early…
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Food waste for thought
Sunbury Primary School pupils are doing their bit for the environment. School volunteer De’arne Houston said a Gardening Australia segment inspired them to start their…
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Creative fun in the bag
Sunbury school kids are tapping into their creative talents while doing their bit for the environment. Goonawarra Primary School prep to grade 2 pupils have…
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Free garden club for children in Sunbury
Greenthumb Lina Schiafone runs a free garden club for children in Sunbury. The grandmother teaches children how to tend a vegetable garden and how to…
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Forum to focus on protection
Macedon Ranges guardians will have their concerns about the protection of one of the state’s most significant natural environments addressed when they meet Planning…
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Secret Rock gig sparks outrage
Macedon Ranges council has been slammed for allowing British musician Ed Sheeran to stage a private concert on Hanging Rock. Sheeran, 25, has staged…
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Basics for a better world shared
Discovering, debating and delving into sustainable technologies and lifestyles will be the focus of next month’s Macedon Ranges Sustainable Living Festival. The free community fiesta…
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Windfarm back on the agenda
A windfarm in the Macedon Ranges could be another step closer as lobby groups join a statewide conversation on the future of green energy projects.…
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Cheaper, greener living
Interest free loans on renewable energy systems are helping to get Macedon Ranges residents living greener. The new funding initiative, by the Macedon Ranges…
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Calls for interest-free solar scheme
The creation of an interest-free loan scheme to help Macedon Ranges ratepayers switch to solar power could revolutionise the area’s approach to energy use, according…
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Green team to target Kismet Creek
A popular spot beside Sunbury’s Kismet Creek will be spruced up as part of World Environment Day this Sunday. People are urged to put on…
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Council slams EPA levy spending
Macedon Ranges council will investigate ways to address inequity in environmental funding after councillors expressed concerns about the way the state government is spending money…
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