Bendigo Sustainability Group

Celebrate the beginning of spring by bringing your family and friends to a tree planting and social day to be held on Saturday 4 September 2010 on the plains north of Bendigo - planting equipment, trees and guards are all ready to go! The event is run by the Loddon Plains Landcare Network (LPLN) comprising 13 Landcare and other Conservation groups across the region, supported by the BSG Biodiversity Action Gp. There are four planting sites prepared near Wedderburn, Serpentine, Jarklin and Durham Ox - all within 40 minutes of Bendigo.

This is a great opportunity to contribute, learn, get your hands dirty and most of all have fun.  There will be a celebration BBQ at the Powlett Plains Hall, near Serpentine at the end of the day. Buses are being made available from Bendigo if numbers are high enough. There is no cost to any urban Bendigo participants other than their own travel. If you are interested please email ASAP to either This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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The Aug '10 Paperless E-News is out now!

Over the last few months there have been some fantastic events and activities through the BSG such as the launch of Knotty Ladies, a session on Windows and Energy Savings, the rejuvenation of the Biodiversity Action Group, Conversations for Change events, the commencement of our Women in Sustainability Leadership Programme and increased efforts on advocacy and raising awareness just to name a few.  We hope you have been able to take part in some of these events and look forward to seeing you at many more of the events and activities coming up.  There's certainly something of interest for everyone! 

In addition to events and activities we have had some other exciting developments - new office, sponsorship and employment opportunities, changes to our committee and much much more.  Read the e-news for all the details!

Warm Regards, Karen Corr
BSG President

Craftin' our green future

Climate change challenges ask for solutions that are all stitched up

The BSG welcomes its Sustainable Craft Action Group! Like all good things it's taken us a while to get going, but now's the time to get involved..............

The Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance has  produced anonline tool for the Central Victorian region that allows you to plot your home or business green initiatives on a Google Earth satellite image.

Click to go to the Bendigo map (note there is now also a tab on the top menu) to see how our community is greening with take-up of sustainable energy and water use........and make sure you register your own sustainability initiatives!

This will be a useful way of visually understanding the success of the Solar Rooftops 100 program, of which at the end of October there had been 115 rooftop PV systems systems installed in total, of which 65 had the BSG nominated to receive a share of system RECs.