A huge thank you to all those who came to lend a hand last Saturday 6th March for the Tree Planting event as part the enhancement to the Weeping Lilly Pilly Restoration Project at Frank Robinson Park. The day was a great success with about 45 people attending and the first 350 of 5000 plants going in. The day was made possible with support from Landcare, funding for the plants from Greater Bank, Council and of course some very dedicated volunteers.
Here are some photos. Stay tuned for more action at the Park including another planting day for a further 250 plants before the end of April (the remaining 4400 plants will go in over the next two years). A brainstorming and planning session for the proposed roadside reserve is also in the works.
The enthusiasm for CORE (Community Owned Renewable Energy) continued on Saturday 25th August with 31 people gathering over afternoon tea at the Uniting Church Hall to discuss their visions for energy generation in the shire in the next 20 years. Participants proposed such visions as “a carbon neutral town, community energy security, pride of ownership, access to all, and reinvesting in community”. And they envisioned a great range of project ideas, including: bulk buy & sell solar concepts, bio-energy using waste from the tip and timber mills; and pumped hydro. Some of the district’s past energy generation was mentioned as inspiration – did you know a hydro plant on the Williams River at the old butter factory in Dungog was used to create electricity in the 1930s?
The meeting followed the success of the CORE expert panel discussion held in National Science Week in mid August. Further workshops are planned.
SWV Inc and the Paterson Allyn Williams Science Hub held an event on Community Owned Renewable Energy (CORE) as part of National Science Week which generated enthusiastic support from the community. A follow up meeting to allow interested parties to continue the discussion was scheduled.
Meeting Details:
3pm – 5pm, Saturday, 25th August 2018
Uniting Church Hall, 246 Dowling St, Dungog
Refreshments provided
There will be an opportunity to meet and get to know other interested community members, discuss the vision for community owned renewable energy generation in Dungog Shire as well as any ideas you have for CORE Projects. For those of you who couldn’t make it to the Science Week CORE event but have expressed interest then we can also provide a recap of the presentations given.
SWV Inc and the Paterson Allyn Williams Science Hub held an event on Community Owned Renewable Energy (CORE) as part of National Science Week which generated enthusiastic support from the community. A follow up meeting to allow interested parties to continue the discussion was scheduled.
