The number of residential solar installations in Mount Alexander Shire is now increasing at a much faster rate than in Australia overall. According to the Hub Foundation’s chair, Neil Barrett, “In the two years to December 2015, the number of solar installations in the Shire jumped by 42%, compared with the national increase of only […]
$600,000 in Solar Grants for Community Groups
If you are involved in a community group, now is your chance to get a solar PV system on your building paid for by the Federal Government. Grants of up to $20,000 per community building are available to eligible community groups in Mount Alexander Shire, Macedon Ranges Shire and Sunbury. Groups need to be using […]
MASH2 Gets Out and About in Macedon Ranges
What better gift to give yourself, your family and the planet this Christmas than a solar panel system? That’s the thinking of the team behind MASH2, the community solar bulk-buy project that’s already installed over 350 homes in the area. And that’s why they’ve decided to reach out to the people of Macedon Ranges with […]
Hub Foundation’s plans (some of them) for 2016…
The Hub Foundation’s Jo Kaptein gave some clues about the organisation’s plans for 2016 in a Vox Pop interview published in the Castlemaine Mail on Friday 27 November 2015. Solar will continue to be a big focus of the Foundation’s work in 2016 with projects to provide more solar for low income and homeless people, […]
Over 200 Sign Petition at Castlemaine Climate Rally
A heart-warming sight at the Castlemaine Climate Rally on Sunday 29 November was the steady queue of people waiting to sign a petition to Premier Daniel Andrews calling for practical action on climate change. Over 200 locals and visitors signed the 5 metre-long scroll calling for a Victorian Renew Energy Target of 30% by 2020, closure of the Hazlewood power […]
Flannery event raises $10,200 for local groups and Climate Council
Local sustainability groups, the homeless and the Climate Council will share the $10,200 profits raised from the Tim Flannery evening held in Castlemaine in September. Mt Alexander Sustainability Group (MASG), The Growing Abundance Project, 350.org Castlemaine and the Hub Foundation will have $7,000 between them; the Climate Council will receive $2,000. In addition, $1,200 will […]
