A community at work
March 31st, 2009 — community organising, events
Creating sustainable communities beyond oil dependency
An information / discussion night with local community groups (South Hobart Sustainable Community, West Hobart Environment Network and Waterworks Valley Community).
7pm
Tuesday, 7 April
At 71 Murray Street (above EcoHaven)
All welcome
March 29th, 2009 — events
Thank you, thank you to all those who helped make the Fair a success.
(Photo: Karen Brown)
Special thanks to Amanda Sully and friends who dealt with all the logistics. And to everyone else who contributed in all of your various roles. It could have been chaos. Hope you all had a great day.
March 29th, 2009 — community organising, events
7.30pm
Wednesday
8th April
at 195 Waterworks Rd
(Carol and Chris’s)
March 28th, 2009 — solar
Our sister group, South Hobart Community, has taken a cue from Waterworks Valley Solar Project and is now offering a bulk purchase deal on both solar hot water and solar power (photovoltaic).
Now is the time to go solar power before federal rebates change mid-year. You can register an interest on their website.
March 28th, 2009 — community organising, food + gardens, solar
Click HERE to hear it.
March 27th, 2009 — classifieds
My name is Luke O’Brien, and my partner Midori and I have lived in Waterworks community for the past 4 years.
We run a tour guiding business for Japanese visitors, and we are looking for families in Hobart that would be interested in hosting a student from Japan for short periods. The students would be here to study English and experience family-life in a different culture to their own.
The host family would receive a weekly payment in return for meals and a room for the duration of the stay, and as we live in the street we are close by if any issues pop up during the stay.
Anyone interested in registering can contact us at 6224 6618 or email us or leave a comment below.
Thanks very much, Luke & Midori at 1 / 182
March 27th, 2009 — community organising, events
WATERWORKS HARVEST FAIR SUNDAY 29TH 2-5PM
To Celebrate Opportunities of a Simpler Life
Fresh produce and preserves, kids’ games, sustainability initiatives, sausage/ tofu sizzle, and fire engine all part of inaugural Harvest Fair
Hundreds of people are expected to attend Sunday’s Waterworks Harvest Fair to enjoy fresh locally-grown produce and preserves, sustainable community initiatives, and fun activities for kids.
March 25th, 2009 — community organising, energy saving
Here in the Waterworks valley we have a community dedicated to sustainable living.
Having dealt with a range of practical issues, such as energy audits of housing, solar hot water, community gardens and so forth, it has become evident that we could do useful work to understand on barriers that prevent people from reducing their footprint (responding to climate change).
To do this we are applying for a Climate Connect grant through the state climate change office. (Approved in April 2009)
March 21st, 2009 — community organising, events
IMPORTANT INFO FOR ALL!!!!!
WELL… the Inaugural Waterworks Harvest Fair is taking OFF!!! We have 20 stalls, 10 workshops & 6 fabulous main stage acts with music, dancing, singing & circus. It’s 2 – 5 pm next Sunday (29th).
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March 14th, 2009 — community organising, events
The Harvest Fair will be displaying / selling preserves that have been made by residents of our valley.
So if you have any jams, pickles, bottled fruit etc that you would like the opportunity to share, please email me so that I can co-ordinate a ‘fruitful’ display. You are welcome to sell any excess you may have or to simply help us showcase the fruits of our labour.