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Tread Lightly Festival

chris-195 — Tue, 11 May 2010 07:21:40 +0000

If not us, then who?
If not here, then where?
If not now, then when?

Over the last two years in the middle of winter, thousands of Tasmanians chose to spend a day outside learning more about how to live a sustainable life.

This is a very popular event. It’s on again on June 6th, so put it in your diary now.

Click HERE to see details.

Home Energy workshops

chris-195 — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:12:28 +0000

Dates for these are as follows: All start at 7.30pm.

102 Waterworks Rd Mon May 3
414a Strickland Ave, Wed May 5
152 Waterworks Wed May 12
14b Livingston Wed May 19
50 Bramble St Thurs May 20
195 Waterworks Rd May 24

Click on image to see details.

Please email us for queries.

Pics of the Fair

chris-195 — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:50:56 +0000

Here are some of Karen Brown’s colourful photos taken at this year’s Harvest Fair.

(You can click on the images to make then bigger)

Karen is an ace professional photographer and activist, if you ever need portrait or event photos click HERE to contact her.

Autumn planting in the garden

jonah-46 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:57:00 +0000

Here’s the planting layout for the community garden as of this week.
(Click on graphic to see it full size.)

Spud harvesting and more planting taking place this Saturday 20th (3pm on).

Jonah G @ 46.

Are you going…. to the Waterworks Fair?

amanda-144 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:21:36 +0000

ROLL UP, ROLL UP it’s Waterworks Harvest Fair time again!!!

Calling all you wonderful valley people who would like to help set up our second Harvest Fair about fun, food and sustainable living – it’s on Sunday March 28. Click HERE to see poster.

I am hostessing weekly morning teas (with scones) 10am at my house (144 Waterworks Rd) every Wednesday before the fair.

Amanda Sully (sully.amanda@gmail.com)

Please come if you are able to put in some real time and energy as we need your help!!!

It was such a lovely day last year and at least 50 fab locals helped pull it off with $1,200 raised that has set up the brilliant “Waterworks Community Garden”. Such structures as fences and a watering system was installed through the fair profits which is great and a special thanks to the generous Graddons!

We need people to suggest and coordinate all/any sorts of local produce, garden seedlings and crafts stalls, provide entertainment, resources, time and any ideas.

Please contact me if you are able to help, or I will see you at morning tea next Wednesday 24th at 10am!!

Lets prepare for harvest time!

Welcome

chris-195 — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:00:34 +0000

Hello, if you are new to this site and are a householder wishing to contact us about the Climate Connect Project please email us at wwvalley@dodo.com.au.

A dedicated website link (Powerdown Tasmania) has now been set up so that project participants can find out the latest and contribute to the program.

Meanwhile, please feel free to peruse this community site. Feedback always welcome.

Launch of our climate project

chris-195 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:30:11 +0000

Many thanks to Claudia and Jason and family for use of their home for the belated formal launch of our climate project on Sunday (August 30).

We were blessed with a brief break in the continuous wet weather (as NSW sizzles in mid-Summer temperatures, breaking all records for August).

Here is a replica of the little garden signs that participating households will be displaying in their front yards.

This comes with a commitment: to reduce the household’s carbon footprint by 5% minimum per year. We aim to do everything we can to ensure that this commitment can be easily met, and that task will keep us very busy for the coming year!

And thanks too to Nel Smit, a community representative on Tasmania’s Climate Action Council, who launched the project for us on Sunday.

These, slightly larger Climate Friendly – Street signs will be placed in strategic locations.

As the media release below suggest – we would love to see this signage take off and become replicated throughout the state as communities become empowered to turn their lives around for the sake of their children’s future.

MEDIA RELEASE

“Yes we can!” – Tasmanian Climate Challenge

A southern Tasmania community is challenging all Tasmanian householders to beat soaring energy costs by slashing their energy consumption.

Launching its state government funded ‘climate connect’ project, the Waterworks Valley Community says all householders can rise to the challenge and they can do it with a sense of fun.

Project coordinator Mr Chris Harries said rather than view the climate change crisis with despondency, Tasmanians should see the creation of a low-energy future as a living adventure and a personal challenge.

“Street-by-street, community-by-community, suburb-by-suburb members of the public can challenge each other to outperform everyone else. We have already seen some outstanding examples in every corner of our state.”

“Tasmanians can defy rising energy costs whilst helping the state reduce its carbon footprint”, Mr Harries said

The Waterworks community, working alongside business group EcoTasmania Inc, is conducting the pilot project in the South Hobart / Dynnyrne area to find out how households can overcome the barriers that prevent them from reducing their carbon footprints.

“We know that over 90 percent of the population is very concerned about climate change, but householders find themselves confronted by a range of psychological, practical and other barriers.”

Mr Harries said the Australian public is being inundated with well-intentioned advice on how to save energy but much of this effort is of little value because it has not taken into account the ‘drivers’ that motivate people to act on their concerns.

The project aims to use the information to assist communities throughout Tasmania overcome barriers to shrinking their collective carbon footprint.

Sustainable House Day

chris-195 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:03:55 +0000

Sustainable houses throughout Australia will be opening their doors for you to look inside on Sunday 13th September.

See the real benefits of sustainable housing up close. Learn what you can do with your own home. Meet the professionals and find out about useful products.

Check out the sustainable house day website for house locations in Hobart area. Admission to all houses is free.

A ‘must see’ film

chris-195 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:02:49 +0000

It’s been described as “the most successful dramatisation of climate change to hit the silver screen”

August 20 to August 30
State Cinema

From the Director of McLibel and the Producer of the Oscar-winning One Day in September.

This enormously ambitious drama-documentary-animation stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching ‘archive’ footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change while we had the chance?

Despite its negative backdrop, this is a very empowering film.

For other screening times see State Theatre Film Showings

Transition Towns training

chris-195 — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:39:14 +0000

The event we have been waiting for – learning all about Transition Communities.

This week-end training is an opportunity to find out how the Transition Towns movement has sprung up and how to apply the principles in our own communities. Don’t miss it.

It’s on week-end of 27th / 28th June 27.

Click HERE for more information. Limited spaces available so please think about booking early.