Community action/Victoria (Australia)

Victoria community action
Sustainability initiatives
- Live.org.au, Locals Into Victoria's Environment
- Mount Alexander Sustainability Group Inc.
Climate action
Lighter Footprints, local Climate Action Group
Community energy
Community Energy, information from Victoria State government, includes a "Guide to Community-Owned Renewable Energy for Victorians"
Maps: Wind energy in Victoria, 2010
Cycling activism
Wikipedia: Cycling in Victoria
Open spaces
South Surrey Park, site maintained by Friends of South Surrey Park, (Greenlivingpedia)
Wikipedia: Protected areas of Victoria: Victoria is the smallest mainland state in Australia. As of 2008 it contained 2,850 separate protected areas with a total land area of 39,273 square kilometres (15,163 sq mi) (17.26% of the state’s area). Of these, 45 were national parks, totalling 28,023 square kilometres (10,820 sq mi) (11.32% of the state’s area)
News and comment
2017
Monash to become Australia’s first 100 per cent renewable energy powered university, Oct 9 [1]
Victoria backs renewable energy community hubs with $900,000 investment, Apr 28 [2]
2014
Yarra City Council Becomes Australia’s 1st ‘One Planet Council’, September 3 [3]
Local communities in Community action/Victoria (Australia)
External links
- Wikipedia: Victoria (Australia), Aurora, Victoria
- Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance
- Sustainability Victoria, Victorian government statutory authority which delivers programs on integrated waste management and resource efficiency
- Environment, information from Yarra Council