Come and join us on Tuesday 5th September from 9:30am to 11:30am at Phillip Island Community & Learning Centre (PICAL) and find out 'how' we can electrify everything! Check out the excellent presenters we've got lined up:
Get your free tickets now and bring your family and friends! Looking forward to seeing you all there! NAB climate action by Joey ThompsonRebelling against the status quo, defying the power of greedy corporations like NAB, us students, along with adult helpers, 40 strong gathered a the local park, ready to take on the National Australia bank, and Whitehaven Coal. We were ready, but turns out NAB was too, as we prebriefed in the park, our scouts informed us that NAB had hired not one, not two, but three security guards to scare us away (I wonder how much money they spent on that?). And scared we were scared, but onward we went, combined voices crying 'NAB, Move Beyond Coal!'. NAB was entertained by our lively crowd with our speeches, our songs, our chants and, of course, our humble chalking. All in all, a very successful action down in Wonthaggi, paying the Big 4 a visit about they're climate policies. Lots of epic people, community support, and peaceful disruption to the service of the bank. Hopefully there's somebody at NAB doing a lot of paperwork for hiring three security guards. Enjoy the photography UPDATE: We won our national campaign!! Our people powered movement stopped 1 Billion dollars of finance for WHitehavens irresponsible coal expansion - watch our celebration video to share the excitement: https://www.instagram.com/p/CuyEb8_tcUC/ HESC Project action: After our successful NAB campaign, our Move Beyond Coal and School Strike 4 Climate group jumped straight into the new local campaign to stop the new proposed HESC coal project in gippsland. This project will extend the life of Latrobe valley coal, and is entirely for export to Japan. It doesn't make any sense for our climate, or our community. If a petition reaches 10,000 signatures, the project must be debated in parliament. We will be outside of the Wonthaggi Library, and Jordan Crugnale's office on the 1st of September From 4-5pm to protest this project, and get signatures on the petition. We'd love for you to join us! RSVP here: https://www.movebeyondcoal.com/locals_say_no_to_the_dirty_hesc_coal_project Can't make it to the action? Sign and share the petition on this link: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/view-sign-e-petitions/details/12/508 TRPI has a new partner! Phillip Island Community Orchard (PICO)pictured from left to right: Lauretta Zilles (Secretary PICO), Mary Whelan (TRPI Chair) and Annette Mackenzie (President PICO) PICO article in Diggers Club 26 July 2023: As you enter the Phillip Island Community Orchard (PICO), nestled in behind a border of native trees in the residential area of Wimbledon Heights, the verdant growth of established fruit trees and shrubs interspersed with herbs and flowering plants greets you. It then opens up into a spacious area divided into vegetable garden plots and service area with a meeting hut, tool shed and composting bays – and more often than not, a few gardeners can be spoiled working amid the foliage. The Community Orchard was established in 2013 in partnership with Westernport Water and the support of local groups, including Bass Coast Landcare, Phillip Island Nature Parks and Bass Coast Shire Council. The orchard site, centrally located on the Island, is owned by Westernport Water whose nearby water treatment plant provides Class A Recycled Water which is used to irrigate the garden. Ten years on, PICO has a wonderful array of over 150 fruit, citrus and nut trees, vines and berries, as well as vegetable plots which are all thriving in the temperate island conditions. The orchard trees include varieties such as: multi-grafted apples, pears and nashis; peaches, apricots and plums; oranges, limes and mandarins; avocados, feijoas and pomegranates; mulberries, loganberries and kiwi fruits to name just a few! The fruit and nut groves and vegetable gardens operate on the philosophy of organic and sustainable growing, incorporating the principles of permaculture. There are currently around 60 active members who are committed to attending at least three working bees each year to help maintain the orchard as part of their membership obligations. Beehives have recently been added to the complex, managed by a local enthusiast. With a variety of herbs and flowers planted in the garden plots and amongst the orchard trees, the bees are lured to the blooms and actively enhance the pollination rate of the fruits and vegetables also. A border of indigenous and native bushfood plants create windbreak protection from the strong south- westerlies as well as providing a natural habitat for native birdlife. The birds also assist with keeping insects and pests in check together with companion planng and natural, organic methods of weed and pest control. PICO meets on the fourth Saturday of the month for working-bees, holds quarterly educational talks and workshops and has an annual harvest festival in autumn each year amongst other activities and events. The Orchard will soon be opening its gates to members of the public wanting to visit once a month (on its monthly working bee days) and encourages participation from the broader community in its workshops and special events (stay in touch via our Facebook page). We welcome new members and invite other community gardens and interested groups to visit (by prior appointment). Get in touch via email [email protected], our website or Facebook Carbon Farming update from Bimbadeen FarmCarbon sequestration in the soil at last testings continue to increase improving production and water retention. This may prove beneficial in a hotter, drier year forecast. We have just concluded a Legal Document and Offset Certificate for Dineamic Australia Pty Ltd from our M paddocks, expiring on the 1st October 2024. Dineamic were the first Company to Offset their GHG Emissions from carbon sequestration in the soils of Bimbadeen, in 2018/19, and will continue to do so while we remove CO2e.
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