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Growing community through social enterprise: the story of FoodLab Detroit
Are you a resident, community group, small business or entrepreneur interested in how social enterprise can enhance the health and wellbeing of communities?
Darebin Council and Sustain: The Australian Food Network present a free talk by Devita Davison, Executive Director of FoodLab Detroit. Devita will tell the inspiring story of how Foodlab Detroit has supported social enterprise to improve the health and social wellbeing of Detroit communities, and increase diversity and equity.
FoodLab Detroit is a membership-based non-profit organisation with a vision to use food as an economic engine, to form a supportive community of entrepreneurs and to make good food a reality for all Detroiters.
Devita will share the case studies of diverse groups of local entrepreneurs, the skills and confidence they've developed through the Foodlab Detroit program, and the challenges they have overcome to establish food businesses and grow a more equitable food supply which honours identity and culture.
When: 7 February 2019, 10.30am – 12pm
Where: Preston Shire Hall, 269-273 Gower St, Preston
This is a FREE event, but registrations are essential. Register your attendance here.
A light morning tea will be served.
Devita Davison at the Melbourne Food Hub
Devita will also be giving a free talk at the Melbourne Food Hub in Alphington, to coincide with the Alphington Farmers Market on Sunday 10 February, from 10am to 11am. Devita will be speaking to market attendees and Sustain: The Australian Food Network will share a brief overview of the Melbourne Food Hub and the food micro-enterprise mentoring program delivered with Melbourne Farmers Markets and Global Sisters
Local MP Ged Kearney will also present a Stronger Communities grant to support the hub’s planned community kitchen.
When: Sunday 10 February 2019, 10am – 11am
Where: Alphington Farmers Market, 2 Wingrove Street, Alphington
This is a FREE event but registrations are essential. Register your attendance here.
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Come and have your say - Donath and Dole Reserves Master Plan implementation
Saturday 16 February 2019, 10.00am-12.00pm
Dole Reserve, behind Keon Park Childrens' Hub, 1-7 Dole Avenue, Reservoir
Local residents are invited to give feedback and ask questions about the proposed wetland and stormwater harvesting system at Dole Reserve and new picnic area at Donath West Reserve in Reservoir.
Please join us at this consultation event to share your ideas and thoughts on both projects and pick up a free native plant for your garden!
If you are unable to make it to the session, you can find more information and leave your comments at www.yoursaydarebin.com.au/donathdolemasterplan
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A new vision for parking in Darebin
Council is developing a new parking strategy and we want your feedback on how parking in Darebin should be managed in the future.
Darebin's population is growing and space is limited, including road space for car parking. If we don't change our approach, Darebin will need to add 2.3 MCGs worth of car parking every 10 years. So we're developing a new parking strategy. It's along term, ambitious plan that will shape how our roads are used.
For more information and to have your say, visit www.yoursaydarebin.com.au/parkingstrategy
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Clean Up Australia Day
Sunday 3 March 2019
Dust off a pair of gloves and get amongst the action of Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday 3 March this year. Each year community volunteers are coming out in record numbers to clean up some of our most beloved locations such as Edwardes Lake, Darebin Creek, Merri Creek, local parks, bushland reserves and community centre surrounds.
Register your own clean-up site or volunteer at an existing clean-up site including Council’s own event at Edwardes Lake Park, Reservoir from 10.00am-12.30pm on Sunday 3 March.
For information and to register as a volunteer visit www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au
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Watch the Climate Emergency Conference presentations online!
Last year, Darebin Council presented the first-ever national climate emergency conference hosted by local government.
The conference brought together councils, other levels of government, business and organisations to identify strategic and urgent action, with appropriate scale and speed to deliver a safe climate.
The high quality and diversity of speakers, and the many interesting and inspiring perspectives from which the topic of climate emergency was examined, provided so much food for thought.
In case you missed the event, you can browse the Climate Emergency Conference Program, and watch many of the presentations online.
For more information about Darebin Council's response to the climate emergency visit www.darebin.vic.gov.au/climateemergency
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Darebin water map is your go-to for water projects in Darebin
There are many projects that the City of Darebin and community are implementing to help save water and clean our waterways. Some of these might be right outside your door, in your local park or at your library!
The Darebin Interactive Water Map has been created to help you discover what different water projects are happening in your area. You can use the interactive map to explore projects like raingardens and wetlands and find information on how they work. Visit the map here to start exploring.
Council is committed to Darebin becoming a water sensitive city. To do this we focus on integrated water management and consider the whole water cycle. This means we’re looking at things like how water comes into Darebin from rain, taps, drains and waterways, where and how it leaves Darebin, how we use water, and what alternatives there are for water use.
This interactive water map is one step that helps Darebin become a water sensitive city. Through the water map, our community can learn more about what we’re doing and our integrated approach to water issues.
To find out more on how Darebin is becoming a water sensitive city, see our Water Strategy Watershed: Towards a Water Sensitive Darebin and Implementation Plan.
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Moon Rabbit Cafe is winning the war on waste!
Moon Rabbit Café in Preston has fully embraced social and environmental values in its daily operations. Nothing gets overlooked when it comes to closing the loop on waste and applying the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle waste minimisation principles. Saying goodbye to disposable takeaway coffee cups, food containers, plastic drink bottle and straws is just the start.
Café supervisor Samantha Fisher and staff have enthusiastically trialled many different approaches to managing their food waste to find solutions that work. All staff are trained in segregating and tracking waste which is easy to implement thanks to clear signage and separate containers for different waste streams. Cooked food goes into the Bokashi bin and excess raw food that is not fed to one of their three worm farms is collected and added to local residents' compost, worm farm or fed to their chickens. Food waste ‘customers’ were found through waste sharing app ShareWaste, aimed at connecting people and keeping food waste out of landfill.
Moon Rabbit Café also runs a training program which readies young people who have a diversity of needs, with life-changing results. Read more here.
Moon Rabbit Café is at 218 High St, Preston.
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Show Works - their sustainability story
Tim Blaikie, from Show Works shares some of the many sustainability measures the business has adopted in creating unique stage and theatre sets, dance and fitness floors and equipment.
Show Works has installed solar, LED lights through Darebin’s Light$mart program and significantly reduced waste to landfill. Many of the initiatives adopted have led to great environmental and financial savings for the business. Watch Tim’s story here.
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Darebin Climate Action Now movie night
Thursday 7 March 2019, 6.30pm
Preston Library, 266 Gower Street, Preston
'Tomorrow' tells a story of hope and positive solutions to the crises that are shaking our world.
Following the publication of a study about the possible extinction of mankind by 2100, Cyril Dion and Melanie Laurent went on a mission to understand the reasons for this upcoming catastrophe, and how to prevent it.
During their journey, they met the pioneers who reinvent agriculture, energy, economy, democracy and education. By pulling together these positive, concrete and tested initiatives, they show us what could be the world of tomorrow. 'Tomorrow' is an urgent and passionate film offering real solutions to save our planet.
The film will be followed by a panel discussion with members of Darebin Climate Action Now, and other guests.
Tea, coffee and light refreshments provided.
This is a FREE event but registrations are essential.
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What's your climate story?
The Australian Conservation Foundation is inviting people to share their climate stories.
The results of climate change are everywhere. Record breaking heatwaves and drought, bushfires in tropical rainforests in Queensland, coral bleaching, insect borne diseases, geopolitical instability.
The media reports on these stories every day, but too often fails to connect them to climate change.
The Australian Conservation Foundation is keen to shift the public conversation, put climate change on the front page, and demonstrate the urgency for climate action.
You might be a snorkeller, a skier, a gardener, have an elderly neighbour who suffers through heatwaves, or be witnessing climate damage at your local park or beach. If you have a story to tell, a photo to share, a comment to make, the Australian Conservation Foundation want to know! Please contact them here.
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