WIN an Eco-Home Make-Over*
• Water tank • Worm Farm • Solar Hot Water • Organic Vegie Patch • FREE "Green Me Up" courses • Native Plants.
ALL entries receive a prize!
Do you and your neighbours want to live sustainably and reduce your carbon footprint? YOU may be the lucky household to win a sustainability make-over.
Download the ENTRY form now!
Entry Form (136k) • Flyer Print version (380k) • Flyer (132k)
* Entries close Monday 22nd September 2008. Mullumbimby
residents ONLY.
Eco-Home Make-over!
Home owners of Mullumbimby… You may be the lucky household to win a sustainability
make-over!
If you and your neighbours have a passion to live sustainably and reduce
your carbon footprint. And you are committed to the idea of making your
place an ‘eco icon' to inspire the neighbourhood…
Potential prizes are…
*Water tank
*Worm farm
*Compost System
*Solar hot water
*Native plants
*Organic vegie patch
*Free ‘Green-me-up' course for you and 2 neighbours!
(exact prize is personalised to the winners' needs)
DRAW: A rough sketch of your home and yard layout.
WRITE: In 50 words or less why you are the best candidate
for the offer and state how you might be able to contribute to the process.
Please include your street address, phone number, and e-mail address.
SEND: to North Coast Climate Action Group (NCCAG)
PO Box 640 Mullumbimby 2482
Or e-mail info@nccag.org
Terms and Conditions
NCCAG has received a grant from NRMA Insurance which will allow for the
installation of a number of sustainability features into a home in suburban
Mullumbimby. NCCAG has a small team of volunteers working on this project,
and we will come to your home and develop a personalised sustainability
package with you.
We would like to find a household where the owners are interested in sustainability
issues, and feel eager to learn more about sustainability issues. You will
be able to participate with the NCCAG team to help install the eco-home
make-over package into your home and garden.
The winning household needs to be committed to the idea of making your
home an ‘eco-icon' to inspire the whole neighbourhood. The winners should
feel comfortable with the idea of promoting their house and sustainability
ideas to the public, and we would like other people in the neighbourhood
to be able to come to view the house at certain times over at least a one
year period, either on chosen open days, or by appointment with you.
We would like to install a small information board on your property, so
visitors can read about the eco-features in your house. This would also
display NRMA's logo, as they are sponsoring the project, and possibly some
product suppliers' logos. The information board can be fairly small and
discreet, and we will work with you to establish the best location for the
board.
We have a preference for selecting a house which is currently a fairly
typical suburban house, as we would like to show how our suburbs can be
made more sustainable. If you can find a number of households in your street
who also have an interest in living more sustainably, this will be an advantage.
Note that due to the conditions of the NRMA grant this project is open to
Mullumbimby home-owners only.
As part of the prize for the winning household, Nina Bishop will offer a
free ‘Green-me-up' course for the winners and 2 neighbours. Nina lives in
her own eco-home in Mullumbimby, and runs a business which assesses energy
use in commercial and residential buildings, and provides recommendations
for improving energy efficiency.
Vision
We hope that this project will be a catalyst for the street and neighbourhood
surrounding the chosen household to become more sustainable. Visitors to
your house will learn from seeing the eco-features first-hand, and be inspired
by your enthusiasm for how it all works.
Living sustainably can involve much more than just thinking about your
own home, for example, in this project we may be able to bring the winning
household and some neighbours who are also interested in sustainability
together, and you may be able to start thinking about how to live more sustainably
together in your street.
For example, your neighbours might like to follow your lead and install
a water tank, composting, and organic veggie garden too, and straight away
there's an opportunity for swapping veggies, sharing garden tools, getting
to know each other better – which may open up opportunities for car-pooling,
child-minding, common meals together, removing a fence here or there and
sharing your common backyard space for a larger veggie garden, fruit trees,
with common water pond, play area for the kids etc.
The possibilities for living more sustainably as a community are huge…
Potential to expand the eco-home
make-over
We would like you to have the opportunity to add your own funds to the
funds provided by NRMA, in order to expand the eco-home make-over package.
For example, if you add some of your own funds this may be an opportunity
to install a grid-connected photo-voltaic system.
Selection Process
Once we have received the entries, we will short-list a number of potential
winners, and the NCCAG team will arrange a time to come and meet you and
view your home. After we have visited the short-listed homes, we will notify
the winner in early October.
Timeline for Installation
We hope to work with you, to develop the eco-home make-over package, and install the package during the months of October 2008 to the end of February 2009. The end of February is not a strict deadline, but we would like to complete the installation by this date.
Latest News and Events
ACTION An Update on NCCAG Projects for 2008
[more info]
Read all the details on various projects and programs NCCAG have initated for 2008. Get involved, become a volunteer. Information includes:
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NCCAG Training
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Festivals & Conferences
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Develop Information Packages for use in presentations for residents, schools, businesses and other organisations.
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Raising Public Awareness
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Making Organisational Change in Schools
Energy audits - homes and business
Nina Bishop runs an eco-business called LightFeat from
her home in Mullumbimby. She can provide information on a wide range of
options: energy reduction measures, improving a building's efficiency. Nina
is also able to offer some energy audits at a subsidised rate. Contact Nina
Bishop on (02) 6684 1263 or email: lightfeat@gotalk.net.au.
The Enviro Saver Program offers FREE BASIC home energy audits to households in Byron Shire. Call 1300 780 858 to be put on a list to have your incandescent globes in your home changed to Compact fluoros at no charge.
[Download PDF: Cool Business Program Press Release]
Did you know that electricity supply has been deregulated?
You don't have to buy from Country Energy.
You can now buy your electricity from a number of suppliers who offer eco-friendly GreenPower deals. Find our more here!
We need to recognise that
the solutions are in our hands!
Did you know that THE MORE we consumers sign up for green power and particularly accredited GreenPower
the more WE HELP expand the clean, renewable non-carbon sector. That's good news! |
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For the cost of one phone call to an energy supplier (Origin Energy has the highest rating with environmental groups) you can buy GreenPower for your home for the cost of 1-2 cappuccinos per week.
When you reduce your consumption through smart use of power your bill may even reduce as your power usage comes down.
We need to do both, sign up for GreenPower and reduce our electricity consumption.
Transport Awareness
Transport accounts for around one-third of global CO2 emissions. We need to raise awareness and encourage commuters to adopt new practises in transport. Learn about Hybrid-cars and fuel alternatives.
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