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When I first started writing about renewable energy transitions, I felt confused by the different names for what appeared to be similar activities. If you’re like me, read on for a quick primer on the concepts for transitioning to renewable energy and lower carbon emissions.
What’s involved in transitioning an entire shire to renewable energy and reducing their overall emissions, and how do they hope to get there? Continue reading “Z-NET Hepburn”
The background image on my site is of kangaroo grass, Themeda triandra. It has beautiful colour in the stems and seed heads (florets), both when it is young and green and when it drys out. Continue reading “Kangaroo grass”
This is one of my favourite photos, taken by my husband in 2006 less than a year after we moved to Baranduda. It shows the beauty and the spareness of the landscape, piercing afternoon light Continue reading “Light and drought”
Community renewable energy is experiencing rapid growth around Australia at the moment and north-eastern Victoria is no exception. Although cheaper technology explains part of that growth, multiple factors combined with communities taking back an element of control are playing their part too.
Continue reading “What is driving community energy?”