Community News
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Laptop drive for Hoi An
Old, discarded laptops and electronics from the Macedon Ranges are changing lives of everyday people from Hoi An, Vietnam.
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Mud pie on the menu
Mud pie is sure to be on the menu for the budding chefs making use of newly crafted RAD Dad mud kitchens across the Macedon Ranges.
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Hear about housing initiatives
Residents can hear updates on a range of projects and initiatives under way that address the region’s housing crisis at a free community forum being held in Castlemaine at the end of the month.
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Zonta says no to violence
Did you know the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence originated from a petition circulated during the 1991 United Nations World Conference on Human Rights?
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The Compost Conversation – Nutrient cycling: everyone’s doing it!
For the past couple of weeks we have celebrated the impressive skills of the bacteria and fungi in our compost piles. We have looked at how they each work away at decomposing their specific, and quite different, dietary preferences, incorporating the nutrients they access into their microscopic bodies. So how do our plants get access…
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Men’s shed going well
There were plenty of positives to emerge from the annual meeting of Romsey Men’s Shed last month.
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Students take lead on mental health
Kyneton High School student fundraising efforts will boost men’s mental health in the region though local charity HALT. A student-led community Family Fun Day at the Kyneton Rangers Soccer Club last year with men’s mental health in focus raised $4000. Year 11 students, Ava Coleman, Jen Girvan, Leathan Coates, Gabe Weller, Caitlyn Merrall and Oliver…
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The Compost Conversation – Fungi, the quiet party guest
By Mikaela Beckley Neither a plant nor an animal, fungi are unique, often misunderstood, and essential to making a good compost. Often the first thing that comes to mind when we think of fungi is mushrooms, but in fact these are just fungi’s fruiting bodies. The actual fungi live under the ground growing in a…
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You’ll never guess who lives down the road
“I grew up in the Goldfields of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and if I die in the Dja Dja Wurrung Goldfields of Victoria, they’ll be nice little bookends”
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Together for tea and empathy
Tamil refugee Neil Para is a man with firsthand knowledge of the anguish experienced by refugees and asylum-seekers trapped in a bureaucratic limbo.
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The Compost Conversation – an homage to the bacteria
Over the next few weeks we thought it would be fun to take a deep dive into the microscopic world of our compost piles and meet some of our composting microbes. As composters we could see ourselves as microbe farmers, as like any farmer worth their salt we aim to provide our microbes with a…
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The Compost Conversation: Composting while taking a break
By Mikaela Beckley With the coming of spring, the warmer weather and perhaps some respite from weekend sporting commitments, many of us are heading off for a holiday. Yay! What does this mean for our compost, and our kitchen scraps? Before leaving, preferably at the height of packing madness, remember to take a moment to…