Protecting the valley’s biodiversity
Work is under way on a biodiversity audit that aims to find out more about the creatures and plants that call the Harcourt Valley home.
‘Legislate the parks’: Enviro groups call for end to logging
More than 50 regional, state and national environment groups have signed an open letter to Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, calling for an immediate end to logging in the west of Victoria and the legislation of three promised National Parks.
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...
Boosting biodiversity
Over the past 10 years, Kyneton on Riverside has transformed an empty patch of land into something extraordinary.
River revegetation boost
Sacred Heart College Kyneton has received a welcome $4900 funding boost for its Campaspe River revegetation project.
Ballantinia, banksias and blue-banded bees
In 1997 an enthusiastic group of local residents joined forces to form the Harcourt Valley Landcare Group.
Twenty five years later the enthusiasm of this...
Harcourt flood study kicks off
The Harcourt community is being asked to do its bit to help protect the local area from future flooding.
The North Central Catchment Management Authority...
Breaking down compost
Lucy Young for The Hub Foundation
This month YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) hosted an enthusiastic group of composters at an advanced composting workshop.
We got...
Preserving our heritage apples
Harcourt has always been known as the ‘apple centre of Victoria’ but in recent years some of its heritage apple varieties have almost disappeared.One...
A re-purpose focus
An op shop with a focus on funding local natural environment projects will open its doors in Castlemaine this Friday.
Named The Good Op Shop,...
VICTORIAN FIRST FOR WASTE
Mount Alexander Sustainability Group has secured DON Smallgoods in Castlemaine as the development site of a proposed multi-million dollar bioenergy facility.
The planned project represents...
Nature played ‘a trump card’ – Burn controller details what went...
The man at the centre of two planned burns that escaped control in the Cobaw Forest 12 years apart has spoken publicly for the...
