Councils sign on to renewables
Macedon Ranges, Mount Alexander and Hepburn are three of 46 state councils to sign on to the largest ever emissions reduction project...
Gas on the nose at climate rally
Gas was on the nose as hundreds of locals gathered in Castlemaine's Victory Park on Friday as part of nationwide protests demanding...
Podcast goes global
Saltgrass, a Castlemaine sustainability podcast proudly supported by Mount Alexander Sustainability Group and MAINfm 94.9, has gone global!
The podcast was recently picked up and...
Sweet smell of success
When the Whiteman family moved from inner city Melbourne to rural Chintin in the Macedon Ranges in 2018, they had no plans to become...
Call for sanctuary – Petition to ban shooting at Cairn Curran
A petition calling for a ban on recreational duck shooting on Cairn Curran Reservoir at Baringhup has attracted hundreds of signatures, the majority of...
POWER PARK STALLED
Plans have stalled for a major community renewable energy park to help power Macedon Ranges.
The Macedon Ranges Sustainability Group project, south of Woodend, proposes...
Clear the verges – Firefighter speaks out on fuel loads
Andrew Avent knows a thing or two about wildfire and has a controversial idea for rural roadside management across the Macedon Ranges.
The Newham resident,...
Forest frustration
More than 40 state, national and international groups are calling on the state government to accept recommendations for new national parks in the state’s...
Way of the future… new charge station at Harcourt
Harcourt's newly installed electric vehicle charge station is up and running with a new public EV fast charge station for Castlemaine soon to follow.
The...
Deserving attention – A guide to our beautiful and hardy native peas
Friends of the Box Ironbark Forests members Bernard Slattery and Bronwyn Silver have teamed up to produce a comprehensive guide to native peas of...
Kyneton farmer joins Farm2Plate
Kyneton farmer Alex Sims says he had no money, no experience and no land when he decided to plunge head-long into regenerative farming with...
Farm build right threat
A strategy aimed at protecting productive agricultural land in the Macedon Ranges is being challenged by farmland owners.
The local council's draft Rural Land Use...
