Eudlo Relocalisation Group

Our region wide powerdown project continues... and the importance of relocalisation groups.... It's certainly taking a lot longer than I would like to get our region into serious powerdown action. Our EDAP is still underway -... (read more)

Well, it's one month today since the local council election and the amalgamation of three councils into one. The EDAP is still being written, but in reality, we it wouldn't have been appropriate to deliver it... (read more)

Second meeting with one of the mayoral candidates went very well. The election date is the next key timeline point for the region. Once the new Mayor is elected and he (there are only two candidates,... (read more)

Well, the meeting with the Mayor went very well and I now have a follow up meeting on Feb 18 to discuss in more depth what SEAC has been doing, our role in energy descent... (read more)

This week I've been invited to meet with the local Mayor to discuss the work I'm doing with the Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre, and the Sunshine Coast Energy Descent Action Plan, which is currently... (read more)

Peak Everything has arrived - well the book is here! I'm busy reading that and will post a review soon. The momentum (pressure) is really starting to build with phone calls and emails starting to... (read more)

We're still officially on a break from the weekly opening of the Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre, but I've been working away on a few ideas for ways to seriously get our region (and others... (read more)

After months of hard work and community consultation - more than 150,000 hits on our website, numerous email of support and hundreds of visitors dropping in to our community education centre we, the Sunshine Coast... (read more)

Welcome to my regional powerdown blog. Thought I'd take a change in direction away from the organic gardening blog as now days my husband does most of the food production (and lifeboat building) and I'm... (read more)

The Australian Conservation Foundation now has a website, called Who On Earth Cares, where we can each put ourselves on a map of Australians who care about climate change. Over 11,000 of us have... (read more)

Spring is here and so is Peak Egg! After a massive rain event heralded the end of winter (in which we received more than 300mm in a few days, and many areas on the Sunshine Coast... (read more)

If you would like to find out more about peak oil, climate change and energy descent action planning, visit www.seac.net.au and go to the 'links' page. There is also an excellent flash presentation on the site... (read more)

1. Recycle (everything) 2. Refuse (plastic bags, excessive packaging, poor quality food) 3. Re-use (everything many times until its worn out, get creative) 4. Rethink (what you know, learn new skills for the future) 5. Repair (as much as... (read more)

Hi, Please blog your comments on the relocalisation of Eudlo, or any other topic such as peak oil, climate change, energy descent, permaculture... whatever you would like. I have an organic gardening blog on the ERG sister... (read more)