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    Posted by Sonya, 28 October 2008
    Some of you may have been following the progress of our test tube experiment happening here on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia. We started our journey a couple of years ago now. I studied for... (read more)
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    Posted by Sonya, 27 September 2008
    The Queensland Government (in Australia) have recently released a discussion paper on how we can move Toward Oil Resilience. The entire document is available at http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications/p02620aa.pdf/Towards_Oil_Resilien... I thought some of you may be interested in the 'What... (read more)
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    Posted by Sonya, 21 August 2008 (1 comment)
    Meeting with David Holmgren I was lucky enough to spend some time with David Holmgren this month discussing energy descent and future scenarios in the context of climate change and peak oil. How we approached it... (read more)
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    Posted by Sonya, 18 June 2008
    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)
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    Posted by shine_on, 3 June 2008
    On the weekend 24/25 May I attended the Going Local Convergence at New Farm, Brisbane. I got the chance to catch up with our neighbours from the Sunshine Coast Energy Action Centre and the Sustainable... (read more)
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    Posted by Sonya, 12 April 2008
    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)
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    Posted by Sonya, 23 February 2008
    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)
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    Posted by Sonya, 1 February 2008
    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)
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    Posted by Sonya, 27 January 2008
    Visit the Sunshine Coast regional powerdown blog at http://www.relocalize.net/groups/cassc there you'll find regular updates on how our attempt at regional powerdown is progressing....... (read more)