Yarra Ranges Council has embarked on a feasibility study to see if it is viable to develop some solar farms on old tip sites in the municipality, including Healesville. Council is very keen to ascertain how much interest there is from community groups in being… Read More »Yarra Ranges Council Feasibility Study on Building Solar Farms in Healesville and Surrounding areas.
It’s hard to believe another year has passed and we have our 2019 AGM coming up very soon. This year we have invited Dr Peter Cock, a former lecturer in Environmental Science at Monash University and founder of the Moora Moora Cooperative Community, to talk… Read More »Healesville CoRE AGM on Sunday 25 August from 2.30 to 4.30pm!
We planned to have 100 financial members by the end of September this year but we reached that number at the end of April, five months early! This is a very exciting development that shows the real support from our community for the work we… Read More »Healesville CoRE Hits a Century in April!
We are really excited to announce we have received $3,607.50 in funding from the Commonwealth Government to finance the training of 5 Healesville volunteers to learn how to conduct free Home Energy Efficiency Audits to help Healesville household reduce energy bills, with a focus on… Read More »Finally, some Success with a Grant to Support our Work!
Appointment to YREAC! Jeff is now in a position to expand the scope of our work as an organization with two recent successful appointments. He has been appointed to the Yarra Ranges Environment Advisory Committee (YREAC), which is a committee that meets every two months… Read More »Exciting Announcement about Two Successful Appointments for our President, Jeff Barlow!
$1.5 million has been promised for this work, according to the local paper, provided the current Government is returned to office at the upcoming elections. As well as the general refurbishment of the building, a new roof will be added, with solar panels linked to… Read More »Tony Smith, MHR for Casey, Pledges Big Bucks for Healesville Indoor Swimming Pool Refurbishment, Solar Panels & Batteries if Coalition wins the Election!
After our very successful launch of the Healesville Community Solar & Battery Offer with Mondo Power, we are now boldly planning our next big project – a bulk buy of solar hot water heat pumps direct from the importer and the manufacturer! We will be… Read More »Healesville Community Solar Hot Water (Heat Pump) Bulk Buy. Calling for Expressions of Interest!
If you are a farmer or know a farmer, this event, run by YR Council at the Healesville Memo on Wednesday 29 May from 7.00 to 9.15pm, will be of interest. For further information and registration (which is required) click on this link: https://yrc.vic.gov.au/FarmingSolutions
Healesville CoRE is pleased to publish a survey so that we can all benefit from a Bulk Buy project which is in progress for our area. Click here to get to the survey page and have your say in what we need so that your… Read More »Survey to measure our community’s Solar Energy needs
Healesville CoRE will run a Community Solar Bulk Buy for homes, businesses, not for profits, schools and other community buildings, scheduled to start in February 2019. Click on below notice for details: