The Good Op Shop
The Good Op Shop in Castlemaine saves items from landfill and enables and models re-use, upcycling, and giving back to the community, and is inclusive, inviting participation and promoting sharing practices.
practical action and outcomes
Initiatives and projects that result in practical action and applied outcomes – spaces are transformed and new practices implemented through these projects.
The Buzz project
Working with landholders to provide habitat stepping stones for the threatened Brush-tailed Phascogale, and support volunteers to monitor 450 established nest boxes across Mount Alexander Shire
Habitat for phascogales
Working with landholders to provide habitat stepping stones for the threatened Brush-tailed Phascogale, and support volunteers to monitor 450 established nest boxes across Mount Alexander Shire
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Bursaria for butterflies
Protecting and restoring habitat for the Castlemaine populations of the threatened Eltham Copper Butterfly by working with landholders to reduce threats to the butterflies – and improve the quality, quantity and connectivity of available butterfly habitat.
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Future-proof our forests
Researching ways to climate proof our forests by developing and monitoring two ‘climate future plots’. The plots includes local species as well as plants native to hotter and drier areas that are anticipated to match our future climate.
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Regenerate before it’s too late
Engaging the community about the importance of large old trees and how to protect them. A project using citizen science to collect key data on old trees while providing the community and landholders with support to protect them through workshops and on-ground actions.
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Elphinstone Cool Places
Regenerating the habitat value of a derelict semi-industrial landscape and creating an outdoor space where the community can gather on hot days. The project explores and documents regenerative methods of invasive species removal and solicits the community engagement.
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Castlemaine Repair Cafe
Connecting our shire community, sharing skills and reducing waste by keeping items out of landfill for longer. A regular event where people from Castlemaine (and surrounds) volunteer to repair items brought in by the community – including electrical, furniture, textiles, bicycle maintenance and more.
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Wilderhoods
Creating networks of urban habitat and connecting people with nature and neighbours. Through knowledge sharing and a regenerative design process, the project supports residents to develop an ecologically informed and achievable vision for their shared habitat with extra-human life.
Zero Net Retrofits
Retrofitting old housing stock for net zero emissions and greater thermal comfort.
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