Cooking with the Food Forest
- Saturday 20 July, 9am – 1pm
- Nimbin Sustainable Living Hub
Cook up a three course feast with The Solar Farm and 7 Sibley Street. The workshop will cover preparation techniques and recipes for easy to grow veggies such as cassava, taro, yams and more! Tickets are $50 per person and booking is essential: 0473 634 862. Find out more here.
Community Get Together, Broadwater Community Hall
- Friday 19 July, 6pm – 8:30pm
- Broadwater Community Hall
Communities of Dungarubba, Kilgin, Rileys Hill, Broadwater and surrounding suburbs are invited to an evening of discussion, mapping, music and supper. There will be information from the SES on flood warning systems, the Red Cross, Community Recovery and Local Land Services on decontaminating and regenerating soils post floods. Bookings are required for catering purposes, to reserve your seat call 02 6625 0500 or email recovery@lismore.nsw.gov.au.
Climate Conversations - What is Adaptation?
- Wednesday 24 July, 10:00am – 12:00pm
- Living Lab Northern Rivers, 11 Woodlark Street, Lismore
In July we will explore what adaptation is and what it needs to be and/or can be for Lismore. This conversation will be facilitated by the Living Lab Northern Rivers. Free tea, coffee, and babycino. Find out more and suggest topics for future conversations on the Lismore Your Say page.
Let's connect on Regen Ag
- Thursday 25 July, 4:00 – 6:00pm
- Maclean Showgrounds
An afternoon of networking, sharing and eating designed for those in the Northern Rivers interested in Regenerative Agriculture.
Highlights include; Insights from our Regeneration Connection Expert in Residence, Saadi Allan; Panel discussion with top experts in regenerative agriculture; Networking opportunities with like-minded individuals. Delicious local produce from Clarence Valley Food Inc. Find out more and book your free ticket here.
At the request of the community, we are happy to introduce a new segment to the newsletter. Each month we will share a short but sweet piece on ‘how to’ make small changes that can help our collective efforts in protecting our planet.
Reducing Plastics tip
Join in Plastic Free July, a global movement helping millions of people solve plastic pollution, helping to clean our streets, rivers and communities. You can join in with simple yet effective changes:
- Use your own reusable coffee cup when getting a takeaway, even a cleaned out glass jar with a stack of rubber bands as a heat resistance grip can hold your coffee nicely;
- Take your own container when getting takeout, or picking items from the supermarket deli;
- Check out recycled craft activity books from your local library; and
- Check out a range of ideas from the Plastic Free July resources here.
Transition Streets is an online community with resources to help you connect with others in your community, helping you make your home and street more sustainable.
Check out their range of resources, including a workbook, online here.
Clubgrants
Clubgrants have four streams of grants open, covering infrastructure grants for:
- Sport and recreation – $50,000 to $300,000;
- Arts and culture - $50,000 to $200,000;
- Disaster readiness - $50,000 to $200,000; and
- Community infrastructure - $50,000 to $250,000.
Find out more and apply here.
Hamer Sprout Sustainability Grants
This program aims to build communities inspired to take action for a sustainable future. The objective of the Fund is to support projects and organisations that:
- Promote innovation in environmental education;
- Facilitate engagement in environmental action;
- Advocate for environmental sustainability; and
- Foster collaboration between young people engaged in environmental leadership.
Grants of up to $5,000 are available, however more (up to $10,000) may be awarded in exceptional circumstances. Find out more and apply here.
FRRR - ANZ Seeds of Renewal Program
This program aims to help build vibrant and sustainable rural communities, to ensure the ongoing prosperity of regional Australia. The program is focused upon supporting projects that align to one of ANZ's four focus areas:
- Improving environmental sustainability;
- Improving financial wellbeing within the community;
- Improving access to housing; and
- Other community projects that assist local communities to thrive.
Grants of up to $15,000 are available. Find out more and apply here.
Living Carbon Grants
Managing carbon is both a challenge and an enormous opportunity for landholders. If you are a landholder in NSW, you may be eligible for a NSW Government grant to set up a carbon planting project. This could help you secure the health of your land, improve productivity, and unlock new income streams. Your land could be used to revegetate habitats for threatened or iconic species such as koalas. Grants of up to $200,000 are available for planting between 10 – 200 hectares of land
Find out more and apply for the grant here. To help you further, the North Coast Local Land Service will be hosting a webinar on the grant program, Wednesday 31 July, 1:30pm, register for the webinar here.
NSW Household Energy Rebates
Many of us could be missing out on available electricity bill discounts. Check out if you are eligible for a range of electricity discounts and rebates at Service NSW, energy and utilities.
To stay up to date on current grants, check out Lismore’s Grant Guru page.
We’d love to hear from you if you have feedback on the content of this newsletter, an idea on what you’d like to hear about or even a story or event you would like to share.
Send any thoughts to Jamie.vaniersel@lismore.nsw.gov.au.
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