Welcome to the Montmorency Community Group

We're dedicated to creating a sustainable and resilient Montmorency, with the added bonus of making it an even nicer place to live and building community. The group is based on the "Transitions Town" initiative which aims to address Climate Change and Peak Oil with positive actions. Link to Transition Towns
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Latest Monthly Newsletter and Archive
We won 2 Pick My Projects!

The first was for the Banyule Sugar Glider Project which is to install and monitor another 300 boxes around Montmorency and neighbouring areas. For more information.

The second was the Community Solar Installation Project to install $100,000 worth of solar panels on community buildnigs. For more information,

More information will be made available once we know more. Discussions will be held with the Pick My Projects organising committee over the New Year

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Montmorency Sugar Glider Project

Some tenants have moved in!

The Banyule Gardener's Almanac
An annual guide for your garden suitable for new gardeners and experienced.
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Throughout 2013, gardeners attending the Montmorency Food Swap recorded information about they’d planted and harvested in their veggie gardens, key tasks they’d done and any challenges they’d come up against.

This information, plus advice and tips on a range of gardening topics such as improving your soils, planting veggies from seed, composting and dealing with pests, has been combined into a practical booklet. Suitable for those new to gardening, but still a valuable aid to more experienced gardeners, the almanac has month by month planting guides with space to record your own gardening efforts.

It has been beautifully illustrated by Felicity Gordon and includes some of Kate Landers food swap photos. The almanac has also been supported with a Banyule Council Environment Grant.

The almanac costs $5. It can be purchased at the Montmorency, Macleod and Olympic village Food Swaps or at Edes & Bibi in Montmorency, The Little Organic Shop in Hurstbridge, Bulleen Art and Garden and the Eltham Farmers’ Market. Enquiries: Julie French 0438 115 853

Other Transition Towns sites:
  • http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2014-05-02/may-2014-transition-network-newsletter
  • Subscribe to Transition newsletter yourself: http://tinyurl.com/transitionregister
  • Read about some inspiring transition stories from all over the planet    http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2014-04-09/april-2014-round-what-s-happening-out- world-transition
Some past events we have been involved in.
EVENTS
 
 

Friends of Montmorency Bushlands
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Food Swap - Monty
Sunday 2nd June
10:30 -11:30am Lower Plenty Primary School
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Fruit and Veg
If you grow your own vegies & fruit, have chooks and have more produce than you need, come and swap with others at the Montmorency Food Swap.

You Tube video

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   More recommended videos below......

Why?
We conduct activities for social and environmental reasons.
The main environmental reasons:
Climate Change: see page...
Peak Oil: see page....

403.39 CO2 ppm
Atmospheric CO2 for October 2017
(Mauna Loa Observatory: NOAA-ESRL)

http://co2now.org/ 
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This one covers the bigger picture quite well.
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TED talk on Transition Towns (18 mins)

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