The Big Switch
Film Night & Talk
Local businesses switch
to renewable energy
5.30 – 6.30pm Thursday 14th December
Castlemaine Library
Featuring two short films –
Phil at The Mill
& Mostyn St Medical Clinc
FREE Event – booking via Eventbrite
This project is supported by the Mount Alexander Shire Council’s Community Grants Program
Our Mission
To forward the objective of 100% renewable energy use in Mount Alexander Shire and inspire and encourage community focus by telling the stories of projects in town.
We acknowledge the Dja Dja Wurrung people, the traditional custodians of the land upon which we gather and we pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.
Phil at The Mill in Castlemaine tells the story of The Mill’s transformation to
100% clean energy
Dr Louisa Hope from the Mostyn St Medical Clinic in Castlemaine describes how moving to 100% clean energy saved time & money and made everything safer & more efficient
Who Are We?
We are a group of local citizens and business owners of The Mount Alexander Shire who are helping local businesses reach 100% clean energy by 2023.
We have evolved from MACET, the Mount Alexander Climate Emergency Team (established in 2019) and have created this website to celebrate and encourage all those moving quickly to 100% clean energy.
Stories
Stories and images of local businesses that are on the road to 100% clean energy … what they say about how they’re doing it.
Energy Advice
Find all the help you need here to take advantage of Federal and State grants, tax concessions, rebates and offers.
Castlemaine Secondary College students, well known for their outstanding climate action campaigns, used this video to win solar panels for their school! Read what they are up to now as they argue for a lowering of the voting age so they can have an even louder voice.
More information on the Great Schools page
Nioka Mellick, student at Castlemaine Secondary College
Poster Parade
Look for these posters around town and contact us to find out how you can get one to display in your window
Featured Initiatives
Totally Renewable Yackandandah
Totally Renewable Yackandandah gathers in the narrow wooded valley alongside the Yackandandah and Commissioners Creeks.
Electrify 2515
Grassroots plan to ‘electrify’ northern Wollongong suburb promoted as Australian-first
A pilot program to “electrify” households on the northern beaches of Wollongong could be a world first and act as a proving ground to save billions in future energy costs while radically reducing household emissions.
“Many individuals are doing what they can.
But real success can only come if there is a change
in our societies and in our economics
and in our politics.”
– David Attenborough
Acknowledgements
This project is supported by the Mount Alexander Shire Council’s Community Grants Program
photography: Craig Gaston & Kate Meade, Eve Lamb Midland Express
website: Fran Gleeson, Simon Veitch
poster: OK Maude