BSFG Review April 2022. Report Appendix, Raw Data Strategic Objectives/Goals
Widespread adoption of Sustainable farming systems
Contributing ideas
Agricultural community 100% regenerative practices – local food, local workers
Initiatives/Actions
Develop a series of forums and on-farm demonstrations
- Engage Charles Massey to talk to local farmers
- A series of on farm demonstrations to explain the changes necessary for carbon capture and storage on farm
- Meet with other like minded groups to determine common goals
- Create a list of groups already formed and what they are doing in this space.
- Regen farmer peer support group with field days and guest speakers
- DIY ecological monitoring on farms
- Find Local farmers who want this and enable them.
Ecosystem Restoration
Contributing ideas
Initiatives/Actions
- Create a network with all the restoration demonstration sites and community working groups
- Inventory of all the big things that are already happening – Winton Wetlands, Hospital, Arboretum
- Community involved in growing plants
- Support landcare tree planting days
- Support the Winton Wetlands Friends group
Connected and Engaged Community
Contributing ideas
Intergenerational engagement – kids, families, grandparents – contributing to a thriving community gardens and local learning hubs
Localisation - Broad community buy in and action Improving and enabling connectivity – social and physical
BSFG has a new name and new committee
Localisation - Broad community buy in and action Improving and enabling connectivity – social and physical
BSFG has a new name and new committee
Initiatives/Actions
Establish a Community Hub Space
- Community hub space – produce swaps, workshop on skills, meeting space and kitchen
- Identify inclusive, supportive, Community hub as education, demo hub
- Venue to engage with the community · Bookclub/library eg Joanna Macy Active Hope
- Quarterly pot luck dinners
- Local nature connection events for children and families
- Growing food workshop
- Seed saving, composting, worm farm workshop
- Pop up free events – dance, yoga, music, art
- Hold a forum of key stakeholders and groups – who is growing food/interest in food
- Invite student leaders to be engaged in climate action
- Communication strategy
- Gratitude wall
- Confute actions eg recycle your batteries
- Declare a climate emergency and call community to action
- Create safe space for discussion about how we are feeling about the world – deep listening and support
100% Renewable and community owned energy
Contributing ideas
100% renewable energy for Benalla – Community/business owned
10 microgrids
Solar charged city with charging stations
Net zero achieved by 2032
10 microgrids
Solar charged city with charging stations
Net zero achieved by 2032
Initiatives/Actions
Develop a micro-grid project
- Work with RMIT Masters Student on developing a micro-grid pilot project
- Organise Indigo Power to talk about how to create a micro-grid
- Build and connect micro-grids for a bunch of houses
- Work with BRCC to increase Solar – on roof tops and a solar farm
- Invite BZE to address BRC on reaching net zero
- Seek out funding for installation of EV charging stations
Ecological, sustainable planning and development and Retro fits
Contributing ideas
- A sustainable subdivision – for multinational refugees that is affordable, mixed and mentoring
- A plan for development of Benalla with bike paths, controlled subdivision design, with a sustainable housing policy
- Sustainable housing and land development
- There is no homelessness because of new housing model
- Every person/family in Benalla has access to food growing gardens
Initiatives/Actions
Engage and work with council on Sustainable planning and development options
- Draft climate action plan with council – focus on community transition
- Planning that supports bike transport
- Options for renters and older housing for energy upgrades and retro fits
- Sustainable Housing design as part of Climate adaption plan · Creating a pilot of an “ecological” subdivision; a tiny house hub with community gardens; improved waste management
- Improving subdivision standards via local variations to the Planning scheme
- Open house for retrofits
- Retrofit advisory sessions
- Retrofit the art gallery and old school · Work on a sustainability short film
- Start with a film on how it might work
Greening and Cooling for our urban spaces
Contributing ideas
Known as a tree city
Food forests revegetation of verges and crown land
Greening Benalla
Food forests revegetation of verges and crown land
Greening Benalla
Initiatives/Actions
- Develop alternative watering solutions
- Assessment and improvement of water quality in Benalla Lake
- Cut the curbs to direct storm water runoff to street trees
- Develop an Urban Tree Planting program
- Free trees to plant
- Raise seed – free seeds
- Donation/allocation of a number of plants per urban property
- Urban forest plan for city of Benalla
- Planting stands of native trees and shrubs on empty land eg Goodwin and Mackellar street
- A tree planting month with free trees and Costa
- Plant trees at schools and sporting clubs
- Nature Strip project
- Edible nature strips
Expand Food Coop
Contributing ideas
Initiatives/Actions
- Add fruit and veg trade to the food Coop
- Expand the range of activities
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