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Getting to know our volunteers –

Many of you are shoppers at the Ballarat Farmers Market and know about and listened to the range of musicians and buskers who perform on a Saturday morning by the lake. What you may not know is that it is Jack Craven, a local musician, who volunteers to co-ordinate and develop the schedule of great performers for all of us to enjoy.

Q&A by Tarn Kruger with Jack Craven

BREAZE members attended the naming ceremony for our new park - Woowookarung on Wednesday the 19th of July. 

Woowookarung means ‘Place of Plenty’ which highlights its importance to Wadawurrung for food, shelter, medicine and culture.

The Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Ms Lily D’Ambrosio also announced that Parks Victoria is commencing a wide-reaching community consultation which will guide the planning, design and management of Woowookarung.

Getting to know our volunteers –

Many of you would know Jill as she has been involved in many activities over the years for BREAZE and is the one of the team behind the website and facebook, and now runs the local food group as well.

Q&A by Tarn Kruger with Jill Clarke

Do you have a large collection of reusable shopping bags, but often still find your self at the shop without a bag?

For Plastic Free July, Buninyong Boomerang Bags want to gather up all of those forgotten and unused woven bags that we all seem to collect.

Donate your extra bags to Buninyong Boomerang Bags and you could be a winner!

All bags collected during the drive will be added to the bags that are already being offered out, free to use, to the Buninyong community.

Not in Buninyong? You could start your own Boomerang Bags for your area.

Getting to know our volunteers –

Megan Williams has been volunteering with BREAZE for about five years. Megan is always keen to assist with planning and helping at workshops for Smart Living Ballart in the Library or spend time at the BREAZE Farmers’ Market Stall by Lake Wendouree.

Q&A by Tarn Kruger with Megan Williams

Next workshop: Sunday 4th of February 2018

Led by Sam Blanchard, who works at the local Buninyong Foodworks supermarket, a small but very active group of Buninyong locals have begun designing, sewing and printing Boomerang Bags!

Boomerang bags are made by the community, for the community, and can be returned or reused. The aim is to move to zero plastic bags.

We need people to sew, cut and print, and donations of material.

We are planning to hold a workshop every second Sunday, from 2pm to 4pm at the BACK of the Buninyong Community House, 407 Warrenheip Street Buninyong.  Access from the back lane way, or come down the left hand sideway of the house.

Check the Facebook events for the upcoming Workshops - 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1886254611400793/

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Over recent weeks BREAZE has been active in its advocacy for 100% Renewable Energy.

In response to the City of Ballarat Draft Council Plan 2017-2021, the Board made a written submission requesting that Council include in its plan, actions and targets for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The Council has since issued amendments to the Draft Plan with corresponding references.

In support of Cr. Belinda Coates' Notice of Motion to the Ballarat City Council, of a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2025, our Treasurer Peter Reid made a verbal submission to the Council Meeting of 26th April together with submissions by Regional Sustainability Alliance Ballarat, Ballarat Climate Action Group, and 6 other submitters. Council resolved to: