It’s no secret that we’re strong advocates for community-driven movements, particularly those that promote sustainable living and development and ground-up changemaking. Enter Bendigo Sustainability Group (BSG), a community of Victorian locals who foster environmental sustainability through action, education, inspiration, and resource mobilisation.
Over about 15 years of operation, the work of BSG has been necessarily varied - from setting up action groups to tackle specific issues like waste reduction and nature conservation, to being instrumental in a number of local sustainable energy projects, with a particular focus on community solar installation.
Building on their local solar rollout, BSG are currently fundraising for their Giving Power project, which maximises existing State and Federal Government subsidies in conjunction with crowdsourced funds to install solar-systems in low-income homes in the region (where almost 30% of households are classified as being ‘low’ or ‘very low’ income). The Giving Power project is a small-scale pilot, which BSG hopes to expand significantly if successful. Currently aiming to service approximately 30 homes, an expansion of the project could see hundreds, if not thousands of low-income homes transition to sustainable energy with very little financial outlay.
Please consider contributing to BSG’s Giving Power Fundraiser, where every $1 contributed yields approximately $2.40 in solar system value. We believe movements like this are essential in empowering communities to advocate for themselves while building a better future for all.
Lend your support:
BSG’s Giving Power Fundraiser (via Chuffed.org)
Learn more:
Giving Power Homeowner Profiles
Govt. Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme
Socials:
*Pure Community and Pure Finance have no direct affiliation with the organisations and causes listed above. We simply appreciate the work that they do, and choose to show our appreciation by lending our support.