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BSFG Review - consider an informal "kitchen table conversation"

21/3/2022

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The Benalla Sustainable Future Group is undertaking a review with objectives including:  
  • To reflect on the progress and development of the Benalla Sustainable Future Group, including key achievements, and key strengths 
  • To identify the critical issues, and key opportunities for BSFG that need to be considered in the strategic plan for the next 5 years.
The executive is seeking input from members and other community stakeholders about key strengths and achievements of BSFG, will be personally contacting some people for input to this review, collecting submissions to questionnaires online or in writing, and holding workshops.    
 
While the questions for Members and Non-Members can be answered and submitted online using the forms linked below,
​  they can also be used as the basis for an informal (or more formal if you prefer) kitchen table conversation!   You could hold the conversation with friends at a cafe or around a kitchen table and compile items using a whiteboard or notes, then send them to us at bsfginc@gmail.com; or distribute the form to be completed individually and collected at the end of the conversation for sending on to the BSFG Committee.   

Here are the questions -

For Members   
  1. When did you join, and why? 
  2. What do you think have been some of the key achievements or strengths of BSFG? 
  3. Can you describe a time or a current example of when BSFG as a group was operating at its best and having a real impact on our Benalla community? 
  4. What do you think was working well at that time, or what did you observe that really enabled BSFG to operate at its best? 
  5. What do you think are the key areas of opportunities for BSFG? 
  6. Do you belong to any other group which may have a similar environmental/sustainability focus? 
(These Member questions can be answered and submitted to us using this Member online form) 
  
For Non-Members  
  1. Have you heard of Benalla Sustainable Future Group (BSFG)? 
  2. Do you belong to any other group which may have a similar environmental/sustainability focus? 
  3. If yes to question 1, do you know of any of the key achievements of BSFG? 
  4. What do you think are the key areas of opportunities for BSFG? 

(These Non-Member questions can be answered and submitted to us using this Non-Member online form)

It would be wonderful if you could assist BSFG with this important review of our Group in this way! 

Find out more:  BSFG Review 2022
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Towards 'Net Zero Emissions' - what might we expect of Council?

7/3/2022

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​Peter Maddock's article 'Net Zero Benalla' in BSFG's November newsletter references protocols and tools which can assist councils to carry out a community wide emissions inventory and highlights work being done both locally and globally by other cities and local governments.

These  include 
Cities Power Partnership (Benalla Council is a Member), ICLEI Internatioal Council of Local Governments for Sustainability, Global Covenant Of Mayors for Climate and Energy, C40 Cities, and the GHG Protocol Standard for Cities, the GPC which provides guidance on a Council Operations emissions inventory. 

The 
Snapshot Climate Tool, developed by Beyond Zero Emissions with local government specialists Ironbark Sustainability, provides participating councils in Australia with an online emissions profile which is sufficiently accurate to provide them with an insight into community emissions.

​Peter also references Ironbark Sustainability’s website article on 
Science Derived Targets for Australian Councils and the 2021 Australian Local Government Climate Review which provides a comprehensive analysis of climate change actions, barriers and opportunities facing councils and communities.

Bev Lee
​Media Team

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