Streets Meet for the First Time

It's official - Mulgoa and Penrith City Garden Club are the latest Sustainability Streets in Penrith!

The first meetings of these brand new groups were held on Saturday, with a great turn out for both groups.

Mulgoa was the first street out of the blocks, meeting in the park at the top of The Straight Road. We found at the meeting that there was a lot of interest from people who lived outside of The Straight Road so we are now going to refer to the group as the Mulgoa Sustainability Street to encourage people from other streets who live in Mulgoa to come and join in. There was a lot of interest in learning more about saving energy and water from the members of the group, as well as finding suitable grant funding to apply for, so the next meetings will be covering these topics.

The members of the 'street' have decided to hold their next meeting on Saturday 25 August at Aisha's place to learn about composting, worm farming and cutting down on waste. If you are keen to come to the next meeting or find out more contact Carmel Hamilton on 4732 8050. The meeting will begin at 10:15am.

The afternoon saw Penrith City Garden Club meet in the lovely backyard of Jan and Jon Hennell at Orchard Hills for a quick sausage sizzle lunch before getting down to 'Sustainability Street' business!

A great afternoon was had by all as they found out all about Sustainability Street and mapped out a plan for the next few sessions. Their next meeting will also be held on Saturday 25 August with Janis nominating her house at Emu Plains for the session. The meeting will kick off just after 1pm. To find out more contact Carmel Hamilton on 4732 8050.

Straight Road to Sustainability

Sustainability Street in Penrith continues to grow, with our two newest streets about to get started. The Straight Road in Mulgoa and Penrith City Garden Club will hold their first meetings on Saturday 28 July and bring the total number of Sustainability Streets within the Penrith LGA to six! Who knows where it will all end - hopefully one day there will be Sustainability Street signs all over Penrith and thousands of people working together on real grass roots sustainability.

There's definitely a lot of excitement in the air with recent media articles in both the Penrith Press and Western Weekender adding to the interest. Vanessa Steele, of Blue Organics, will be working closely with both groups on the Sustainability Street project and be putting together some great workshops. Vanessa (left in the green singlet) is really looking forward to getting started and has some great ideas for practical green living.

I'm sure you will be hearing a lot more about what these two groups are up to over the coming months as they take the Sustainability Street challenge. If you are keen to find out the latest information on all of our Sustainability Streets you can sign up to receive the newsletter - just email Carmel Hamilton and provide your details. Better yet, why not come along to the Sustainability Street sessions and have some fun while you save the earth- contact Carmel for more details.