Background
The Hepburn Renewable Energy Association Inc. is made up of volunteers dedicated to the promotion of local sustainability options.
HREA believes it is essential for communities to take responsibility for their own
needs and make a local contribution to reducing impact on the envrionment.
The Association began when a small group of local residents got together to discuss how we could make a that contribution.
The new committee was voted in at the last AGM in 2007.
The Committee is made up of
Jane Knight, President
Maureen Corbett, Treasurer Maureen Corbett has been passionate about the earth and her relationship to it her whole life. She has resided in Hepburn Springs for many years where she lives on a 2 acre permaculture property. Maureen “walks the talk” living simply and self sufficiently, growing her own food, recycling and reusing wherever possible.
Her values are reflected in her paid work also. She ran a partnership with Kerry Wise called Solar Sisters educating the public about energy efficient housing mainly through house tours and currently she works as a House Energy Rater and consultant on sustainable building practices. She uses her skills and knowledge to support her clients to find ways to reduce their consumption of our precious resources and benefit economically from switching to more sustainable options.Maureen is a well-known local community activist who will take a stand for the issues she believes in and many of these issues are linked to the earth and depletion of its resources.Maureen can contribute a wealth of knowledge to HREA about affordable sustainable living and has extensive community connections to draw upon.
Anneke Deutsche - Secretary
Anneke Deutsch moved to the Hepburn region 17 years ago. She has degrees in Fine Art-Sculpture as well as in Applied Science-Prosthetics & Orthotics. She has worked as a sculptor, a Prosthetist at Ballarat Health Services; lecturer in prosthetics at LaTrobe University and as a prosthetic technician. She also recently enjoyed six months of aid work establishing a Prosthetics and Orthotics facility in Kiribati in the Central Pacific. Living on this collection of coral atolls which are only a couple of metres above sea level, she became acutely aware of the huge loss of cultures which would occur as a result of a rise in sea levels. She has worked for the last 10 years on measures to reduce her household’s CO2 emissions by installing a 1.8kW grid connected photo voltaic system, a solar hot water/wet back system, building vegetable gardens and making biodiesel for transport from used vegetable oil. She now wants to spend some energy working on a community level to achieve more widespread reductions in CO2 emissions.
Karen McAloon - Secretary
Originally from a dairy farm in Western Victoria, Karen moved from the city with her husband to raise their family in a country environment and to live lightly, simply and sustainably on the earth, growing one’s own food. You could say she’s a ‘tree-changer’ like many in our community. Her land is a vast 70 acres so she and her husband have quickly learnt how to live in balance with the bush, regenerating the native forest, providing habitat, and managing the forest with the risk of bushfires in mind.
Karen is very involved in her community, she is an educator and facilitator, who has worked with people from many different walks of life. She particularly cares about those who find themselves marginalised in the community. Having two small children, a sense of community is important so they feel part of an extended ‘family’. Before the children came along Karen travelled extensively overseas and around Australia. Karen has just completed the leadership course with Fabian Dattner with the involvement of Hepburn Shire and Sustainability Victoria. Karen wants sustainability to become mainstream and hopes that through HREA she can help to show that there are many easy ways to help the planet.
Per Bernard
Per owns and operates a high profile sustainable architectural and building firm in Daylesford, Unicorn House.
Per was raised in Denmark and has extensive knowledge of the wind industry.
Per has championed the community wind park concept since its inception and has been instrumental in garnering local support.
Fiona Robson
Fiona has worked in IT, Organisational Development and Community Development. She has worked in corporate, small business, local government and not-for-profit workplaces.
Fiona is interested in social, economic and spiritual, as well as environmental, aspects of sustainability. She is keen to help individuals, businesses, organisations & governments work together successfully and would like to make it as easy as possible for people to take actions that benefit themselves and others, including future generations.
Fiona is a member of the Hepburn Healthy Communities Advisory Committee and is involved with the local Community Planning process, which works with communities to identify, plan and create what they want for their own community. She recognises that a healthy and cared-for environment is an important part of a healthy community.
Fiona lives in Daylesford with her husband and young son. She enjoys gardening, camping and spending time with family and friends.
Laurel Freeland
Laurel cares passionately about living in harmony with others and the planet; and recognizes the interconnectedness of all things. Over the last few years she has made a concerted effort to learn broadly about sustainability through deep ecology work, leadership in sustainability and practical sustainability. In her facilitation and training work she provides tools and support for people to live in a more connected way and to make life enhancing choices. She sees that the way we think, what we believe has a profound effect on what we experience and how the world evolves.Laurel has a deep regard for the value of education and its capacity to enable people to make informed choices. She values rigorous discourse on all view points and believes we need to work together for the betterment of the world. Laurel envisages a world where people are connected and joyful and there is enough for all to share, now and in the future.
Sebastian Klein
Sebastian left the city three years ago, wish list in hand, in search of a community to call home. Full of fresh-faced enthusiasm and organic pep, he was swept by the winds of fate into the hearts of Hepburn Shire. Bringing a land-oriented perspective and rugged practical skills to the committee; Sebastian is committed to creating a vibrant, abundant future for the whole community.
Simon Clay
Mission
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Association Rules
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