Sustainable Living Armidale is one of 27 initiatives to receive funding to address the impacts of climate change.
Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal (FRRR) has awarded $685,242 in grants for projects that will empower rural communities across Australia to adopt practices and solutions that reduce emissions and address the impacts of climate change.
The projects will enable positive and sustainable environmental, social and economic outcomes.
“Local NFPs and community organisations want to play a bigger role in creating sustainable and enduring climate solutions for their communities. This program responds to that need, which is why it continues to attract more and more applications.” said Sarah Matthee, Climate Solutions Portfolio Lead at FRRR.
“The intent is to empower and enable communities to lead change, by innovating and responding to local opportunities and challenges.”
“The 27 projects funded showcase a diverse range of future-focussed, community-led climate solutions, including addressing energy supply, reuse and recycling, distributing knowledge and climate risk adaptation. This diversity reinforces the fact that each community’s experience of the social, economic and environmental impacts of a changing climate is unique.
“So too are the ways that communities want to respond to those circumstances. For example, more than half the projects funded in this round are designed to develop awareness, knowledge and skills. This perhaps also reflects that community groups are at different points in their journey – and each application reflected this.”
Community Power Agency Co-Operative Limited on behalf of Sustainable Living Armidale (Electrify Armidale for a Renewable Energy Future), will receive $20,000 to support their project ‘Armidale Community-Driven Shift to Renewable Energy and Sustainability’- which aims to support community groups in developing clean energy projects by offering training on clean energy transition and fostering collaboration with experts in the field.
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