Scrap metal funds environment initiatives
Scrap metal funds environment initiatives
15 February 2012
Community gardens, native revegetation and community events are amongst the sustainability projects that will come to life thanks to the sale of ENERGEX’s scrap metal.
The company has announced the recipients of the ENERGEX Sustainability and Environment Fund (ESEF), with a total of more than $80,000 presented to local South East Queensland community groups, environmental organisations and schools.
The latest round of funding will assist the delivery of 16 local sustainability and environment initiatives ranging from local fauna and flora projects to education programs and community sustainability events.
Recipients of the second round of ESEF sponsorships include:
Good News Lutheran School, Mount Ommaney - revegetate native flora to attract local wildlife.
Middle Park Childcare Centre - create and maintain a vegetable patch to teach children about sustainable food growing.
Pullen Pullen Catchment Group - purchase of items required for the rescue and care of injured and orphaned native wildlife.
Rainworth State School - removal of weeds and mulching of trees to create a bushland tract on the campus of the school.
Save our Waterways Now (SOWN) - access, remove and recycle weed trees.
Bushcare Peregian - purchase a trailer which will provide a mobile central storage location and for equipment needed for Bushcare activities.
Hays Inlet Festival – support a bi-annual family day to engage and educate the community about the natural environment.
Bald Hills State School - campus revegetation to provide additional habitat for wildlife, particularly through increased ground fauna.
Marshall Road State School – establish a permaculture plot to teach students sustainable use of the land.
Australian Youth Climate Coalition - community education through a film night, and an energy reduction program for students.
Wildlife Qld Bayside Branch - community education program including monthly meetings, ‘science in the pub’ seminars, and materials for interactive festival displays.
Mother Teresa Catholic Primary School Ormeau - establish a community garden to teach students about sustainable practises and to engage the local community.
Gold Coast Permaculture – develop community gardens, and educational material and resources for primary school visits.
Australian Rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife (ARROW) - build a rehabilitation aviary for raptors, such as wedge tail eagles.
ABC Landcare Coominya - stabilise creek bank pressure points before future flood events.
Ipswich Koala Protection Society - provide furnishings for a wildlife clinic for sick, injured and orphaned animals.
As part of ENERGEX’s commitment to sustainability, ESEF sponsorships are wholly funded by the sale of scrap metal and other materials. Last financial year 3,317 tonnes of metal, 603,680 litres of oil and 14,824 metres of timber were recycled by ENERGEX.
Applications for the next round of ESEF sponsorships will open in March 2012. Information about the fund is available at energex.com.au/sustainability.
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