ENERGEX Sustainability & Environment Fund
The ENERGEX Sustainability and Environment Fund (ESEF) will sponsor South East Queensland organisations that, like ENERGEX, are committed to sustainability and the environment. Applicable groups include, but are not limited to:
- Schools
- Community and sporting clubs
- Cultural Heritage groups
- Gardening and Agricultural societies
- Industry associations
- Animal Welfare groups
- Service Groups
The ESEF will be funded by the proceeds from the sale of scrap metal, thereby also delivering on ENERGEX’s own goals for sustainability. Sponsorships will be available up to the value of $100,000.
October 2011 recipient groups
Congratulations to the following groups, who were successful in the latest round of funding:
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.
Applications
Applications have now closed. Applications for the next round of funding will open October 2012.
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