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  • Alternative Technology Association
    A national organisation that supports renewable and environmentally-progressive technologies.
  • Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies (CERES)
    A free Community Environment Park located within Moreland, providing educational and inspirational programs plus on-site examples of sustainable living. There is also an EcoHouse, an ordinary house that has been retrofitted with many energy-saving features.
  • Community Power
  • Eco Directory
    From sustainable homes to renewable energy or organic food, the EcoDirectory is your starting point to all sorts of eco-friendly products, services and information resources.
  • Ecospecifer
    Ecospecifier is a knowledge base of well over 3000 environmentally preferable products, materials, technologies and resources.
  • Energy Action Group
    The Energy Action Group acts as a monitor for the public interest advocating the energy and water needs of domestic and small business users (with emphasis on low income households); a stronger, more meaningful, open and accountable regulatory system; real consumer participation in the regulatory system; environmentally sustainable solutions to energy problems.
  • Find out your Hot spots
    Learn how to save money and energy at home!
    Click to launch our MEFL 'Hot Spots' House.

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  • Flexicar
    Local car sharing company with 4 cars in Brunswick.
  • Freecycle
    Reduce waste and pass on your unwanted goods or pick up what you are looking for, for free.
  • Go Get
    Car sharing company
  • Going Solar
    A large range of environmental products; renewable energy, lighting, biopaints, water saving products and more.
  • Green Electricity Watch
  • Green Home Makeover
    One of Australia's leading sustainable homes, transformed with a 'green makeover' by Stuart McQuire and Wendy Orams. Come and see how our suburban home has been transformed to have an extraordinary environmental performance.
  • Greenhome- Australian Conservation Foundation Site
  • GreenPower Website
  • Meet the sustainables
    You don't need to be a superhero to save the planet. Making a difference to the environment is about the little things in life.
  • Moreland City Council
    The local City Council instrumental in the formation of the Moreland Energy Foundation Ltd, and responsible for other progressive initiatives including their Greenhouse Action Strategy and Greenhouse Action Plan.
  • Moreland City Libraries
    Local library services provide excellent resources to the general public including many titles on energy and the environment. Check out their on-line catalog.
  • OzCarPool
    This Australia-wide website matches people with others in their area that travel the same route to work or school, allowing them to combine their journeys to save on cost and greenhouse emissions.
  • Phoenix Fridge Project
    Phoenix Fridges takes fridges donated from all across Melbourne and repairs, recycles and retrofits them to make them more energy efficient. Get your old one collected for free.
  • Save Water .com.au
  • STEPS (Sustainable Tools for Environmental Performance)
    STEPS is an easy to use, web-based tool that house owners and designers can use to see first hand whether their proposed designs will meet the environmental performance targets set by Council in the tool.
  • Sustainability Victoria
    Loads of information and fact sheets about how to save energy at home.
  • Sustainable Buildings Victoria
  • The Big Switch
    Get involved in Australia's largest Climate Change campaign. Visit the website and sign the pledge and get all your friends to do it too!
  • The Environment Shop
    A wide variety of green goods and environmentally sustainable products.
  • The Green Directory
    Listing a wide range of eco friendly products and services.
  • Victoria Walks
    Victoria Walks has all the tools, information and support you need to make your neighbourhood safer and more walk-friendly.
  • Vox Bandicoot
    Environmental communication specialists. Vox B. are working with MEFL and Moreland City Council on the Sustainability Streets Project.
  • WestWyck
    A heritage-listed school was saved from the demolition hammer and then reborn as an eco-village following ecologically-sustainable development principles. Once fully operational WestWyck aims to be a showpiece for energy-efficient building practice and will generate some of its own power.
  • www.climatemovement.org.au
    Find out where your nearest climate action group is and how you can get involved
  • You Have the Power Save Energy Campaign
  • Your Home
    If you are building, buying or renovating, this Technical Manual has been developed to show you how to design and build a more comfortable home that has less impact on the environment.
  • Zero Carbon Moreland Website
    • EnTechneVision Inc.