Chance to help clean up Australia
Eve Lamb
All who like seeing Castlemaine and surrounds clean and litter-free will have a top chance to help make it happen when Clean Up...
Local on the frontline of ocean conservation
The ocean is not often synonymous with Castlemaine but local resident James Brook has devoted over a decade to protecting it, serving as Captain...
Battery pledge for Maldon
Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen and Bendigo Federal MP Lisa Chesters visited Maldon Neighbourhood Centre on Monday to announce an...
VIDEO: Crazy flash flood inundates footpath on Barker Street
Local Brandon Leigh kindly shared this incredible footage of the deluge outside the new Hot n Crusty Bakery Cafe in Barker Street, Castlemaine, yesterday...
Community renewable energy: session explores options
Eve Lamb
Castlemaine’s West End Resilience Group is inviting all with an interest in community renewable energy options to head online and join its upcoming...
Questions raised over proposed energy plant
Eve LambCastlemaine residents have raised questions about a mooted bioenergy plant for Castlemaine after the proposal was recently publicised by Mount Alexander Sustainability Group...
Beyond Climate Grief
Castlemaine's School Strike 4 Climate student climate change activists feature in new book Beyond Climate Grief by former ABC Catalyst journalist Dr Jonica Newby.Some of the...
When the river runs dry
Last year's mass fish kill in the Darling River system moved plenty of people to tears, but few were as moved to action as...
Platypus conservancy calls Campbells Creek home
Since shifting from East Gippsland to Campbells Creek about three months ago, the nation's Australian Platypus Conservancy has taken to its new home like...
Solar farm hearing: Local farmers speak up
Baringhup farmers have told a state planning panel the site proposed for the Baringhup solar farm is strategically valuable agricultural land that's only likely...
Council vote for clean energy deal
Mount Alexander Shire Council has pitched its support squarely behind a significant move toward buying 100 per cent renewable energy as part of a...
Broiler breakthrough
After years of bitter dispute it appears the long running battle over intensive chicken broiler farms proposed for Baringhup may finally be about...