2023 Community Zero Emissions Grants recipients announced
16 May 2023
The Community Zero Emissions Grants program supports projects that help reduce emissions and increase our community's resilience to climate change.
Round 6 of the grants program will provide over $155,000 in funding for six community-based projects.
From composting to air-quality monitoring, the projects reflect the diversity of ways we can take action on climate change.
The six successful projects in Round 6 are:
Applicant Organisation | Funding Amount | Project title | Project summary |
|---|---|---|---|
Canberra Environment Centre | $49,798.88 | Adapt for Climate Toolkit 2.0 | This project aims to strengthen community resilience to climate change. The grant funding will support the creation and delivery of workshops, in-depth podcasts and video resources. The new resources will be added to the Adapt for Climate Toolkit. The educational Toolkit supports Canberrans to make changes to live more sustainably. |
Asthma Australia Limited | $39,500 | ACT AirSmart Program | Asthma Australia’s AirSmart program is an important climate change adaptation measure and strengthens community resilience. The program seeks to improve health outcomes for people affected by poor air quality. Poor air quality is a growing problem, due to weather events and natural disasters associated with climate change. The program will build community awareness and resilience in two ways: through delivering a public health campaign and a new app. |
St Clare's College | $20,000 | Paddock-to-Plate Garden | This project aims to develop a paddock-to-plate garden. The garden will incorporate Australian Indigenous foods and seed propagation. A new composting system will use organic waste from classroom kitchens to make compost. The College will establish a school-wide waste management system to reduce waste sent to landfill and reduce their food-waste emissions. |
Canberra City Farm | $8,020 | CCF Composting Shredder | Canberra City Farm will buy an on-site shredder to speed up the processing of green waste from both their farm and Patchwork Urban Farms. They will increase the amount of compost they can make by improving the efficiency of the composting process. The compost will go to gardens associated with both organisations. They will reduce emissions by managing waste and producing compost on-site instead of transporting it. |
Australian National University | $22,280.24 | Worms Against Waste | This project aims to establish a worm farm within the existing Kitchen Garden Program. There will be workshops about using the worm farm looking at the benefits of the system. Vermicomposting can deliver healthy soils, emissions reduction, and improved wellbeing. The worm farm and workshops will inspire students and staff to transform organic waste into compost for the gardens and enhance community resilience. |
The Food Co-operative Shop | $15,620.71 | Zero Emissions Kitchen | This project will reduce emissions from cooking and organic waste. The Food Co-operative Shop will install an induction cooktop and electric oven in its kitchen. The organisation will also create an organic waste hub, and expand their organic waste education programs. The project will increase community resilience to the impacts of climate change through building confidence in self-sufficiency. |
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