50% by 2020For the whole of South Hobart, we plan to help reduce our collective Greenhouse Gas emissions by 50% (of 1990 levels) by 2020. We plan to achieve this through a range of activities:
Ideas for projects, in support of our goal of 50% by 2020Advertising campaign - Leaflet drops, advertising on telephone poles around South Hobart. Single sentence, website-oriented posters Skillshare - University of everything style. Coordinate via website. Research what other sustainability groups are doing - Copy their ideas & implement in South Hobart. Mural - Past, present, future of the area on the Badminton centre wall, Cascade Rd? Carbon challenge - Signing up households to compete to reduce their carbon footprint. Low carbon diet promotion Sustainable shopping guide Community Conversations - 5 most effective things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint Nut trees - On nature strips to beautify & encourage community gardening Sustainability Carnival
The Sustainable Living Festival targets green enterprise; this can be something more home- and community-based. A DIY guide for simple solutions to have fun, reduce impact and save money.
High-quality online resources Transition towns movement http://www.transitiontowns.org/, TED Community engagement projects - Transition towns, Post Carbon institute
Skills n Stuff improvements - Make pretty, streamline. - Share email address if valid, pancake/share if not. - Display output better E.g. in the 'You sheet' you could set up a filter like this: A2: = FILTER( 'Main Sheet'!A2:D ; 'Main Sheet'!D2:D="You" )in the 'Me sheet' you could set up a filter like this: A2: = FILTER( 'Main Sheet'!A2:D ; 'Main Sheet'!D2:D="Me" )Transition Tasmania - Could Tassie be the first completely sustainable Island?posted Apr 15, 2009 9:27 AM by Lissa Villeneuve
South Hobart Mural: Past, Present and Future
This project spun off from the “community building” subgroup. This project aims to have a 96m mural painted on the prominent Cascade Road wall of the Southern Tasmanian Badminton Association (STBA). The mural will illustrate the human history of the area, as well as the present, and a positive vision of the future developed by the local community. So how is this about Sustainability you ask??? Before we can consciously attempt to create a positive sustainable future, it is useful to know what it would look like. This is the idea behind creating the future panel. The vision of the future depicted will be created through two processes. Firstly, a community visioning workshop, attended by interested local residents. Secondly, a workshop at the local primary school, engaging local youth in envisioning their future. The visions and ideas that emerge from these workshops will be taken as the artist brief for that part of the mural. The artist will then interpret that and express this in a coherent artwork, to inspire the local community towards achieving their preferred future. By painting it in a prominent place in our community, it will remind us of what we want, inspiring us and steering us towards such a vision. Remembering and learning from our past is also critical in terms of our sustainable future. There are so many lessons we can learn, about what we want to do, as well as what we don't want to do, in the history of our local area. There are things we can learn from the pre-European Indigenous inhabitants of this place, as well as those who lived though the industrial and agricultural history of this place. The history aspect of the mural will be part of that learning process, helping us remember our past, providing opportunity to learn, then bring what we learn to our present day activities. The artist/s will be given significant freedom in interpreting these concepts, to allow them to approach it in a unique and surprising way. This will go some way to preventing the possibility of the work being a simple narrative, or a stale traditional mural. The size of the mural, it's prominent placement, and therefore it's significant impact on the psyche of South Hobart, mean it will need to walk the fine line of being uplifting and inspiring, while steering away from tackiness, or being overly challenging. This concept is still being refined, and changed as more input comes in from different parts of the community. If you would like to be involved, have ideas you are keep to input, or opinions you wish to express about this project, please contact Andrew Doube 0429 015 371. 
Which artist/s? The mural will be painted by local artists where possible. Interested artists will be invited to submit a portfolio of their work for exhibition, and local residents will vote for their preference. The HCC has a streetscape plan covering the site of the mural, which requires that the mural be of the highest calibre. The very large size and visibility of the mural means the artistic content will either be a glaring success or a glaring failure. Professional, or professional standard, artists will be employed to ensure that the project is a glaring success.
The objectives of this project are: 1) To inspire local residents, by giving expression to a positive community vision of what South Hobart could be. 2) To depict and thereby 'bring to life' South Hobart’s human history, from indigenous times through to the present day. 3) To improve the appearance of the 100m grey besser block wall on the main road, which many residents and tourist travel past every day. 4) To strengthen community in South Hobart, 5) To provide local artists with an opportunity to have there work displayed in a prominent and lasting way.
Rough Timeline In Feb an application to the Tasmanian Community Fund was submitted. The result has not yet been advised. During March to May of 2000, applications for funding through the Arts Tas Groups Fund and HCC Community Grant Fund will be submitted. During July and August artist/s will be chosen and the visioning workshops will be held. September will see the concept development and application to council for planning permissions. Painting will commence as soon as wether permits in spring and continue through until wether prevents further painting about April 2010. In early 2010 another grant application may be submitted to Arts Tas. The remaining panels will be completed in the summer of 2010-2011.
If you are interested in being part in this project please call / email Andrew Doube 0429 015 371 adoube@southhobart.org |