Dear Subscriber,
It’s been another busy month here at Grow Me The Money and we’re very happy to report that more people than ever have signed up to the program this month! We welcomed 59 new businesses to the Grow Me The Money program in August.
Perhaps that has had something to do with the fantastic competition we’ve been running to win tickets to the Al Gore lunch coming up on the 21st of September, (after all who can say no to a free lunch?), but we hope it’s more to do with more businesses recognising the opportunities that come from resource efficiency and environmental sustainability.
Congratulations to Ricardo Krauskopf, Alto Hotel on Bourke & Mary Barron, Brokemares By The Bay on being the winners for the lunch! I look forward to joining you for what I’m sure will be a fantastic event. For those of you who missed out, you can still purchase tickets for the lunch here.
Each month Grow Me The Money offers different prizes to businesses registering with the program and to businesses who are referring their colleagues. In September the first 10 businesses to register will receive a complimentary 12 month subscription to the Environment Business Magazine thanks to our partners, WME Media. A further 5 subscriptions will be available to businesses who refer other businesses into the program.
Businesses at the forefront of sustainability, such as yourselves, will be steadily making more and more savings as time progresses and also getting the credit and recognition you deserve for doing your bit to help our environment. And Grow Me The Money is here to help you with that! So congratulations to all the new participants and a special thank you to those that have referred new businesses to the program. If you’d like to see a list of the businesses currently registered with the program and what club level they have attained then simply follow this link: http://www.growmethemoney.com.au/RegisteredBusinesses.
Best regards,
Kate Nicolazzo
Program Director
Grow Me The Money
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Program News
How Can I Access Grow Me The Money Mentors?
All you Participants have probably heard about our wonderful Mentors and have been reading their Mentor profiles in the Participants HQ area (click here if you haven't).
You may also have been wondering how you can access these Grow Me The Money experts and their wealth of advice and information.
There are two ways:
1. You can access Mentor information and advice by joining the Grow Me The Money Forum (it’s very simple and quick to do!) and posting a question in the ‘Ask an Expert’ section. When you post a question, we will make sure an appropriate mentor (or mentors!) answer your query.
2. When you have completed the Mentor Matching Activity in the Activity Centre of your My HQ you can call or email the Helpdesk to request help from a Mentor. This Mentoring comes in a variety of forms and you can speak to the Helpdesk to find out the most appropriate way for your business to benefit from Mentoring.
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Exciting
Developments for Mentoring at Grow Me The Money.
The Mentors' Information and Skills Session on Thursday the 30th of August was a wonderful opportunity for Grow Me The Money Mentors to meet each other, and the Grow Me The Money team, and share their wide-ranging experiences with business sustainability.
Tony Hodgson (Mentor from SustainableIT) and Demi Taylor-Blake (Mentor fromTuftmaster Carpets) in deep discussion at Thursday's mentor session.
Over lunch a great deal of networking, information sharing and learning about the Mentoring program took place, and here at Grow Me The Money we are very excited about the breadth and depth of knowledge, insight and experience that our Mentors possess, in areas ranging from sustainable IT to efficient air-conditioning systems. Even better, this wealth of experience is now accessible to Grow Me The Money Participants – just see our ‘How Can I Access Grow Me The Money Mentors?’ article in this edition of the e-bulletin.
If you are a Mentor that was unable to make it to the lunch, we will send you out an Info Pack soon, and make contact to find out how we can get you involved in the Program. Alternatively, give the Grow Me The Money Helpdesk a call and we can have a chat about Mentoring today!
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Bridget McGuinness (Helpdesk Officer), Paul Blackman (Mentor from the Environment Shop) and Gemma White (Mentor Coordinator) posing for the camera at Thursday's Mentor session.
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Program News cont...
Regional Roadshow
The Grow Me The Money team hit the road in early July, visiting:
Wonthaggi,
Traralgon,
Bairnsdale,
Warrnambool,
Geelong,
Ballarat,
Bendigo,
Mildura,
Horsham,
Nhill
And we will wrap up with Wodonga next week.
Not only were we introducing the program to interested businesses, but we were able to present an array of businesses currently enjoying the rewards of our program.
Thanks to all of those that came along for the ride. Your enthusiasm and interest in the program has added another level of momentum which is further assisting us to create a sustainable and prosperous state.
If you weren’t able to make it to one of the presentations and want to be part of the ever growing team of businesses or stakeholders engaged in the program please contact Helpdesk on (03) 8662 5840.
Clean Industry Expo
Grow Me The Money is partnering with WME Media on the upcoming Clean Industry Expo; a practical ideas marketplace for sustainability in industry. The expo will be a great opportunity for businesses to find practical products, technologies and services that manufacturing, asset and facilities management organisations can implement straightaway to address resource efficiency. |
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In addition to attending the expo, Grow Me The Money businesses have the opportunity to exhibit their products and services at a very reasonable cost. See the Grow Me The Money Events Centre for more information.
Power Meters Available Now!
Cheap power meters are now in stock at the Jaycar Electronics Melbourne store! You can use this device to measure the exact energy use of your home or workplace appliances and identify where energy savings could be made. Previously these devices were quite expensive, but can now be bought for $40 or less. Click here to have a look.
Grow Me The Money also have a number available to lend. Contact the Helpdesk on (03) 8662 5480 for more info. |
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EVENTS:
Renewable Energy: The Key to Sustainability in Regional Australia
You need to make your region sustainable, right? That means you need to find a source of energy that’s renewable and doesn’t cost the earth or destroy it.
This is good news for regional areas. Many of the developments in renewable energy work at a regional level. For example, using waste wood to create gases to produce energy is only viable if the wood is grown near the plant where it’s burnt. Gases are then harvested to create energy near where that energy is used. Such plants are already powering homes and business in Scandinavian countries. Maybe we could do this in Australia too.
If you’d like to find out more about renewable energy and how we can make it work, get along to the Renewable Energy and Regional Australia conference in Bendigo on Sept 16-18.
View the conference program by clicking here. To register, phone (03) 5434 6001.
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Bendigo Mini Conference: Making It Happen
Including a presentation from Village Green "Going Green - Vic 1000: What Does It All Mean?"
Date: Friday 14 September
Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm (registration from 9am)
Where: The Capital - Bendigo Performing Arts Centre
50 View Street, Bendigo
Cost: CBCV Members $50 | Non Members $90
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The Big Switch Off - 6-7 October 2007
Can you go up to 24 hours without power? The Big Switch Off encourages Australians to stop consuming energy for as long possible from 8pm on October 6 until 8pm on October 7, and to take the time to realise just how much we normally consume.
You might choose to switch off for one hour, two hours, 10 hours, or all 24. For more information and to register for free, visit www.thebigswitchoff.org. The Big Switch Off is a fun, communal way to get back to basics – for the planet’s sake. It would be great to have you on board.
contact@thebigswitchoff.org
www.thebigswitchoff.com
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Lexus presents An Audience with Al Gore
Sydney – Friday 14th September 2007, 12 noon – 2.30pm, SCEC, Darling Harbour
Melbourne – Friday 21st September 2007, 12noon – 2.30pm, Sofitel Melbourne
The Honourable Al Gore, 45th United States Vice President, best selling author and environmental champion, visits Australia this September as Global Business Forum’s 2007 Guest of Honour.
This is your unique opportunity to have lunch with Al Gore and hear Al Gore speak on the future of energy, climate change, thinking green and economic strategy for the 21st Century – followed by an extended question and answer session with the audience. Eddie McGuire is our Master of Ceremonies for the luncheon.
Lexus presents An Audience with Al Gore represents an unrepeatable opportunity for you, your valued executives and clients to be at the forefront of the most topical issue in the world today.
For more information or to book your place for lunch with Al Gore please click here.
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Other News
2007 Victoria Summit
In 2005 VECCI, in partnership with the Australian Government, the State Government of Victoria and the City of Melbourne, conducted the inaugural Victoria Summit™ at Parliament House, Melbourne. Key to the success of the 2005 Summit was an ongoing series of forums and workshops designed to identify challenges and formulate recommendations in key areas of energy, skills, trade, infrastructure and cooperative federalism.
The 2007 Victoria Summit™ will take the next step and not only address the key issues associated with changes in the economy and society associated with globalisation and competition from lowcost economies, but issues of climate change and the need to manage carbon outputs, increasing population and scarce water resources.
The Summit will explore four key areas in promoting a productive and sustainable Victoria into the future, including:
Greening the Industrial Ecology
Life and Opportunity in a Carbon-Managed Economy
Localising Skills and Education
Community Participation in Parks and Waterways Sustainability
You are invited to participate in the policy development and consultation process leading up to VECCI’s 2007 Victoria Summit™.
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We value your views and experiences on many of the key issues relating to important Summit topic areas and would be grateful if you could spare a few moments and share these thoughts with us by answering a series of short questions on the topics we are canvassing with key stakeholders.
Your input will be treated in strict confidence. Please go to the VECCI website at www.vecci.org.au and click on the Victoria Summit™ icon at the top of the page to access the questions.
Ballarat Mobile Phone Recycling
Ballarat Community
Enterprise, The Bendigo Bank
and UnitingCare have joined
forces to recycle mobile phones and raise money for families in crisis in Ballarat.
You can drop off your old mobile phone
into one of the ARP boxes at the
following Bendigo Bank Branches:
Ballarat West, 1302 Sturt Street
Ballarat Central, 401 Sturt Street
Wendouree, 1211a Howitt Street
or
BCE Office, Suite 4, Global Innovation
Centre, University Drive, Mt Helen
Every single phone that is donated
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Funding
Do you have a project that will help Victorians take action on sustainability?
The Victorian Government’s Sustainability Fund, managed by Sustainability Victoria, provides funding for projects that drive more sustainable resource use in Victoria. Since 2004, the Fund has provided a total of $42 million to support 82 innovative projects that demonstrate measurable outcomes for a more sustainable Victoria.
Round Three of the Sustainability Fund is now open and will close on Friday, 28 September 2007 at 4.00 PM.
The Fund’s priority is to support projects that help to mainstream sustainable behaviours and action, promote innovation or best practice in resource use and investigate, and develop strategic tools, markets and analysis of sustainability trends.
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How to Apply
Before applying please review the criteria in the application kit to assess your project’s eligibility. Applications must be submitted via the application form – available from the website. Please note – faxed or emailed applications will not be accepted.
To obtain a copy of the application kit visit: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au
Further information and to RSVP for an Information Session:
To reserve your seat for an information session or to find out more about the Sustainability Fund call 1300 363 744 or email.
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