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The community group Clean Energy For Eternity was created in May 2006, with the formation of a human sign on Tathra Beach. 10% of the Bega Valley Shire turned up. On that day, about 10 people stepped forward to offer help, and a community group was formed.
Most of those people are still working hard today as members of CEFE to help raise awareness about climate change, and look at achievable solutions.
Our message is simple. We want to set up SE NSW as a centre of excellence for renewable energy, and as a region showing leadership when it comes to tackling climate change. The advantages of doing so are enormous. This campaign aims to provide investment opportunity, attract jobs and business, and bring in tourists at a time when we are going to need it most.
We are about to get hotter and drier, and petrol is about to get a whole lot more expensive. This is going to have a profound impact on the two biggest industries in SE NSW, tourism and agriculture.
Being proactive about tackling climate change is all about regional reguvination. Many people are starting to realise this, and a social movement has started.
Bega CEFE
7/11/2008
CLEAN Energy for Eternity’s renewable energy expo at the Bega RSL Club on Wednesday afternoon attracted a lot of people interested in doing their bit to save the planet.
Around the club’s auditorium various firms and groups had set up stalls to show off their energy-saving products. Many of them were the firms that installed solar water heating and solar systems attached to the grid.Their staff was able to show visitors exactly what was entailed in installing solar power on roofs or on the property, and the costs involved. Firms with waste water systems and environmentally friendly lavatories were also there to show off their goods and explain how it all works.Energy imaging had new thermal imaging equipment to use to find out where heat escapes from your house in winter. Other methods of maximising energy efficiency were on display, and if not the products themselves, there were plenty of pamphlets to collect so that any home owner or prospective home owner could take them home and work out just how they could save energy in their home. The Parkers, Sam and Cymmon, were there with EPAC, the electric power pack for bicycles which, if correctly installed, can transform a standard bike frame into one of the most efficient, cost effective and environmentally fri-endly form of transport available. Lots of small solar powered lights and torches were on sale, as were environmentally friendly cl-eaning materials.
The Expo was a great chance for people to learn how to save money and do their bit for the environment.
Bega District News
Federal Member for Eden-Monato Mike Kelly has announced the Federal Government will fund a scoping study up to $100 000 for a solar farm in the Bega Valley area.
Mr Kelly, on behalf of the Minister for Climate Change and Water and Penny Wong and Minister for Environment Peter Garrett, announced the funding in a presentation on the government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme at the climate change forum in Bega on Wednesday night (5/11/08).
:I am proud to announce the government has acted on another election promise and will fund a feasibility study into a solar farm in Eden-Monaro, and I hope this will be a first step in getting a solar farm on the South Coast" Mr Kelly said.
The funding comes from the Federal Government's Green Precincts Fund which supports local communities to better manage water and energy use for current and future generations.
"Before the election I made a cmmitment that the government would fund a feasibility study with the aim of establishing a 1-2 megawatt solar farm on the South Coast", Mr Kelly said.
"A solar farm here could provide enough energy to power 1000 homes and provide a working example of green energy working for a regional community
"Clean Energy For Eternity has been working with me to make this project happen and it is great news the government is putting $100 000 towards the feasibility of a solar farm in the Bega Valley.
"Should the project go ahead, the government will consider up to an additional $1 million in matching funds to support the construction of the solar farm."
Mr Kelly also said he would continue to work hard with a number of community projects to reduce carbon pollution and increase the renewable energy use in the region.
Bega District News
 - A $10000 cheque presented to the Tathra primary school for a wind turbine after the Bega River LifeSaving Energy Big Swim.It looks as if we will have a 400 Watt Soma wind turbine installed by September
 - Luke Hamilton, Mark Canaider, Sascha Sacharov, Matthew Nott, Grant Prowse, Giles Ellingworth and Rob Gordijn before the Bega River LifeSaving Energy Big Swim on 8/6/08. Almost $10000 was made for a wind turbine for the Tathra primary school.Photo by Lewis Nott Click on photo to view gallery Go to the video page to view movie
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