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Schools & Youth

In these days of approaching climate, energy, lifestyle and business challenges, we hope that the schools, teachers and students of the Scenic Rim Region will find this section of our website really useful. After all, school is a place where hopefully lots of learning and…

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Business

Human civilization has been trading and exchanging goods, services, ideas and innovation for tens of thousands of years. We’ve been in business one way or another for a long, long time. Business, enterprise and industry now has a major role to play in both reducing…

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Households

The heart of sustainability lives in our homes...the places where we raise our kids, restore ourselves, grow relationships and families, garden, create, dream, care for pets, play, cook, eat, sleep, shower and so much more. Sustainability in the home is about both eco-efficiency – behaviours…

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Community

The Scenic Rim is a region of villages. We are so fortunate to be based within a living landscape of forests, mountains, big blue sky, and rivers and creeks because each day we can see what underpins our lives, families and communities: clean air, clean water, good…

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How to be EnergyWise in the home and save on energy bills:
http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/sustainability/energy/how_to_be_energywise_at_home_and_save_on_energy_bills/index.html

 

Saving energy in the home can be so easy! These pages show you how. At a glance you will see the typical running costs for hot water systems, refrigerators, air conditioners and other household appliances. You may be surprised how much energy some appliances use. Using less energy also means less pollution and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. So start now and save energy, help save the environment and save hundreds of dollars on your energy bills. Welcome to a typical Queensland household. Yours might not be exactly the same, but statistics indicate that this house and family, their lifestyle and type of appliances are representative of many Queensland households. Each individual household will vary, even with the same appliances and number of people. Energy consumption will also vary depending on the climate you live in.

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