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Feel free to discuss any other ideas you have to make Moonee Valley a great city in 2035.
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Comment 1 12 Apr 2012, 5:00 PM
I have just seen a picture of a garden box on a nature strip in Yarra Council area. It must be cared for by the residents who applied for the license, but the food grown is available for all residents to eat. Perhaps that idea could be incorporated for nature strips in our municipality, and extended to allow food to be grown beside railway lines. EG a few choko plants beside the railway line from Ascot Vale to Moonee Ponds could keep the entire suburb in chokos for months.
Comment 1.1 17 May 2012, 8:40 PM
Totally agree. Small ideas like this can grow into a whole new trend and lifestyle in our council....we just need to plant the first seeds ! (pardon the pun).
Other examples include (but not limited to):
- Cycling intiatives (loan bikes, bike rebates, rates/price discounts for bike use/purchases etc.)
- Reduced waste collection incentive schemes & re-cycling options/regeneration e.g. lower disposal fees in rates
- Rate discounts for households with fewer or no cars registered to home address
- Greener/Eco/Low Energy building & renovation options subsidised by council to further incent home owners
- 'Think outside the box ideas' (things we have not dreamed of yet..... ?)
Comment 2 19 May 2012, 8:55 PM
Interesting idea from afar:
Seattle Creating Massive Edible Forest Filled with Free Food By Jill Ettinger - organicauthority.com
Taking the urban garden to the next level, Seattle, Washington has officially broken ground on a dedicated seven acre area of city land set to be converted into an “edible forest” that will produce free food for the city’s residents and visitors, human or otherwise.
According to the Beacon Food Forest’s website, the project’s mission is “to design, plant and grow an edible urban forest garden that inspires our community to gather together, grow our own food and rehabilitate our local ecosystem.” The perennial permaculture more…
Comment 2.1 28 May 2012, 9:16 PM
Exactly the sort of innovative thinking and idea generation we need. Nice one.
