Project Objectives For Building A More Sustainable and Liveable Marys Mount - (NB The Project Is Commencing With a Pilot)  

Marys Mount Street View Video Download

Marys Mount Area Behind Quiberon Way Suitable For Planting 

Marys Mount One Planet Plans

Raina Emerson Landscape Garden Designs

To protect the residents of Marys Mount from the increasing climate impacts, in particular temperature extremes and flooding

The pilot project will concentrate on the smallest blocks, 700 sqmtrs, that have duplex houses on them as they are most at risk from the now rapidly deteriorating climate. THe pilot will cover some 6-10 houses. 

For more information on the pilot see below. 

Objectives of Wider Project

• Mitigate flooding by increasing the carbon in the soil and domestic and urban planting, linked to the wider planting program  
• More sustainable, affordable and low energy requirement housing that lower capital cost and running cost
• Housing development to take advantage of landscape resources to improve sustainability, eg bodies of water
• Encourages more social activity    
• Grow our part of our local economy that conributes towards direct community directly and indirectly to community sustainability
• Build the reputation of Goulburn-Mulwaree as a "Sustainable" Community to attract more investment in a sustainability
• Build on the good work of the Council in the provision of recreational areas and facilities
• Set aside areas for the use of our First Nations People 
• Gain international recognition for the remedial work and new development at Marys Mount

 
Associated Projects: -

• Tree planting on Council land over from Quiberon Way, behind Warrigal Aged Care and over the creek and behind Green Vallery Road. 
• Establishment of mycorrizal planting patches across Marys Mount on private and public land, in particular at the start of Marys Mount Road where most of the work has already been undertaken. 

Pilot Project Objectives 

Guided by the recently developed Marys Mount and LGA One Planet Living Mindmaps and plans to:- 

• create more of a sense of community
• cool around the houses and in the streets
• reduce the cost of building garden by reducing the effort through templates and working together
• assistance in building a vegetable patch
• reduce the cost of plants by entering into bulk arrangements with local retailers
• install water tanks (would need to be underground)
• extend the initial planting to further cool the vacant Council land in middle of the housing developments and create shaded walking and cycling opportunities on the extensive pathways, starting at the weir.
• The above to be part of a larger “masterplan” for Marys Mount to build:-
  • biodiversity and incoporate it into new developments at MM, and indeed elsewhere
  • join up the bodies of water to help cool down the environment
  • cool the houses and the streets  
  • Group housing

Business Opportunities

• Sale of roof and wall insulation
• Sale of curtains and blinds
• Sale of double glazing
• Sale of water tanks to hold water from roofs, plus installation services
• Sale of plants for gardens
• Sale of vegetable seeds and seedlings
• Sale of garden ornamentation
• Landscape design and planting service eg Raina Emerson's garden templates and services to establish a veggie patch  
• Garden maintenance
• Increased discretionary spending from above reduction in house and garden costs

Approach

• The householders in the pilot to pay for part of the remediation work as defined in the pilot project costing spreadsheet 

Targets

Reduced household emissions and energy bills

• Emissions reduction
• Waste reduction

Defined in pilot project costing spreadsheet

Method

• Measure carbon emissions on 6 "average" houses - who pays is tba and track emissions as the houeholds emissions reduction project rolls out.  

Competition

• house with lowest carbon emissions
• house with most reduced carbon emissions 
• house with most reduced rubbish
• most sustainable garden
• most productive vegetable patch

Publicity​

• Goulburn Post
• Website
• Face Book

In Initial Funding For the Pilot Project through Office of local Federal MP - Kristy McBain

Alternatives:-

• Dept Regional NSW (they funded Bega's information and education centre) Might get funding for project start-up costs.

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