This from the August 22 edition of the South Gippsland Sentinel Times:

Community lunch questions future

How to plan to live better and more economically, high levels of consumerism, and questions of future energy use, were just several of the topics covered at a fascinating community lunch, held at Mitchell Community House in Wonthaggi last week.

Guest speaker and member of the Bass Coast Sustainability Education Group. Jessica Harrison, led a lively discussion outlining the Kinsale Community Energy Descent Plan. Kinsale is a small seaside town in Ireland, similar to Wonthaggi in many respects.

The townspeople are among the first in the world to take charge of their future, by developing a step by step plan to take the town towards sell-sufficiency in energy and food production by 2021.

A captivated audience participated in discussion on the possibility ofusing such as plan in Bass Coast. Many people indicated that they were keen to be involved in future meetings to discuss various ideas and approaches.

Anyone interested in more information can contact Mitchell House co-ordinator Jan Bourne, on 5672 3731.