2025 Community Events:

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• March: PowerPoint presentation at Australian Electric Vehicle Association’s Electrikhana Event

• March: Information event at the EcoHub Repair Lab at Winthrop

• April: Information event Palmyra Western Farmers Market

• May: Sustainable House Open Day.

  • Ian and Caron Peacock opened their home.

• May: MCCAN’s Electrify Melville City EXPO at the EcoHub

  • Dr Jillian Horton's Introduction​

  • Kim Giddens MLA Opening Speech

  • Dr Jatin Kala Keynote Address - current global context - How Australia fits with China, US and EU trends.

  • Ian Peacock  Electrify Everything

  • Dr Michael Andrewartha - WA Energy System

• August: Information event at BottleTop Hill at the EcoHub

• August: Information event at Hawaiian Melville Shopping Centre

• September: Saul Griffiths Book Launch of Plug In! An Electrification Handbook at Tompkins Park Function Centre. 

  • Saul Griffith - ​In conversation with Geraldine Mellet (ABC Interviewer)

  • Book Launch Q&A.

  • Dr Jillian Horton Presentation

• September: Information event at the Perth Makers Market Heathcote Park, with EV Display

• 2nd November: Information event in the Eco Action Expo, held by the Sustainability Team at the EcoHub

• 13th November: Information event at Westfield Shopping Centre,

• Articles about Electrification were published in The Herald and Have a Go Newspapers

• Created new electrification information brochures for our information events covering 9 topics including solar panels and batteries, heat pumps, reverse cycle air conditioners, induction cooktops, electric vehicles, information for renters, how to develop a sustainable house. These brochures are used in all of our community engagement activities.

• Sold a number of portable induction cooktops at several of the community events.

• Linking with other community groups - Became a member of Electrify WA and we attend their monthly meetings.

• We have contact with other Electrify groups in WA and share information and resources

• We have regular contact and online meetings with Rewire Australia

• We assisted the local community group ‘Save Our Space’ to get CoM Council to build a green space on the Esplanade at Canning Bridge. Work on this is starting soon.

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2024 Community Events

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• Two-hour seminar with guest speaker Prof Peter Newman and other MCCAN speakers at the AH Bracks Library. This event was fully booked.

• Information sessions about electrification in homes and businesses at:

➢ Repair Lab (EcoHub)

➢ The EcoHub Expo

➢ Jacaranda Festival

• ‘Electrify Melville City’ video, showing how we have electrified different aspects of our homes and transport.

• Prepared submission to the Council, giving input into their Community Climate Action Plan.

• Met with the City’s Climate Action Sustainability Team to give further input.

• After the Community Climate Action Plan was endorsed by Council, we attended the launch of the Plan.

• Built a close working relationship with CoM EcoHub staff, who are responsible for activating the Community Climate Action Plan. They now have a reference group established to help them. ​

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