NEWS

Baw Baw Sustainability Network's pitch is almost cheeky: we assess, diagnose and treat your home's energy problems, like a doctor's visit for your house. Behind the joke is real, practical work. The Yarragon-based, largely volunteer-run group offers home energy assessments, blower door testing, thermal imaging, draughtproofing and underfloor insulation to households across Gippsland, completing 101 individual jobs in the past financial year alone. Its Cosy Home project went f

Twenty-two Year 12 students. One hospital maternity garden. A $6.50 return for every dollar spent. Volunteering Gippsland partnered Leongatha Secondary College's Vocational Major students with Gippsland Southern Health Service to redesign, fund and build the hospital's maternity garden, working with hospital staff, community volunteers and the hospital's Aboriginal Cultural Liaison Officer to incorporate culturally significant planting. The idea was simple but pointed: rather