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Media Release11 June 2010

Community Notice ~ Uralla Sustainability ForumUralla is hosting the second Local Sustainability Forum taking place as part of a series across

the New England Region. The Forum will provide a unique opportunity for the community tohave their say about the priorities required for Uralla's sustainability, strength and uniqueness.

The Forum is being held at the Uralla Community Centre, Hill Street on Tuesday evening, 22

June 2010 with supper to be provided.

The format of the Uralla Forum will be an open discussion, said Adam Blakester, Convenor of

the New England Sustainability Strategy (NESS). This format is designed to make it as easy as

possible for everyone and anyone to participate, across all ages and all interests.

The Uralla Sustainability Forum will strengthen and extend upon the local work already beingundertaken by groups such as the Uralla Climate Change Consensus Forum. The outcomes will

also directly feed into the regional New England Sustainability Strategy, which is being finalised

at a major public forum being held at NERAM in November as part of SLEx'10.

The Uralla discussions will be recorded and presented back to the community using an

innovative package of digital media tools video, photography and dialogue mapping,

continued Blakester. In this way the findings will be usable by the community for future

negotiations with Uralla's key stakeholders.

The Local Sustainability Forum will consider:

Key strengths and uniqueness of Uralla;

Opportunities to make Uralla more sustainable; and,

Priorities for action.

With the massive changes now taking place for Uralla's local government, community

enterprises such as NESS, and sustainability, become an even more pressing and important

necessity, added Blakester.

Sustainability is fast becoming one of the defining attributes of the New England Region. In justtwenty months the amount of grid connected solar power has increased by 500~1,000%. Last

year Uralla had one of the highest take up rates in NSW and the NESS Farming the Sun

initiative has been a key contributor as well as new new solar businesses in the area. The New

England is now a designated 'precinct' for renewable energy.

The Forum is open to everyone interested in strengthening the sustainability of Uralla. To RSVP

to attend, find our more or discuss this further, please contact Adam Blakester, 6775 2501 |

0419 808 909 adam@paradigmplay.net.

Media Contact | Convenor | Adam Blakester | 02 6775 2501 | 0419 808 900

New England Sustainability Strategy (ness)

www.ness.wikidot.com

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