What you need to know about New Councillors for Yarra,
the YCAN 2020 AGM wrap up, Green holiday gifts and the
YCAN Climate Solutions webinar series
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Find out about the 2020 YCAN AGM, the Climate Solutions webinar series,
Yarra’s Council elections, Caring for the river, the Big Question: what can I do?
and more.
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Want to hear what Yarra is doing to improve local waste collection and recycling?
Sophie Green from City of Yarra will present a free YCAN community webinar.
Wednesday 28 October at 7.00pm for about an hour with Q&A to follow.
Register Online at Eventbrite. All welcome!

Find out how candidates in the three Yarra Council wards responded to the
YCAN six question survey.

We asked candidates questions about getting off gas, decarbonising electricity,
active transport and other climate-related topics.

Read what candidates in Langridge, Melba and Nicholls wards say.

As the Yarra Council elections approach, YCAN has sent a survey to all candidates.

Ballot papers will be mailed out between October 6 and 8 with voting (via postal vote only) closing on 6.00pm on Friday 23 October. That means your vote must be in the post by this date and time.

Find out more from the VEC website where you can also find a list of all the Yarra Candidates with contact details and statements from each.

View a copy of a survey.

We will publish the candidates responses in our next newsletter in the second week
of October.

Read the latest YCAN Newsletter:
• School Strike 4 Climate 25 September 2020
• YCAN Climate Solutions webinar series
• Make the Switch to #GetOffGas
• Compostable takeaway containers

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Since we can’t gather in the streets and wave our banner like we did last year in support of the School Strike 4 Climate, we did the only thing we could – gather on Zoom. And as the theme of this global action is Fund Our Future, Not Coal we decided to invite Scotty from Gas Marketing to our protest. Just to let him know what we think of his latest gas promotion.

Make  your own SS4C (digital) protest and support the students here.

Webinars 5 and 6: The State of Waste

YCAN is excited to present a two-part mini-series The State of Waste which will focus on waste, recycling and the circular economy.

The State of Waste will take a deep dive into all things waste-related from both a Victorian and a local perspective. We know that many members of the community are deeply invested in reducing their waste footprints and these webinars will provide you with an opportunity to ask our experts all of those niggling questions about waste and recycling that we know many of you have.

Webinar 6: A local perspective
With Sophie Green from the City of Yarra.

Missed the Webinar?
View the presentation:
Section 1.   Section 2.   Section 3.   Section 4.   Section 5.

Wednesday 21 October 2020 at 7.00pm
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Webinar 5: A Victorian perspective
With Richard Paschke from MRA Consulting.

Missed the webinar?   View it on YouTube:

And view the presentation:
Section 1.    Section 2.    Section 3.    Section 4.
Section 5.    Section 6.    Section 7.    Section 8.

Wednesday 16 September 2020 at 7.00pm
Register on Eventbrite.

Read the latest YCAN Newsletter:
• Get off Gas
• YCAN Climate Solutions webinar series: The State of Waste (September and October)
• The future of electric vehicles
and more.

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Webinar Four: What Councils are doing to tackle the Climate Emergency and how the City of Yarra compares

Alexi Lynch, Business Manager at Ironbark Sustainability, presents a free community webinar. All are welcome to participate.

Missed the webinar?
View it on YouTube:

And view the presentation:
Section 1.    Section 2.    Section 3.    Section 4.
Section 5.    Section 6.    Section 7.    Section 8.

Wednesday 19th August at 7.00pm
For approximately an hour with Q&A at the end.
Venue: Online (on your couch?)
Register: on EventBrite

With the Yarra Climate Emergency Plan hot off the press, Alexi will look at what the City of Yarra is doing and planning, and how it compares with other Australian councils. Plus, how community groups can best advocate and assist key council stakeholders to get the best climate outcomes.

Find out more about Ironbark Sustainability and Alexi Lynch.