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Thank you vollies The J came alive with laughter and joyful cheers as 130 locals gathered to celebrate 60 outstanding volunteers at the Noosa Electorate Queensland Day Awards on 6 June. Continued page 4
Dylan Hafey, Monique Vecchio, Sandy Bolton, Lisa Hopkins, Danielle Taylor and Jack Drew.
ZEN all the way Margie Maccoll Zero Emissions Noosa (ZEN) won high praise at Noosa Council’s meeting on Tuesday when councillors reviewed the organisation’s annual report and unanimously endorsed their ongoing partnership, established in December 2023. Council’s Climate Change officer said the 80page annual report shows the alignment of ob-
jectives between Council and ZEN and outlines their activities and achievements against their strategic plan as well as against council’s strategic documents, such as targets set around emissions reduction, the climate response plan and environment strategy. Cr Brian Stockwell said ZEN’s community outreach work was “for the most significant issue for council in the long term”.
“It’s really important to understand how a lack of action across the community on this will in the longer term have the most significant impact on our biodiversity, our lifestyle and our economy,” he said. “ZEN do it in a way that puts a very positive spin on the opportunity to convert to a lower carbon economy and for individuals and households to change their way of life, to improve both their health and reduce their emissions.”
Cr Stockwell said not only was reducing emissions one of the areas in which Noosa was leading the field and setting a national example, the World Economic Forum has ranked the top three global risks in the next 10 years to be “extreme weather events, biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse and critical change to our systems”, so “that’s what we have to concentrate on”. Continued page 4
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