What you will find on this page: leadership issues; bioenergy; waste management; city planning; water management
Ideas and Suggestions
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed down from generation to generation, says that “when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.” In large organisations, however, a whole range of far more advanced strategies are often employed, such as: Read More here: The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians
Following are various reports and submissions that have been put forward by a range of people covering a range of issues that will effect the Ballarat region into the future. The willingness of those who have the authority and means to take some of these ideas on board, or even explore possibilities has yet to be seen. But you never know!!
Leadership issues
Local Adaptation Pathways Program Forum Report 2011
What does a thriving and resilient Victoria look like?
Responding to a climate in transition
Bioenergy
Report on Bioenergy 2015 conference _1_
Ballarat Bioenergy Technology Final Report 2011
Bioenergy Ballarat Energy Demand Domestic commercial energy services 2011
Bioenergy Ballarat Energy Services Market Prospects Appendix 1 2011
Bioenergy Ballarat Regional biomass and waste resources Appendix 2 2011
BWEZ RE, Energy Efficiency, Industry Sustainability
Jyvaskyla and Lessons for Ballarat
Report on Biomass heating tour South Island New Zealand
Waste Management
October 2014, Ballarat, Australia Smarter Cities Challenge executive summary: The City of Ballarat, Australia, was one of 16 cities selected to receive a Smarter Cities Challenge® grant from IBM in 2014 as part of the company’s citizenship efforts to build a Smarter Planet®. During three weeks in October of 2014, a team of five IBM experts worked to deliver recommendations on a key challenge identified by Mayor John Philips and the City Council leadership team. Highlights:
- Phase in waste-to-energy implementation to build value and divert waste from the landfill
- Use modern sorting techniques to recover maximum value from waste streams
- Optimise transport and logistics to reduce costs
- Engage the community to support change
- Use technology to generate insights about resource recovery and waste.
Read More here
City Planning
Submission draft Ballarat Strategy April 2015 J Barnes
Submission Preliminary Ballarat Strategy Jan 2015 J Barnes
Water Management
The following submission provides details relating to:
- Progressively moving towards the introduction of Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) as a significant proportion of drinking water delivery to the Ballarat community.
- Sewer Mining a less controversial initiative that could be added to the mix for non-potable water delivery. Read More here: Help Shape our Water Future Submission H Cleary; Help Shape our Water Future Submission J Barnes