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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 44, 19 June 2017

Next Meetings
Presidents Report
THURSDAY JUNE 22
Ellie Blackwood gave an interesting talk last Thursday about DEBATE
the need to make better use of the pockets of arable land in The benefits of old age outweigh the
our suburbs. The outward spread of suburbia is gobbling up
disadvantages.
mainly good arable land at a rapid rate. One of the solutions
CHAIR: CHRIS D'ARCY
offered by the organization Ellie represents (3000 acres) is to
AV: ADRIAN CULSHAW
identify and bring into productive use pockets of unused but
CASH DESK: FRED HOFMANN AND JOHN MANKS
arable land in our built-up areas. She went on to cite the St
HOST: ROSS PHILIPS
Stephens Community Garden (our project) as a classic exam-
ple of this.

THURSDAY
JUNE 29
CHANGEOVER
NIGHT
THURSDAY JULY 6
KERRY KORNHAUSER
TRACHOMA PREVENTION
CHAIR: ROBERT MCARTHUR
The combined board meeting (the final of the year) was held AV: KEN MIRAMS
last week. There were two standout issues. The first was the CASH DESK: HEATHER CHISOLM & JOHN BEATY
board agreement to pursue continuing to pursue a golf tourna- HOST: MEGAN GLENWRIGHT
ment at Royal Melbourne Golf Course, in association with the
Black Rock Sports Auxiliary. The second was the news that Unless stated otherwise venue is
Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00
there had been developments on Sabu that could make the
Schools Solar Project redundant. The latter issue is currently
being investigated further and appropriate decisions on the Contents
future of the project will be made soon. 1 Presidents Report
2 Notices
3 This Weeks Speakers
Preparations are in hand for the Changeover Dinner on Thurs- 4 Art of Kakadu
day 29 June. 5 Dick Garner Farewell
6 Club Structure / Photo of Week
In place of a speaker at our meeting on Thursday we are going
to have a debate. The topic is The benefits of old age out-
weigh the disadvantages. Teams have been selected and
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adjudication will be by popular vote. So, come along

and enjoy what we hope will be a lively and enter-
taining evening.

Just a sprint to the finish now what could possibly

go wrong!

Yours in Rotary
Malcolm

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This Weeks Speaker: Ellie Blackwood By doing so, we aim to normalise food growing as an ex-
pected feature of healthy urban landscapes.
Topic: 3000 Acres
Our Story
3000acres was born out of a seemingly simple question:
How can we improve access to healthy and fresh foods
in urban environments?
Through an innovative collaboration with town planners,
lawyers, residential developers and web-based develop-
ers, our solution to this issue of urban food insecurity was
not to provide food to people, but to instead unlock pock-
ets of vacant land to enable people to grow food for them-
selves. Within the city of Melbourne there is such a vast
amount of underutilized space ranging from tiny verges
on street corners, to vacant car parks, to large scale emp-
ty lots awaiting development. By considering the princi-
ples of sustainable urban design we began to recognize
the potential of the vacant concrete lot as an un-tapped
opportunity to be transformed into vibrant and productive
open spaces.
There strategy is summarised in this slide:
3000acres is co-managed by Ellie Blackwood and Pippa
French, and supported through the help of a team of en-
gaged and committed volunteers.
Ellie Blackwood is a project and key relationships manag-
er at 3000acres. She has worked with the organisation
since 2014 across a number of roles, including advocacy,
volunteer coordination, site management and community
development. Ellie has a Masters in Environmental Poli-
tics with an applied research focus on the role of policy in
creating equitable and sustainable food systems.
Pippa French is a Botanist and Horticulturist with a desire
to make our cities happier and more resilient through The slides on the next page show how food production is
growing food. She has worked at 3000acres since 2014 being forced out of the Melbourne metropolitan area.
and in that time has managed numerous projects, relish- 3000acres was a key helper in assisting Heather and her
ing the diversity of the work. Pippa also works at the City collaborators set up the St Stephens Community Garden.
of Yarra as an Urban Agriculture Facilitator.
Below: Interactive website
This is their story:
Our Vision
At 3000acres, we want to see more people, growing more
food, in more places.
Since 2014 we have been working to break down the bar-
riers to urban food growing by improving
the enabling cultural and regulatory environment,
by influencing the public and private sector to rethink va-
cant land use, and by empowering community groups
with the knowledge and skills they need to make it hap-
pen.

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CLUB STRUCTURE 2015 / 16 UPDATED 17/10/2016

BOARD CLUB SERVICE TEAM
President Malcom Sawle President Elect / Director Chris D'Arcy
President Elect Chris DArcy Auditor Tony Phillips
Secretary James Glenwright Program Adrian Culshaw
Treasurer Richard Jones Meeting Attendance Chris D'Arcy
Projects Robert McArthur Communications David Lea
Independent Kerrie Geard Social Media Bridget Hage
Past President Trish Smyth Fellowship David Langworthy
COMMITTEE CHAIRS Photographer Max Darby, Megan Glenwright
Foundation Mike Hede Almoner Lois Lindsay, Charmaine Jansz
Membership Lynda Doutch Chair /Host /Cashiers /AV Roster
Public Relations Peter Flude Youth Protection Officer }
International John Sime Compliance Officer } Ken Mirams, Geoff Abbott
Youth Service Chris Martin Archivist John Beaty
Community Chris Werner
Fundraising Heather Chisholm
TEAM MEMBERS

International Community Youth Fundraising

Fred Hofmann Jan Cooper David Rushworth Jim OBrien
Ken Mirams Martin Fothergill Tony McKenna * Antony Nixon
John Manks Mary Sealy Vivienne Zoppolato Roger Frewen
Geoff Stockdale Richard Shermon Lois Lindsay Geoff Stringer
Ross Phillips Tony Phillips David Hone#
Clem Quick Martin Fothergill (Golf)
John Van Dyk Membership
Mary Cunnington Megan Glenwright
Max Darby
Public Relations
Greg Every

# Indigenous Project * District

MARBLE CAVES

Las Cuevas de Mrmol (The

Marble Caves) sit in the mid-
dle of General Carrera Lake,
which lies between Chile
and Argentina. The tunnels
and caves are only reacha-
ble by boat. The swooping
arches have been formed by
more than 6,000 years of
water lapping against the
rock, and the waters change
colour depending on the
time of year.

PHOTOGRAPH BY CLANE
GESSEL, NATIONAL GEO-
GRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

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