Climate change is threatening to destroy life as we know it.  Unbridled release of green house gases will result in negative consequences for everyone, including those not even born yet.  To minimize the impact of climate change we need to make changes to the way we do things.  Business-as-usual will be a disaster.  Not doing anything is not an option.  We all need to make changes, even small ones, to avert the problem. 

Surf Coast Energy Group is a community collective interested in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the surf coast community.  We aim to help people to reduce consumption and help them take up renewable energy sources.  Think globally, act locally.

Electricity generation is responsible for about 50% of our green house gas emissions in Australia.  Changing to renewable forms of energy generation can thus have a very significant impact on slowing climate change. 

We are setting up a community wind farm that will generate enough electricity for the townships of Torquay and Jan Juc for the next 20 years.  Wind-generated electricity will drastically reduce the amount of green house gases produced by our community.  Wind-generated electricity is also well within reach financially for our community.  Now that Australia has signed the Kyoto Protocol, and the new federal government has set increased targets for renewable energy sources, we owe it to the world, to our kids, even to ourselves to make this project happen.