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Climate change inaction spurs Berowra residents to take some action themselves with local ideas
In late 2019 when Australia’s first “mega-blaze” tore through Gospers Mountain in northern Sydney, all Kate Friend felt was hopelessness.
Key points:
- The Berowra Climate Change Action Group was established after the 2019/2020 bushfires
- Founder Kate Friend hopes to introduce a solar hub to reduce the suburb’s carbon footprint
- The local council is looking to set up similar infrastructure in other local villages
If the fire had managed to cross the valley into the bushland shire at Berowra Heights it would have been at her doorstep.
Smoke wafted over her home for weeks, the sky was tinged orange for days, and Ms Friend’s husband was on standby with the Rural Fire Service.
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