🌞 Renewables Done Right: Powering People and Nature in Regional Queensland
💬 Help us deliver the facts — not fear — about renewable energy in regional Queensland.
Across the Darling Downs, Southern Downs, and South West Queensland, renewable energy projects are growing fast — but so is confusion.
Some projects have been developed in reckless ways, creating justified concern. At the same time, many communities are being flooded with misinformation and fear campaigns that divide neighbours and erode trust.
People want honest, practical answers about how renewables can be done right — protecting land, water, and wildlife while bringing lasting benefits to local communities.
📘 The Solution: Our Region, Our Energy Future
That’s why the Darling Downs Environment Council (DDEC) in partnership with the Granite Belt Sustainability Action Network, created Our Region, Our Energy Future — a trusted, locally written information booklet that cuts through misinformation with clear, factual answers to community questions.
Developed by local people for local people, it includes:
✅ Up-to-date information from scientific research and government guidelines
✅ Real stories from landholders and renewable energy hosts and neighbours
✅ Practical guidance on planning, biodiversity protection, and fair agreements
We’ve already raised enough to print and mail 3,000 copies.
Now we need your help to reach 10,000 homes, halls, and community groups across the Darling, Southern, and South West Downs.
Every booklet delivered means one more community empowered to shape renewables that work for both people and nature.
🌿 The Impact of Your Donation
Your support will help us:
🌞 Print and mail 7,000 more booklets directly to rural households across Dalby, Chinchilla, Tara, Miles, Roma, Goondiwindi, Stanthorpe, Warwick, Clifton, and beyond.
🤝 Run community outreach stalls at major regional events like FarmFest, the Roma Show, and the Tara Futures Expo.
📦 Provide booklets to partner groups — including Landcare, RE-Alliance, QFF, and local libraries — to share across their networks.
Together, we can rebuild trust, fight misinformation, and make sure Queensland’s clean energy future is powered by facts, fairness, and biodiversity protection.
💰 How Your Contribution Helps
- $30 – Fund 20 booklets mailed to rural households
- $75 – Supply 100 copies to a local group to share
- $250 – Become a Regional Supporter, recognised in DDEC’s newsletter and website if desired.
Every donation counts.
Every booklet delivered makes a difference.
💚 Why Now
Queensland’s renewable rollout is accelerating, and communities are being asked to make big decisions that will shape the future of their landscapes and livelihoods.
They deserve clear information, strong environmental standards, and a genuine voice in the transition.
By supporting Renewables Done Right, you’re helping to ensure that renewable energy strengthens — not divides — regional Queensland.
🕒 Our Goal
We’ve already secured $5,000 to print 3,000 booklets.
With your help, we can raise an extra $15,000 to deliver 10,000 copies and fund regional outreach across the Darling, Southern, and South West Downs.
📅 Campaign runs for six weeks — help us reach our goal before mid January!
🙌 Join Us
Donate now and help deliver the facts, not fear — empowering Queensland’s regional communities to lead a clean energy future that works for people and nature.
DDEC acknowledges that we meet and work on the land of the Giabal and Jarowair tribes and the Western Wakka nation. We pay respect to their Elders — past and present — and acknowledge the important role all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people play in protecting, conserving and sustaining Queensland.
Tatiana Gerus and Christel Pidcock for Photography | Kash Ghanchi for website concept design | Brinke Stemmett and Alison McDonald for graphic design | Glenn Todd from ActionSkills for website construction and maintenance.