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Help HOPE to promote sustainable living practices in your community

You are invited to join our network and promote sustainable living practices in your community. Membership to Householders' Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Inc. is free and open to anyone who is interested, including individuals, families, businesses and organizations.

HOPE's principal focus is waste minimization and the conservation of energy and resources. HOPE aims to achieve this in three ways:

1. Raising awareness - letting people know about these issues
2. Education - suggestions on how to tackle these issues
3. Showing how easily it can be done

HOPE has successfully employed two particular strategies to achieve its primary aims:

Environmental Information Displays
These are an effective means of distributing information on environmental issues and interests. Brochures, newsletters, information sheets and reports from a variety of community organizations and government agencies are made available to the general public. Information displays are relatively easy to establish and maintain. HOPE has had an Environmental Information Display at Toowoomba City Library since 2001, and feedback has indicated that this has been well received.

Mutual Support Partnerships (MSP) program
This was initiated to establish and improve ties with other like-minded groups, for the purpose of fostering co-operation and collaboration on environmental projects. Elements of the MSP program include:

- Complimentary membership, but with non-voting rights
- Letters of support for funding applications and/or specific projects
- Promotion of each other's projects and activities
- Formation of working partnerships for specific projects
- Website links

As the need to conserve energy and resources becomes more crucial, HOPE is striving to expand from a local to a national network of members and supporters, who will spread the philosophy of HOPE in their local areas. To find out more about HOPE, including its Charter, history, details of Mutual Support Partners and full contact information, please visit our website at www.hopeaustralia.org.au.

And remember: You CAN make a difference!