 Geoff Adams - Executive Officer
T: (03) 5329 1730 Email:
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Geoff Adams left state government environmental department DSE, where he worked within the community engagement sector to take his seat at the helm of BREAZE in August, 2010. Geoff juggles a number of interests including outdoor education, Camp Cooinda, sustainable building and sustainable transport.
Geoff's been involved with BREAZE for a while and has facilitated a number of planning days over the years. He arrived to fill the role of EO, but it didn't take him long to reveal some hidden talents such as screenprinting and a knack for fixing all things broken.
Geoff lives locally with his partner Sarah, their two children Cosmo and Mieke, and two second-hand chooks.
 Mel Woolcock - Communications & Design
T: (03) 5329 1730 E:
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A graphic designer by trade, Mel Woolcock is a Ballarat girl and was one of BREAZE's first members. She was on the inaugural committee, created the BREAZE brand and worked with the Community Engagement & Education Group (she's still gobsmacked by the growth of BREAZE). A gazillion posters and flyers later, Mel is happily employed 3 days per week with her favourite Climate Action Group and takes care of web content (not the tech stuff, that's Jill's domain!), newsletters, communications, graphic design and various activities and events. She's excited to be using her skills for the good of the planet, instead of driving the consumption of unnecessary evils - as is often the role of the deisgner.
Mel has been plodding away retrofitting suburban home and is a proud participant in BREAZE's Solar Electricity and Solar Hot Water Bulk Buy programs. She's filled her backyard with fruit trees, herbs, vegetables, a water tank and some crazy sculptures created from bits and pieces rescued from landfill.
Simon Reid - Solar Electricity
T: (03) 5329 1732 E:
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Simon is employed by BREAZE to administer bulk buys for Solar Electricity and Solar Hot Water. He also volunteers as an organizer of the All Seasons Permaculture Design Course. Simon is very interested in Permaculture and ecological approaches to sustainable food production.
He moved to Gordon from Melbourne as the first stop on a planned woofing tour of sustainable Permaculture farms across Australia... until he stumbled upon BREAZE. Simon was so excited by the good work and wonderful people he discovered that he never made it past the first stop.
Meredith Alexander - Solar Electricity Admin
T: (03) 5329 1737 E:
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Meredith helps out with the adminstration side of the BREAZE solar project and provides valuable support to Simon, Nick and all of the BREAZE members who have jumped on board the renewable train.
Originally from North Eastern Victoria, Merry moved to Melbourne to study. She has worked in administration roles for various organisations, including a merchant bank, a football club and a church and has also taught maths, science and pre-driver education in both Melbourne and Ballarat. A keen local foodie, Merry is enjoying BREAZE’s All Seasons Permaculture Design Course.
When she's not tending to her garden or enjoying local biodiversity, you'll find Merry dancing (ballroom, swing and 50s rock & roll dance), snorkelling, or volunteering with Australian Breastfeeding Association’s national helpline – to assist families make informed choices about infant feeding (and help reduce impacts on the environment). And, Merry has two teenage daughters!
Jill Clarke - Web Admin
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Jill is responsible for the technical workings of the web site and she works closely with the Communications Coordinator, Mel Woolcock to ensure that the content and the function work hand in hand. The other work behind the scenes is keeping all the software that runs on the web site up to date as newer, better and often more secure versions become available. The major software is the Content Management System, Joomla, and its many and varied extensions (member managment, the calendar, newsletters, document manager, photo gallery, forum, advertisment manager, forms and backup - and that's not all of 'em!)
Jill's family consists of one husband, two teenagers, two dogs, two cats and recently three chickens. The chickens are part of the plan to grow food at Buninyong, and the family home was built in 2006 taking advantage of solar passive design and includes solar electricity, solar hot water, tank water storage and a grey water recycling system. Other volunteer work is with Buninyong's Friends of Royal Park and the Buninyong Community Garden, and Buninet. Not suprisingly, Jill is an active member of BREAZEs Local Food action group.
Jacinta Walker - Project Support Officer
T: (03) 5329 1736 E:
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Jenny Schmidt - Smart Living Ballarat Centre Coordinator
T: (03) 5329 1736 E:
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Jenny has lived in the Ballarat community for many years and has always been interested in living 'sustainably'. Her working life has had lots of interesting twists and turns; she was employed at the food co-op on Bakery Hill in the eighties, trained as a silversmith/jeweller, then as a librarian, and for the past 17 years she's been employed at Central Highlands library as an Information services librarian. All these experiences have added something that Jenny can use in her current role of Centre coordinator at the Smart Living Centre.
As Centre coordinator Jenny will be managing volunteers and the day to day operations of the centre, coordinating the Smart Living website information, organising an events program and no doubt much more in her 2 days a week. Already in the role Jenny's met lots of great people in the Ballarat community who are living the 'sustainable' lifestyle, and she is looking forward to the Smart Living centre helping to create positive behaviour change in the wider Ballarat community.
Sophie Akers - Smart Living Centre Project Manager
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