CORENA is a non-profit volunteer-run organisation. Our powerful revolving fund enables all Australians to help tackle the climate emergency by donating to projects that reduce carbon emissions immediately.

Community organisations apply for zero-interest loans to pay for projects such as installing solar panels, improving energy efficiency, switching away from fossil gas use, or purchasing electric vehicles. The resultant savings on energy/fuel bills cover the loan repayments into our revolving fund. This means they can reduce their carbon footprint at no cost to themselves, and after their loan is fully repaid they reap the additional benefit of having lower operating costs.

We then invite everyone to chip in to help fund the project. We use those new donations and recent loan repayments from earlier projects to give a loan to cover the project costs.

Chip in to help fund one of the projects below. Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible.

Donate

Apply for a no-interest project loan to reduce your organisation’s carbon emissions.

Apply

We’d love your help! Become a member, volunteer, or help spread the word.

Join / Help

Alternatively supporters can set up a recurring weekly or monthly contribution and we will allocate your donation to whichever Quick Win climate project is next in line for funding at the time your contributions arrive.

Your donation does not just help fund one project. It will be used over and over again as loan repayments return your money to the revolving fund. A donation of $100 to our first project has already been re-used many times and has paid over $390 towards overall project costs to date.

Together we have funded 43 projects that reduce community carbon emissions since 2013.

[Charts current as of 20 Sept 2021]

Current projects

We currently have a number of potential new projects under discussion, including solar projects, our first getting of gas project, and a biogas project.

Under our ‘first in first used’ policy, all donations and loan repayments received up to 5 May 2021, including loan repayments previously allocated to the first getting off gas project, have now been given in loans to our funded projects.

We’re excited about our first project for replacing fossil gas use with efficient electric alternatives. We’re still confirming the details, but you can select either that or the more general ‘Coming soon’ option when you chip in to reduce carbon emissions via our climate projects.