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 organisations 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. From 1/7/22, up to 20% of loan repayments will be set aside to help cover the cost of increasing our project delivery capacity.

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 you 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 $409 towards overall project costs to date.

Together we have funded 44 projects that reduce community carbon emissions since 2013.

[Charts current as of 11 May 2022]

Current projects

Project 45 – Fair Food EVs

We are very excited to announce our first ever electric vehicle (EV) project.

We will be giving an interest-free loan of approximately $82,000 to CERES Fair Food in Preston, Victoria, in mid-2022 when they take delivery of their two new Ford e-transit delivery vans and associated charging equipment.

Details

We currently have a number of potential new projects under discussion, and will post details of Project 46, our next big solar project, within days.

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.