About Us

Switch Your Thinking is an initiative of the City of Armadale, City of Gosnells and the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale working together since 2002 as the South East Regional Energy Group.
Switch Your Thinking

What is SYT?

Switch your Thinking is a local government initiative based in Perth, Western Australia. We were founded in 2002 by the South East Regional Energy Group (SEREG) – a small team of passionate professionals with skills and experience in sustainability, community engagement, business management and science. SEREG is a joint initiative of the City of Armadale, City of Gosnells and the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale.

Switch Your Thinking’s work aligns with many of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, with particular focus on climate action, sustainable cities and communities, affordable and clean energy, responsible production and consumption, ecosystem health and developing partnerships.

For more information on what we do and how we can help you achieve your sustainability goals, check out the various section of our website or get in touch with the team via mail@switchyourthinking.com.

Switch Your Thinking

What do we do?

Our core mission is to encourage and enable people to live and work in a way that meets their needs without jeopardising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Since 2002, we have helped our program partners and community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 339,700 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent which is the same as putting 790,000 barrels of crude oil back in the ground.

online-learning (1)
Educate

Promote resource efficiency & environmental awareness

trial (1)
Trial

Trialling new technologies and new ways of doing things

self-improvement (1)
Upskill

Upskilling communities and facilitate behaviour change

help (2)
Assist

Assisting partner Councils to implement corporate greenhouse abatement strategies

partnership (3)
Build

Forging partnerships with businesses, government agencies and community groups that share our vision

Who we are

Our Team

The South East Regional Energy Group is serviced by a small team of passionate professionals with skills and experience in sustainability, community engagement, business management and science. 

Kerry Wilson

Program Coordinator

Dr Jaya Nair

Program Officer

Phil Webster

Program Officer

Bonnie Summers

Program Graduate

We've been recognised with these awards:

Finalist Best Residential Innovation 2019

Smart Cities and Suburbs Awards

Finalist Energy Efficiency Achievement 2019

Cities Power Partnership

Energy Efficiency Awards

Finalist Environment Action Category

United Nations Association of Australia (WA Division) Awards

Finalist Program Innovation

WA Australian Water Awards

Category Winner Education Award

Banksia Sustainability Awards

Category Winner Environmental Innovation

Keep Australia Beautiful Council Sustainable Cities Awards

Overall Award Outstanding Achievement

National Awards for Local Government

Category Winner Local Greenhouse Action

National Awards for Local Government

Category Winner Sustainable Management of the Environment

Western Australian Premiers Awards

Winner Environmental Innovation

Keep Australia Beautiful Sustainable Cities Awards

Overall Winner

Keep Australia Beautiful Sustainable Cities Awards

Category Winner Energy and Water Conservation

Keep Australia Beautiful Sustainable Cities Awards

Finalist

Banksia Sustainability Awards

Category Winner Government Leading by Example 2006

WA Environment Awards

Category Winner Community Energy Efficiency 2006

Switched On Councils

Our Partner Councils

Switch your Thinking facilitates community events, negotiates discounts for residents on sustainable products and provides up to date and locally relevant information to 16 Councils across the Perth and Peel region. We also work within Councils on corporate sustainability projects, advocacy and fostering collaboration.