After the major Victorian bushfires in February 2009, the Murrindindi Climate Network (MCN) was approached by the Economic Leadership Group (ELG) of Marysville and district, asking for help with establishing a Voluntary Green Code of Practice for the local business community. ELG’s idea was to establish a voluntary guideline for businesses to achieve a certain level of environmental standards. This would help to establish an image as an eco-tourism area. To make the project attractive for businesses, MCN suggested conducting this project with an interactive component including free assessor trainings of local volunteers and free business assessments. Following a successful tender process, grant funding was received for this project from the Victorian Environment Protection Agency. A large part of this project went into the setting up of training modules, the training of a local group of volunteers who already have a background in building/energy/environmental education and the conduct of free environmental audits in the test areas of Marysville and Yea districts.