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Events in June 2022
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Celebrating Ecosystems Restoration on World Environment Day
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Celebrating Ecosystems Restoration on World Environment Day
The Base @ FLUX191 St George's TcePerth,This World Environment Day, the United Nations Association of Australia Western Australia (UNAAWA) and the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) are excited to present “Celebrating Ecosystems Restoration on World Environment Day”.
Join us as we delve into the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, with expert speakers showcasing the important environmental restoration and conservation work underway in our state, followed by a panel discussion on the role of industry, regulators, academics, and our indigenous and local communities in addressing the principles that underpin ecosystem restoration.
Keynote Speaker – Anya Lam, Director Native Vegetation Protection, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Guest Speakers:
Dr Stephen Van Leeuwen - BHP Curtin Indigenous Chair, Biodiversity & Environmental Science, Director ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Healing Country, Deputy Leader & Senior Indigenous Facilitator NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub.
Suzanne Brown - Manager Drainage and Liveable Communities, Water Corporation
Dr Blair Parsons - General Manager Science and Design, Greening AustraliaIf you're a sustainability professional or simply passionate about your environment, this is an event not to miss.
Tickets $27-43
Celebrating Ecosystems Restoration on World Environment Day–
Celebrating Ecosystems Restoration on World Environment Day
The Base @ FLUX191 St George's TcePerth,This World Environment Day, the United Nations Association of Australia Western Australia (UNAAWA) and the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) are excited to present “Celebrating Ecosystems Restoration on World Environment Day”.
Join us as we delve into the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, with expert speakers showcasing the important environmental restoration and conservation work underway in our state, followed by a panel discussion on the role of industry, regulators, academics, and our indigenous and local communities in addressing the principles that underpin ecosystem restoration.
Keynote Speaker – Anya Lam, Director Native Vegetation Protection, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
Guest Speakers:
Dr Stephen Van Leeuwen - BHP Curtin Indigenous Chair, Biodiversity & Environmental Science, Director ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Healing Country, Deputy Leader & Senior Indigenous Facilitator NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub.
Suzanne Brown - Manager Drainage and Liveable Communities, Water Corporation
Dr Blair Parsons - General Manager Science and Design, Greening AustraliaIf you're a sustainability professional or simply passionate about your environment, this is an event not to miss.
Tickets $27-43
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Smart Homes Save Dollars!
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Smart Homes Save Dollars!
Online EventShire of Mundaring and Switch Your Thinking invite you to attend this FREE webinar.
If you want to live smarter and learn some simple changes that can make a big difference to your hip pocket, this event is for you!
Energy and water smart homes are not only better for the environment, they can save thousands of dollars on bills and increase the resale value of your home.
A smart home is one that adopts a Goldilocks approach in managing energy and water use in a way that is 'not too much and not too little, just the right amount.'
In this webinar, we'll show you how to identify energy and water guzzlers in your home and the low and high tech solutions that really work.
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Sustainability in the suburbs
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Sustainability in the suburbs
Online EventKeeping animals in our urban setting is a means of reducing organic waste to landfill, providing pest and weed control, fertiliser for the garden whilst bringing you and your family closer to nature. In a well- designed urban garden, you can reduce, reuse and recycle with the help of your animal friends – and don’t forget the worm farm.
Food preserving and seed saving adds another dimension to sustainable living. There is nothing more gratifying that learning about heirloom seed and saving your own seed to use for another season. Of course experiencing the joys of preserving your excess produce or making use of low-cost seasonal food deliciously ‘packed away’ to use for another day!
Learn from an accredited Beekeeper on how to have healthy bees living and working in your garden, best location in your garden, what bees like to feed on, environmental considerations both in Australia and worldwide, techniques for managing bees, regulations both State and Local Government and much more.
This workshop will give you the practical skills; easy to follow recipes and ideas to make you and your family safer and more sustainable with toxic free alternatives. Learn how to make a selection of your own products such as toothpaste, deodorant, hand cleaner and Moroccan lemon preserve!
Get Energy Smart At Home–
Get Energy Smart At Home
Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre555 Leach HwyWinthrop,Learn to better understand your electricity and water usage and some simple changes that can make a big difference.
(Presented by Switch Your Thinking)
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Grow Your Own Veggies
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Grow Your Own Veggies
Online EventShire of Mundaring and Switch Your Thinking invite you to attend this FREE webinar.
If you want to eat home grown nutritious food, save money and increase food security for your family, this event is for you!
In this webinar, we'll show you how to set up a veggie patch from scratch - from preparing the soil, choosing which veggies to grow (and when), fertilise wisely, deal with pests and much more. By the end of the session you will have all the info you need to get started!
Our presenter Robyn Brown (from Waste is My Resource) has a wealth of gardening experience from a lifetime of following permaculture principles to set up her 5 acre property to grow organic food for her family. Robyn is passionate about sharing her knowledge with others.
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Frog Friendly Gardens
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Frog Friendly Gardens
Bunbury Public Library2 Parkfield StBunbury,Join us at the Bunbury Library as Wink Lindsay from Aquila FoodForest shows you how to support and encourage local frogs in your garden.
Did you know that frogs are fabulous helpers in the garden? Join Wink as she talks you through the many benefits of supporting our local frogs.
Wink Lindsay is a gardener, writer, and designer with a passion for growing food, building self-reliance, promoting local produce and empowering others.Learn how to entice frogs and create suitable habitat zones within your garden. Is it a Banjo, Motorbike or Pobblebonk - Not sure who is calling? No problem, you will also learn how to identify the different varieties of frogs who visit your garden.
Tickets $10
Wooroloo Garden for the Community OPENING & Great Gardens Workshop–
Wooroloo Garden for the Community OPENING & Great Gardens Workshop
Wooroloo HallGovernment RdWooroloo,This FREE workshop is being held to celebrate the OPENING of the Wooroloo Garden for the Community*.
Presented by The Forever Project topics will include:
-firewise home & garden principles
-safe & effective weed control
-garden recovery after fire
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Top tips for early birders
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Top tips for early birders
Blue Gum Community Centre33 Moolyeen RdBrentwood,This is the new date for the workshop, which had to be postponed because of Covid.
The team from BirdLife WA is heading south of the river for this workshop, to the Blue Gum Community Centre in Brentwood, and there is room for more to join those who had booked previously and will hopefully be able to come on 12 June.
- Dr Rochelle Steven will present an introduction to birdwatching and where to find birds. Her talk will also include tips on choosing binoculars, bird guides and phone applications for birders.
- Frank O’Connor will share some amazing facts about birds and why they are a constant source of wonder.
- Bird listening is a must for birdwatchers, according to Brendan Kinsella. Let him introduce you to some common bird calls and show you how to expand your bird “vocabulary”.Tickets $25
Black Cockatoo Crisis - Fundraising Picnic–
Black Cockatoo Crisis - Fundraising Picnic
Mahara Park85 Aldersyde RdPiesse Brook,SAVE THE DATE: BLACK COCKATOO CRISIS DOCUMENTARY FUNDRAISING PICNIC - SUNDAY JUNE 12th 1-5pm at our beautiful family property MAHARA PARK 85 Aldersyde Rd Piesse Brook.
There will be food and drinks, kids art workshops, real cockatoos, silent auction, live music and more surprises to be announced soon! Stay tuned!
BLACK COCKATOO CRISIS is a documentary being produced and directed by the award winning filmmaker Jane Hammond (Cry of the Forests - A Western Australian Story, A Crude Injustice).
The event is to raise funds to help complete the film as soon as possible. So far they have raised over $55,000 (35%) of the goal of $170,000! Every little bit helps.
Western Australia's iconic black cockatoos are in crisis. Their numbers have fallen dramatically over the past few decades and all three species in the south west of WA could become extinct in just 20 years unless something is done to protect their habitats. With the loss of the banksia woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain to housing, Carnaby's Black Cockatoos have come to depend on the once vast exotic pine plantations on Perth's northern fringe.
These pine plantations supply up to half of all the food needed to keep the population of Carnaby's alive but these too are disappearing. Within the next two years the remaining 6000ha of pines are slated for clearing leaving the cockatoos facing possible starvation.
Meanwhile the Baudin's Black Cockatoos are literally being shot out of the sky in an unequal battle for food with apple and pear growers in Perth's hills. And the Red Tail Forest Black Cockatoos are under threat from the loss of nesting hollows and declining habitat.
Black Cockatoo Crisis looks at the plight of our special cockatoos and what we can do to stop these threatened species disappearing for ever. The clock is ticking on our black cockatoos. Will we save them in time?
Black Cockatoo Crisis - Fundraising Picnic–
Black Cockatoo Crisis - Fundraising Picnic
Mahara Park85 Aldersyde RdPiesse Brook,SAVE THE DATE: BLACK COCKATOO CRISIS DOCUMENTARY FUNDRAISING PICNIC - SUNDAY JUNE 12th 1-5pm at our beautiful family property MAHARA PARK 85 Aldersyde Rd Piesse Brook.
There will be food and drinks, kids art workshops, real cockatoos, silent auction, live music and more surprises to be announced soon! Stay tuned!
BLACK COCKATOO CRISIS is a documentary being produced and directed by the award winning filmmaker Jane Hammond (Cry of the Forests - A Western Australian Story, A Crude Injustice).
The event is to raise funds to help complete the film as soon as possible. So far they have raised over $55,000 (35%) of the goal of $170,000! Every little bit helps.
Western Australia's iconic black cockatoos are in crisis. Their numbers have fallen dramatically over the past few decades and all three species in the south west of WA could become extinct in just 20 years unless something is done to protect their habitats. With the loss of the banksia woodlands on the Swan Coastal Plain to housing, Carnaby's Black Cockatoos have come to depend on the once vast exotic pine plantations on Perth's northern fringe.
These pine plantations supply up to half of all the food needed to keep the population of Carnaby's alive but these too are disappearing. Within the next two years the remaining 6000ha of pines are slated for clearing leaving the cockatoos facing possible starvation.
Meanwhile the Baudin's Black Cockatoos are literally being shot out of the sky in an unequal battle for food with apple and pear growers in Perth's hills. And the Red Tail Forest Black Cockatoos are under threat from the loss of nesting hollows and declining habitat.
Black Cockatoo Crisis looks at the plight of our special cockatoos and what we can do to stop these threatened species disappearing for ever. The clock is ticking on our black cockatoos. Will we save them in time?
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Making Beautiful Soil
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Making Beautiful Soil
Scarborough Community Hub173 Gildercliffe StScarborough,Register to learn practical and easy ways to compost, worm farm and use a bokashi bucket for all spaces from window sills to big backyards. Create your own nutrient rich soil for your plants to thrive!
We will also explore ways to make good compost and discover how to use meat, fish bones and dead cheeses in a composting system.
Reuse, reduce recycle ♻️
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Australian Science Communicators Conference
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Australian Science Communicators Conference
Herdsman Lake Discovery CentreCorner of Flynn and Selby StreetsWembley ,Do you communicate science to the community? Stakeholders? Policy makers? The media?
Communicate to Inspire focuses on practical scicom skills-based workshops and the latest research in the discipline.
The theme is Creating Connections, exploring the relationships that we can build via science communication, such as science and art, reconnecting with the natural world and staying connected during difficult times.
Tickets $45 - $80
Circular Economy Helping to Reduce Biodiversity Loss–
Circular Economy Helping to Reduce Biodiversity Loss
Online EventThe EMRC, in collaboration with Circular Economy Western Australia (CEWA), is leading in catalysing Circular Economy topics to create a foundation for circularity within our local economy.
The upcoming webinar will give you the opportunity to understand ‘Circular Economy Helping to Reduce Biodiversity Loss’ and show you how circularity can help us to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, and support conservation efforts to bend the curve towards a nature-positive future.
The webinar will cover:
• Understand how the circular economy can transform the way we make and use products and food to significantly reduce biodiversity loss
• Benefits and value that circularity can bring towards a nature-positive future
• Provide information on the many activities available to rebuild and increase biodiversity in surrounding ecosystems
This webinar will provide you with practical skills and knowledge to make a difference in your business and drive the change. Think forward, act now – get involved and see how you can contribute to the Circular Economy.
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Red Hill Waste Management Facility Tour - City of Kalamunda departure
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Red Hill Waste Management Facility Tour - City of Kalamunda departure
Red Hill Hill Waste Management Facility1094 Toodyay RdRed Hill WA ,Join the EMRC's Waste Educators for a FREE tour of the Red Hill Waste Management Facility - Bus departing from the City of Kalamunda
PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE 5 TOURS TO THE RED HILL WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY THIS YEAR, EACH DEPARTING AT DIFFERENT DATES AND LOCATIONS. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CLOSELY CHECK THE DETAILS ON THIS EVENT TO ENSURE YOU ARE BOOKING YOUR PREFERRED TOUR. FOR OTHER DATES, PLEASE GO TO OUR EVENTBRITE HOMEPAGE.
This tour provides an informative behind-the-scenes look at EMRC's waste diversion programs, the Landfill Gas & Power Station site, the tip face and Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) recovery. After the site tour, participants are invited to visit Red Hill's Environmental Education Centre for a light morning tea and a look at our waste education activities before returning to the City of Kalamunda.
This tour is for residents in the Cities of Bayswater, Kalamunda and Swan, the Town of Bassendean and the Shire of Mundaring. Tours are suitable for both adults and children (aged 6+).
This tour departs from the City of Kalamunda. Full details including the departure location will be provided to you once you are registered.
For more information contact the EMRC's Waste Education team
Tel: (08) 9424 2222
E-mail: WasteEducation@emrc.org.au
Gardening Workshop Series - Composting for beginners–
Gardening Workshop Series - Composting for beginners
Wilkinson Homestead Museum34 Homestead RdGosnells,Compost does incredible things for your garden. Learn the art of making beautiful compost and how to use all your household scraps and garden waste.
Threatened Forests Tour - Northern Jarrah–
Threatened Forests Tour - Northern Jarrah
DwellingupDwellingup,Join the WA Forest Alliance (WAFA) for a weekend tour of the Northern Jarrah Forest in Jarrahdale and Dwellingup and learn about the forest’s ecology, immense natural and cultural values and about current threats from mining. You’ll come away equipped with tools and resources to be an active champion for the forests.
OVERVIEW
The Northern Jarrah Forest grows on the Darling Plateau in a belt around 250 kilometres long, from north of Toodyay to south of Collie. This two-day tour 25- 26 June will guide you through sections of the forest around Jarrahdale and Dwellingup which are under particular threat from the proposed expansion of bauxite mining. Find out more here: bit.ly/ProtectNJF
Travelling via bus, the Hotham Valley Railway and on foot, we’ll witness magnificent intact forest, cleared and rehabilitated areas and forests under threat. Along the way you’ll hear from locals who have been campaigning tirelessly against clearing for mining operations from Alcoa, South32 and Rio Tinto. The discussion will be continued over dinner at the Dwelly Pub on Saturday night.
This tour is open to all, whether you’re a long time supporter or have never come to a WAFA event before. Kids are welcome so long as they're able to manage a 6km walk. Please book an individual spot for them for the buses and accommodation. Those who haven’t campaigned with WAFA before are particularly encouraged to come along!
Threatened Forests Tour - Northern Jarrah–
Threatened Forests Tour - Northern Jarrah
DwellingupDwellingup,Join the WA Forest Alliance (WAFA) for a weekend tour of the Northern Jarrah Forest in Jarrahdale and Dwellingup and learn about the forest’s ecology, immense natural and cultural values and about current threats from mining. You’ll come away equipped with tools and resources to be an active champion for the forests.
OVERVIEW
The Northern Jarrah Forest grows on the Darling Plateau in a belt around 250 kilometres long, from north of Toodyay to south of Collie. This two-day tour 25- 26 June will guide you through sections of the forest around Jarrahdale and Dwellingup which are under particular threat from the proposed expansion of bauxite mining. Find out more here: bit.ly/ProtectNJF
Travelling via bus, the Hotham Valley Railway and on foot, we’ll witness magnificent intact forest, cleared and rehabilitated areas and forests under threat. Along the way you’ll hear from locals who have been campaigning tirelessly against clearing for mining operations from Alcoa, South32 and Rio Tinto. The discussion will be continued over dinner at the Dwelly Pub on Saturday night.
This tour is open to all, whether you’re a long time supporter or have never come to a WAFA event before. Kids are welcome so long as they're able to manage a 6km walk. Please book an individual spot for them for the buses and accommodation. Those who haven’t campaigned with WAFA before are particularly encouraged to come along!
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Environment Matters - Next steps for nature conservation in WA
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Environment Matters - Next steps for nature conservation in WA
City West Lotteries House2 Delhi StWest Perth,WA is home to unique plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. But every year the number of endangered species grows, and the available habitat for wildlife shrinks. In many places the expanding exploitation of natural resources and shifts in climate pose unprecedented threats to our ecosystems.
Join CCWA for our next Environment Matters event as we give an overview of the current state of conservation in WA and hear from our line-up of guest speakers on the all-important question – where to from here?
We need bold, urgent and decisive action, with new ways of thinking and working together to tackle these environmental challenges and protect our precious wildlife and biodiversity in a rapidly changing environment.
This is a free event and light refreshments will be provided.
Can't attend in person? We can send you a copy of the recording - just send an email to conswa@ccwa.org.au to be added to the distribution list.
We respectfully acknowledge that we will be meeting on unceded Whadjuk Noongar country, and pay our deepest respects to traditional custodians and their Elders past and present. We wish to acknowledge the enduring culture and connection of First Nations people in WA, who have been caring for country since time immemorial.
Environment Matters - Next steps for nature conservation in WA–
Environment Matters - Next steps for nature conservation in WA
City West Lotteries House2 Delhi StWest Perth,WA is home to unique plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. But every year the number of endangered species grows, and the available habitat for wildlife shrinks. In many places the expanding exploitation of natural resources and shifts in climate pose unprecedented threats to our ecosystems.
Join CCWA for our next Environment Matters event as we give an overview of the current state of conservation in WA and hear from our line-up of guest speakers on the all-important question – where to from here?
We need bold, urgent and decisive action, with new ways of thinking and working together to tackle these environmental challenges and protect our precious wildlife and biodiversity in a rapidly changing environment.
This is a free event and light refreshments will be provided.
Can't attend in person? We can send you a copy of the recording - just send an email to conswa@ccwa.org.au to be added to the distribution list.
We respectfully acknowledge that we will be meeting on unceded Whadjuk Noongar country, and pay our deepest respects to traditional custodians and their Elders past and present. We wish to acknowledge the enduring culture and connection of First Nations people in WA, who have been caring for country since time immemorial.