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Events in June 2022
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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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Wooroloo Garden for the Community OPENING & Great Gardens Workshop
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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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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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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!
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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.