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Get energy smart at home
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Get energy smart at home
Town of Mosman Park1 Memorial DveMosman Park,Explore tips to help you cut your energy use and save you money. Understand your electricity and water usage better and learn some simple changes that can make a big difference.
Join us in the Councillor lounge at the Town of Mosman Park Administration Building to find out how to identify what’s using the most energy and water in your home.
This free workshop is suitable for adults and children aged 14 and over.
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Fauna Foray at Karakamia Wildlife Sanctuary
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Fauna Foray at Karakamia Wildlife Sanctuary
Karakamia Wildlife Sanctuary4360 Lilydale RdChidlow,Join us for an evening talk & spotlight tour with Australian Wildlife Conservancy ecologists and see the bush come alive with small mammals!
The Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) is the largest private manager of land for conservation in Australia, protecting endangered wildlife across 4.6 million hectares in iconic regions such as the Kimberley, Cape York, Lake Eyre and the Top End.
The AWC story began here in the Shire of Mundaring, with the purchase of what became Karakamia Sanctuary, where important populations of threatened and declining mammals such as Tammar Wallabies, Woylies and Quenda now thrive.
The fauna forays involve walking in the bush at night on uneven and sometimes rocky trails, please refer to the walk info below to make sure it is suitable for you. Light refreshments will be provided at the start of the evening. Numbers are limited so please register your attendance to avoid missing out!
What to bring: insect repellent, long sleeve top and trousers, sturdy covered shoes for walking and hiking poles if required. Bring a jumper in case it gets cool. Bright spotlights with red filters are carried by the guides to point out animals and light the path. You may wish to bring a small torch of your own to help find your footing along the tracks at night (please no head torches).
Schedule
5.45pm – Arrive and registration
6.00pm – Welcome & presentations, light refreshments
6.30pm – First fauna foray walk begins (approx 2 hours)
6.40pm – Second fauna foray walk begins (approx 2 hours)
6.50pm – Third fauna foray walk begins (approx 1 hour 15 mins)Choose a walk that suits you! More details on each walk will be provided on the night.
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DIY Urban Fauna Shelters Workshop
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DIY Urban Fauna Shelters Workshop
Perth City Farm1 City Farm PlaceEast Perth,Learn how to create habitat for native pollinators and pest controllers such as native bees, wasps, skinks and geckoes using recycled and natural materials. After a short presentation about the importance of urban wildlife, let your imagination go wild as you help create shelters to support creatures at City Farm (part of our 'Nature in the City' project) and also make one to take home.
This is a workshop designed for adults, but children over the age of 12 are welcome to buy a ticket and join their parents.
Tickets $10Please bring any small, recycled container such as an old ceramic or plastic pot, a clean can, or small wooden box that you would like to upcycle into a fauna shelter to install in your backyard, and a water bottle.
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Repair Cafe Bassendean
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Repair Cafe Bassendean
O2 Bassendean24 Old Perth RdBassendean,SOMETHING BROKEN? NOT WORKING? IN NEED OF REPAIR?
Bring it along to the Repair Café Bassendean held at O2 Café and have it fixed for FREE
Electrical, IT, Textiles & Sewing, Bikes & General Repairs,
* Electrical repairers are very popular so make sure you arrive at the start of the session.
* Only 1 item repaired per person per session (unless we aren’t busy)
* Some items may take longer than one session to fix. If this happens you will need to take your item home at the end of the session and bring it back next session.
* If your item needs a part you will need to purchase the part and bring the item and the part to the next session.
VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS NEEDED, LOVED AND APPRECIATED
Positions available in the above areas and if you don’t have any repairing skills we always need help at check in/ check out, committee, fundraising, posters, advertising, social media. - -
Night Stalk
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Night Stalk
Canning River Eco Education CentreCnr Kent St & Queens Park RdWilson,Join the Canning River Regional Park Volunteers and Kanyana for a Night Stalk in the Regional Park. Spot some creepy crawlies hiding in the bush and maybe see some microbats leaving their roosts.
The Canning River Regional Park Volunteers have been researching bats in the Regional Park, come along to find out what they have discovered. Learn about the other inhabitants of the Park who also venture out after dark.
This free session will include a small talk then a walk in the Park. Please wear closed in shoes and bring a torch.
Suitable for all ages.
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Creating a wildlife-friendly garden
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Creating a wildlife-friendly garden
Stirling Community Centre7A Kitchener StNorth Beach,Your garden is your sanctuary, but it is a sanctuary for wildlife too?
Join gardening expert Lisa Passmore for tips on how to attract and retain wildlife to your garden, including :
- selecting plants which provide food for wildlife all year round
- creating habitat in your garden where critters can live and feel safe
- incorporating water into your garden to attract frogs, beneficial insects and birds
- how to control pests and diseases while avoiding the use of harmful chemicalsWhether you are starting a new garden from scratch or are looking for a few tips on how to tweak your existing garden, this workshop will be of value for anyone who wants to support biodiversity and share their garden with our feathered, furred, scaly and crawly friends.
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Wildlife Photography Essentials
Team Digital5 Coolgardie TcePerth,If you have a passion for the great outdoors and would like to know how to photograph animals in their natural habitat (or even in the zoo), then this event is for you!
"Wildlife Photography Essentials" will take you on a journey through the mindset of a wildlife photographer. This is a great introduction to the world of wildlife photography: you'll learn the best lenses and equipment you need, how best to use them, the "pro secrets" of taking great images of wild animals and tips for working in a natural environment and becoming familiar with the behaviour of the birds and animals you intend to photograph.
We'll start with an information-packed seminar where wildlife photographer, Craig Franke, will show you how to think and shoot like a wildlife photographer. You'll learn techniques, settings, trouble shooting and strategies for photographing wildlife, including birds.
This is followed by a field trip to a nearby nature reserve where you will have the opportunity to practice what you have learned. Craig will be available to answer your questions or assist you if you ask for help or guidance during the field trip.
Find your wild side (and the wildlife photographer in you) in this workshop! Places in this mini workshop are limited to 16, so book early to avoid missing out.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
-Your interchangeable lens camera or fixed lens superzoom cameras (80x or more magnification eg. Nikon P1000).
-A telephoto lens. We recommend at least a 70-300mm lens, but suggest longer lenses such as 100-400mm or 150-600mm.
-Optional: A monopod.
-Notebook and a penLevel: Beginner-Intermediate
Cost: $120
Maximum participants: 16Course pre-requisites: You need to be familiar with key concepts in photography, including Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO and Depth of field. You will also need a telephoto zoom lens - we recommend at least at least a 70-300mm lens, but recommend longer lenses eg. 100-400mm or 150-600mm).
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Dandjoo Gabi Wonga Sundowner
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Dandjoo Gabi Wonga Sundowner
Mandurah Performing Arts CentreOrmsby TerraceMandurah,Community members and WA Wetlands Management 2021 Conference delegates are invited to join Peel-Harvey Catchment Council and partners for Dandjoo Gabi Wonga (Meeting place of the waterways story) – a sundowner to celebrate World Wetlands Day and the 50th Anniversary of the international Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Celebrate in style with arts, food, and special ‘Ramsar Soapbox’ sessions featuring stories of the wetlands and the people working to care for them.
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2021 Hemp Symposium
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2021 Hemp Symposium
Fremantle Sailing Club151 Marine TceFremantle,Network with Hemp Industry leaders, discover the latest innovations in sustainable agriculture, hemp building products, hemp foods, hemp by-products, and medicinal cannabis.
The 2021 Hemp Symposium will bring WA hemp growers, builders, industry, and community together.
Symposium: The Wardroom (upstairs) Registrations open at 8:30am for 9:15am start to 5:30pm.
Networking Sundowner: The VIP Lawn (overlooking the water) 6pm to 8pm.Symposium Tickets include:
-Presentations by WA hemp industry leaders
-Exhibitors and keynote speakers
-Morning and Afternoon tea, including menu items, such as Coffee station and selection of fine teas, and a selection of hemp-based menu items
-Networking Lunch, including a selection of hemp based menu itemsNetworking Sundowner includes:
-A selection of finger food, including hemp-based menu items.
-Drinks can be purchased at the VIP Sundowner barTickets: $49 (sundowner), $199 (symposium), $248 (symposium + sundowner)
2021 Hemp Symposium–
2021 Hemp Symposium
Fremantle Sailing Club151 Marine TceFremantle,Network with Hemp Industry leaders, discover the latest innovations in sustainable agriculture, hemp building products, hemp foods, hemp by-products, and medicinal cannabis.
The 2021 Hemp Symposium will bring WA hemp growers, builders, industry, and community together.
Symposium: The Wardroom (upstairs) Registrations open at 8:30am for 9:15am start to 5:30pm.
Networking Sundowner: The VIP Lawn (overlooking the water) 6pm to 8pm.Symposium Tickets include:
-Presentations by WA hemp industry leaders
-Exhibitors and keynote speakers
-Morning and Afternoon tea, including menu items, such as Coffee station and selection of fine teas, and a selection of hemp-based menu items
-Networking Lunch, including a selection of hemp based menu itemsNetworking Sundowner includes:
-A selection of finger food, including hemp-based menu items.
-Drinks can be purchased at the VIP Sundowner barTickets: $49 (sundowner), $199 (symposium), $248 (symposium + sundowner)
Blue Sky Festival–
Blue Sky Festival
Hub of the HillsCraig StMundaring,Blue Sky Festival is devoted to a range of environmental and sustainability issues in the Mundaring Hills.
Saturday March 20: talks, workshops, youth presentations
Sunday March 21: Environmental stalls & displays, entertainment, music, homemade goods, kids activities, great food and coffee - -
Ecoburbia Tour
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Ecoburbia Tour
Ecoburbia16 Livingstone StBeaconsfield,Come for a tour of Ecoburbia - alternative urban infill development, a farm in the city, sustainable house and community hub.
Ecoburbia’s intention is to create more sustainable, connected and resilient communities. We provide exciting and motivating educational programs based on sound behaviour change theory.
Ecoburbia, as an urban community and microfarm, is a living demonstration of our intention that we share with others.
But just what is it?Ecoburbia is part urban infill development, where we have converted one house into four self-contained living units, tripling the population density without adding to the house’s footprint.
Ecoburbia is part urban farm with chickens, goats, compost and fruit trees, plus a large shared veggie patch.
Ecoburbia is part demonstration sustainable house, with cutting edge energy systems, water collection and dispersal systems and innovative passive solar design.
Ecoburbia is part educational opportunity and community hub, with regular tours, workshops, films and other community events
You have heard about Ecoburbia - now come and see it for yourself.
During this tour you will see
- an alternative infill development
- a series of small and tiny houses,
- four water systems,
- an integrated power system including low tech power systems like solar ovens and cookers
- a house renovated for solar passive heating and cooling
- a simple composting toilet
- a large shared veggie garden, herb garden and preserves
- two goats and 15 chickensAnd hear about:
- life living with 9 adults in self contained units under a benevolent dictatorship
- the reasons why Tim and Shani have created EcoburbiaSee you there!
AM Tour: 9am-12pm
PM Tour: 2pm-5pmPLEASE BRING SOME SNACKS TO SHARE WHEN WE HAVE A CUPPA
Tickets $20Blue Sky Festival–
Blue Sky Festival
Mundaring Sculpture ParkJacoby StMundaring,Blue Sky Festival is devoted to a range of environmental and sustainability issues in the Mundaring Hills.
Saturday March 20: talks, workshops, youth presentations
Sunday March 21: Environmental stalls & displays, entertainment, music, homemade goods, kids activities, great food and coffeeDr Dolittle Goes Bush–
Dr Dolittle Goes Bush
Kalamunda,Walk 2km to a typical Bibbulmun Track campsite to meet the friendly native creatures from Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.
Ideal for kids 5 – 12 yrs. Watch their faces light up as they interact and learn about our native animals.
Return following the Waugal trail markers at dusk.
Max 2 kids per adult. Max two adults per child. 1hr from Perth. Not suitable for pushchairs.
Don't forget your torch!
All children must be accompanied by an adult.Tickets $20/$40 (adults/children)
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Take the Streets for Climate Action
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Take the Streets for Climate Action
Riff45 St George's TcePerth,Right now, we have a small window of time left to take action on the climate and ecological emergency.
Doing nothing risks everything.
On March 22:10 am to midday is VIBE TIME in the Stirling Gardens – where you can connect, create, learn or just chill.
There’ll be different areas set up with something to suit everyone: talks on First Nations justice and climate science, music and arts, mini action trainings, intro to XR workshops, an area for families and more.
Then, from midday, we get into action.
We’ll hold a DIE-IN on St George’s Terrace, where Rebels will lie in the road, disrupting business as usual with a reminder of the mass extinction that awaits us if we don’t act now. In true XR fashion, there'll be music, arts, and a chance for you to bring your creativity to the action. Dress up, bring a musical instrument, paint your message on a placard and make it fun!
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Bushcarers Kalamunda Speaker and Annual General Meeting
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Bushcarers Kalamunda Speaker and Annual General Meeting
St Barnabas Church Hall (opposite Kalamunda Hotel)40 Railway RdKalamunda,Please join us for our 2021 Annual General Meeting, followed by our speaker, Tim MacNay of the Environmental Defenders Office, who will help us to understand how our environmental protection laws do and don't work, and what may happen to improve this.
We hope to see you, and please RSVP.
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DIY Bokashi Bucket - Sustainability Workshop
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DIY Bokashi Bucket - Sustainability Workshop
Brockman Community House27 Hull WayBeechboro,A bokashi bin is a small composting bucket designed to transform your food waste into nourishing compost and soil builder.
All attendees will be making a Bokashi bucket to take home.
Creche available (bookings essential)
$7.00 per person
Phone: 9279 1588
Email: admin@brockmanhouse.net