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Events in September 2020
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Coastal Cleanup Crew's Burns Beach Cleanup
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Coastal Cleanup Crew's Burns Beach Cleanup
Burns BeachBurns Beach,📍 Location: Burns Beach
(meet up location posted night before the event)
Date: Sunday, 13th September 2020
8:00-9:00am Beach clean 🌊
9:00-10:00 Sorting & Counting 🎶
What to bring: We provide bags and gloves, so all you need are some clothes and shoes you're comfortable cleaning in, a water bottle to stay hydrated (no single-use plastic please) and some sunscreen because while we’re protecting the planet we gotta protect ourselves too! 🌞🐋🌿
Hope to see you there!
Lots of love from the Coastal Cleanup Crew 💛
We would like to acknowledge that these clean ups are occurring on the unceded, sacred and beautiful lands and waters of Whadjuk boodja. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and honour all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This always was, and always will be Aboriginal land. - -
Living Smart with Ecoburbia - online
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Living Smart with Ecoburbia - online
Ecoburbia16 Livingstone StBeaconsfield,Living Smart is now online and open to everyone!
Have you wondered how you can make your life more sustainable and resilient? Do you want to respond positively to major world issues? Do you want to meet people who care about the earth like you do?Then this Online Living Smart course is for you!
Living Smart is a 7-week course that will inspire you to make sustainable changes in your own home with your family, and in your wider community. The course is designed with the needs of participants in mind and includes topic such as Waste, Living Simply, Power, Water, Gardening . . . and more. The actual course content will be determined by the participants so you will get the opportunity to explore what you are interested in. The course is very interactive (even online) - you will be learning from your fellow participants as well as the facilitator.
For more details about Living Smart watch the attached video or check out the website - www.livingsmart.org.au
This course will be facilitated by Shani Graham from Ecoburbia. Go to www.ecoburbia.com.au for more details.
PLEASE NOTE This is a seven week online course (using zoom) that will run on a Monday night from 5.00 until 7.00pm (Perth time) the course starts on September 14th and runs until October 26th. The course is open to anyone, anywhere.
If you have not used zoom before will send out an email with instructions so you are ready to go for the first class - it's easy!
The cost for this course is $100. Payment plans and alternative currency arrangements are possible
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For more information call Shani on 0417 941 991 or email her ecoburbia@gmail.com - -
Composting 101
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Composting 101
Ecoburbia16 Livingstone StBeaconsfield,Come and join us to learn everything compost!
During this session you will learn the magic compost song, find out what ingredients to use in your batch and in what ratios. You will see a real compost in action and find out what to do day by day to get your compost really cranking.
Add those ingredients, work your magic and you could have rich ready compost in six weeks!
You will also have the opportunity to see a hot composting system and even some humanure composting!
This workshop will be held at Ecoburbia
The $5 registration fee enrolls you in this course. After we have finished you will be asked to pay in keeping with your circumstances from $20 - $50.
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Sea Shepherd Marine Debris Cleanup - Hillarys Beach
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Sea Shepherd Marine Debris Cleanup - Hillarys Beach
Hillarys Marina Lake ParkNorthside DveHillarys,Perthites!
Get ready; our NOR Marine Debris team will be back in action this September.
For this event, we will be taking part in the #BreakFreeFromPlastic global brand audit, a citizen science initiative that involves counting and documenting the brands found on plastic waste collected at a clean-up to help identify the companies responsible for plastic pollution.
Event Details:
* Limit of 100 people due to government restrictions
* Date: Sunday 20th September 2020
* Location: Hillarys Marina Lake Park, Northside Dr, Hillarys.
Event Schedule#:
* 8.30 am Contact-less registration starts
* 9.00 am Event commences with a safety briefing
What to bring:
* BYO gloves (compulsory to BYO and wear gloves during COVID)
* Wear closed-in shoes
* Be SunSmart
* Reusable water bottle (no single-use plastic, please)
# Please note we have implemented several changes to our cleanups to make them COVID Safe for all participants; however, due to the changing nature of Government restrictions, the above event details and schedule may change.
Sea Shepherd Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians upon whose ancestral lands we live and work. We pay respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge the continuing connection that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the land, sea, sky, and waterways. Sovereignty has never been ceded. - -
Waste Watchers Workshop - Bin Basics & Recycle Right
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Waste Watchers Workshop - Bin Basics & Recycle Right
Town of Claremont Administration Office308 Stirling HwyClaremont,Let's get clear on what goes in which bin!
This short course is open to all residents who want to reduce their waste.
We'll get clear on waste terminology, what goes in which bin, where waste goes once it's picked up from your verge, how to recycle things that can't go in your household bin, what you can do to drop a bin size and much more!
Places are limited, book through Eventbrite now!
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/waste-watchers-workshop-bin-basics-recycle-right-tickets-116857157905
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Waste-free kitchen with Jane Genovese
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Waste-free kitchen with Jane Genovese
Armadale Library10 Orchard AveAramdale,Australians generate over 3.3 million tonnes of food waste a year - that is the equivalent to filling the MCG 6 times over.
At this workshop you will learn practical strategies to:
Save money on your weekly grocery shop.
Cook healthy meals and streamline the cooking process.
Trolleyology - Understanding supermarket psychology.
Being a waste warrior by reducing your food and plastic waste. - -
Growing Your Own Food - the Basics
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Growing Your Own Food - the Basics
Ecoburbia16 Livingstone StBeaconsfield,Are you keen to trying growing veggies in your garden?
Then come and share with Shani Graham from Ecoburbia who has been eating from her garden for more than 15 years.
This workshop will look soil preparation, planting seeds and seedlings, watering options, mulching your garden and what to grow when. It will be hands on - so bring a hat, some gloves and don't wear your best clothes!
You will spend time in a great veggie garden and can ask lots of questions.
You will leave with everything you need to know to enjoy a bumper crop this season.
The $5 registration fee enrolls you in this course. After we have finished you will be asked to pay in keeping with your circumstances from $20 - $50.