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Issue 5,
April 2016
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Green Thymes

You can read about local events, projects, workshops, grants and articles that have a sustainability or environmental flavour.
We hope you enjoy!

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Productive Gardens -  a permaculture approach
 
Common Thread is our FREE monthly sustainability event program.

Join us in May, where we will hear from local permaculture practitioner Nadja Osterstock.

Explore ways to apply permaculture ethics and principles in your garden and community.


What: Productive Gardens - a permaculture approach
When: Wednesday 4 May, 6:45pm for a 7pm start
Where: Marion Cultural Centre
Cost: FREE

Animal Welfare on Australian Farms
 

Researchers from the University of Adelaide are seeking people over 18 and whom consume meat to attend at 90 minute focus/discussion group.

 

The discussion group (approx. 12 people) will occur in the Marion area and is part of a research study looking at attitudes to farm animal welfare in Australia.

 

Light refreshments will be provided to participants.

 

To find out more about participating
Grey Box - Native plant sale
 
 Put a piece of natural heritage in your backyard by ordering your plants today and collecting them on 1 May!

FREE entry to Belair National Park to collect your Grey Box Day seedlings.

Grey Box Day aims to increase the extent of the nationally-endangered Grey Box Grassy Woodlands by putting local native plants back into home gardens.

Traditionally, in South Australia, these woodlands extended from Sellicks Hill to Burnside, mainly along the Hills Face and Adelaide Plains. However since settlement its distribution has been reduced from approximately 20,000 hectares to less than 2,000 hectares with most of the remaining woodland threatened by weeds, introduced animals and development.

When: Sunday 1 May - 10am - 4pm
Where: Belair National Park, State Flora
Cost: $10 for a 6 pack or $30 for 20 native plants

Recycling tip - Steel lids and bottle tops

Steel lids and bottle tops are too small to go straight into the recycling bin; they will fall through the sorting machines or get caught up in the paper which causes contamination of the paper bales.

The best way to recycle them is to collect them in an empty steel can and squeeze the top closed when it's about half full so the lids don't fall out.

The cans and tops can go in the recycling bin and at the recycling station, magnets will pick up the steel cans with the tops inside.

The easiest way to work out if a top is made of steel is to try to pick it up with a magnet. If it sticks, it's steel.

Visit the  City of Marion website for more information about recycling and waste management.
  
Mosquitos numbers at all time low

Last year, mosquito numbers at Warriparinga Wetlands and Oaklands Wetland were at an all time low.

Most wetlands of a semi-permanent nature will have a natural mosquito presence.

Monitoring has been taking place at wetlands across Adelaide to find out if creating wetlands in urban areas, increases the presence of mosquitos.

Results from nine years of research suggests that healthy, well designed and monitored wetlands do not experience a rise in mosquito numbers.

City of Marion is a partner in the Mosquito Monitoring Program run through the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board.
  
FREE Public Forum - a low carbon future
 
In collaboration with the Adelaide Festival of Ideas we are posing the Make or Break questions:
  • How can South Australia thrive in a low carbon world?
  • Future jobs: What could South Australia's new employment landscape look like?
  • How do we respond to our state's current energy and industry transition?
This is your chance to explore with Australia's leading specialists an issue that will impact us all: our transition to a low carbon economy. Come and tell us what you think.

Hear from:
  • Martin Haese (Lord Mayor City of Adelaide)
  • Giles Parkinson (ReNew Economy)
  • Prof John Spoehr (Australian Industrial Transformation Inst)
  • Heather Smith (Renewables SA)
  • Catherine Way (Energy and Climate Change Specialist)

What: New Jobs in a Transforming Economy: a low carbon future
When: Monday 2 May, 5:45pm for 6pm - 7:30pm
Where: Allan Scott Auditorium, UniSA City West Campus, Adelaide

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See you next month!
  
Common Thread
Animal Welfare
Garden Gala
Waste - Tip of the day
Mossies
Free Public Forum

More workshops, events and courses!
 
Visit The Joinery website for a host of other exciting sustainability events.
Based in the City, The Joinery, is a hive of inspiring community activity

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