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Green Thymes
You can read about local events, projects, workshops, grants and articles that have a sustainability or environmental flavour.
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Urban Wildlife - backyards and beyond
Join us for this FREE monthly sustainability event program.
Get tips on how to create a wildlife friendly garden from local expert James Smith (Faunature). Find out what plants attract different birds, butterflies, bugs and reptiles. Ask questions about the wildlife you see in the backyard or local reserves.
What impact does a growing city have on our native plants and animals? James Plummer (PhD student, University of SA) is investigating the impacts of urbanisation, using birds as a biodiversity measure. Findings from his reasearch will be used to create a model useful for planners and developers to maximise biodiversity outcomes in the future.
What: Urban Wildlife - backyards and beyond
When: Wednesday 7 September, 6:45pm for a 7pm start
Where: Marion Cultural Centre
Cost: FREE
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Save the Date - Warriparinga BioBlitz!
Join in the hands on fun for everyone on
Saturday 29 October at Warriparinga.
Register for FREE activities from 9am - 9pm.
Join local experts to learn more about the wildlife in this hidden suburban reserve.
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New! Battery recycling at Marion Aldi store
The new Aldi store at Westfield Marion has a shiny new battery recycling cylinder at the front of the store where you can take most household batteries for recycling free of charge.
The batteries they will accept include:
A
AA
AAA
C
D
9V
The only batteries they won't take are button cell, 12V and mobile phone batteries. You can find out more about their recycling scheme on the
Aldi website
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Singing our Unsung Hero's
There are a number of quiet hero's in the Marion community, doing some really amazing and important work.
Just a few were acknowledged at the recent Unsung Hero's Awards ceremony last month. In the environment category they were:
Nadja Osterstock (
Nadja's Garden and community advocate for sustainable community and backyard gardening)
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City of Marion Community Grants
The City of Marion
Community Grants Program Round One 2016/2017 opens on Monday 15 August 2016.
Applications will close at midnight on Monday 19 September 2016.
Grants of up to $2,000 are available as well as $5,000 grants and one $10,000 grant.
Grants are offered in the following categories:
- Community Development
- Environment
- Arts & Culture
- Sport & Recreation
So get your thinking caps on!
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Promote your environment group!
Are you a local group with an environment/sustainability focus? Want to share your story or promote your group? We would love to hear what you have been doing! Send me an image and a short paragraph and we can share it with all the Green Thymes readers. Email jessica.mitchell@marion.sa.gov.au
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Celebrate Environment Day at Flinders Uni
Come along to Flinders University and celebrate all things environmental!
There will be market stalls selling produce and sustainable wares, various NGO's and organisations, expert forums and panels discussing some of the key issues we face, free food, games, and information about what you can do to help preserve our world for the next generations.
All are welcome!
Stalls include:
Wilderness Society
Solar Citizens
Greening Australia
Environmental Defenders Office
Marine Life Society SA...
KESAB
CORENA
And there will be a TINY HOUSE on display!!
For more info visit their
facebook page
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Community NRM Grants
Do you have an idea to help improve community awareness and participation in managing our natural resources? If yes, we want to hear from you!
Apply for a Community NRM Action Grant 2016-17, which opens Monday 15 August.
Grants of up to $5,000 are available for community based projects that promote sustainable living and the sustainable management of our natural resources.
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Painting a feathery picture
The Feather Map of Australia project aims to collect waterbird feathers from wetlands around Australia.
These feathers will be analysed using nuclear techniques to identify stable isotopes and minerals that are incorporated into feathers through the ingestion of food.
These analyses will identify the differences in feathers from diverse parts of Australia, creating a Feather Map.
This project will collect information on which wetlands waterbirds use, how they use them and wetland health.
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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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