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Green Thymes
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Saving water in the garden: vertical gardens and wicking beds workshop
Join Karen Montgomery and learn how to make a wicking bed or vertical garden.
Curious about wicking beds? Karen will talk about the pros and cons of wicking beds and give great practical tips on how to make your own.
Discover how to build a green wall, from engineered walls to DIY projects - work out what system is for you and how to make it thrive!
Karen is a garden consultant, designer, workshop facilitator, trainer, garden writer, radio presenter and much more! She can be heard regularly on ABC Adelaide & 5AA radio stations and contributes to print media such as SA Gardens and Outdoor Living magazine.
Purchase tickets to this event for $5 per person.
When: Monday 6 August, 7pm - 8:30pm
Where: Cooinda Neighbourhood Centre,
245 Sturt Road, Sturt
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GO GREEN at the Tonsley Pod
FREE day time events
'Cost vs benefits of energy improvements to older SA houses' with Dr David Whaley, UniSA
10am - 12pm &
1pm - 3pm
Art, Mindfulness, Nature: An Ephemeral Art Workshop
Cost: FREE - BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
via 8375 6750 or
11am - 12pm
11.15am - 12pm
Paper Marbling with the Travelling Papermaker
12.30pm - 2pm
'One Big Home' Lunchtime Movie Screening
1pm - 1.45pm
'Flinders NVI Discovery Tour'
2.15pm - 3.15pm
'Water in SA: the ins and outs' with SA Water
Visit us anytime between 9.30am & 4pm to Adopt-a-Book, Grab-a-Mag and to enjoy
complimentary tea, coffee & light refreshments
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Water Wise Design Workshop
RESILIENT SOUTH
WATER WISE DESIGN WORKSHOP
THURSDAY 26 JULY
6.30-8PM
BRIGHTON CIVIC CENTRE, 24 JETTY ROAD, BRIGHTON
Interested in learning how you can use stormwater at home?
Come along and learn about water tanks, rain gardens, permeable paving, housing design and more!
Presentations from Water Sensitive SA and the City of Holdfast Bays Arborist.
More info and bookings: holdfast.sa.gov.au/whatson or 8229 9999.
This is a Resilient South workshop open to residents from the Cities of Holdfast Bay, Marion, Mitcham and Onkaparinga.
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Saturday Sustainability Workshops @ Café 25
Opening Saturdays,
Café 25 has been created through neighbourhood goodwill and promises to deliver the local community more than just good food and coffee.
Using produce from the community garden (where available) it is the perfect place to sit back with friends and relax over a cup of tea and a bliss ball.
Café 25 is also going to offer regular workshop. These may include henna painting, Aboriginal basket weaving, sustainability topics, book swaps and more..
A Community Café that offers a little bit more....workshops, food and friendship.
Hope to see you there!
Workshops include:
- Boomerang Bags Workshop (Saturday 28th August)
- Sustainable Garden Workshop (Saturday 15th September)
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Climate Ready Communities - Friday 31 August
You can join our group of Climate Ready Champions as we explore how to get ready as a community for changes in our climate.
Australian Red Cross is offering training to help people understand how what we value may be affected by our changing climate and explore what we can do to take action.
You will be supported by Red Cross through:
- Free training about how you can support others to become 'climate ready'
- Practical guidance to deliver activities and events in Adelaide's South
Friday 31 August
9:30am - 4:30pm @ Tonsley
Register here!
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Plastic Free July Activities
Make your own
- Beeswax wrap
- Produce bag
- Boomerang Bags
Plastic Free July aims to raise awareness of the problems with single-use disposable plastic and challenges people to do something about it. As part of Plastic Free July we are running a FREE workshop to give you the opportunity to make your own environmentally friendly products.
When: Monday 30 July, 12 noon - 2pm Where: Trott Park Neighbourhood Centre, 34 Hessing Crescent, Trott Park Cost: FREE Bookings essential: 8387 2074
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Protecting the Catch - Research Tuesdays
Seafood feeds the world. It has long been a key dietary component for hundreds of millions of people. But the global 'catch' is under pressure.
With the world's population predicted to reach 9.6 billion by 2050, seafood demand is set to skyrocket.
Yet, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, almost 90% of fish stocks are already fully or over-exploited. So how can we keep seafood on the menu?
In this special National Science Week forum, some of Australia's leading researchers in a number of complementary disciplines will discuss the critical challenges of sustainable fisheries: scientific and commercial interests; environmental concerns; ethics and equity; and international law and policy.
Please join us.
Dr Nengye Liu is a senior lecturer in the Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide.
Dr Zoë Doubleday is a Research Fellow and marine ecologist in the University of Adelaide's School of Biological Sciences.
Professor Reg Watson is Professor of Fisheries and Ecological Modelling at the University of Tasmania.
Associate Professor Margaret Young is Director of Studies, Environmental Law, in the University of Melbourne Law School.
Mr Keith Rowling is Program Leader, Community Based Fisheries, in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA).
Tuesday August 14, 2018
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
The Braggs Lecture Theatre, The University of Adelaide
North Terrace
Adelaide, SA 5005
Book your free spot here
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Tune into Season 2 of ABC's War on Waste starting on Tuesday 24 July and find out what host Craig Reucassel will be tackling in the new series.
This award-winning series reached over 4 million viewers last year and sparked action across the country to cut Australia's unbelievable waste levels.
Find last season's episodes, action toolkits and other great stuff on ABC's website: http://www.abc.net.au/ourfocus/waronwaste/
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FREE Resilient Leaders Workshop
Want to learn more about emergency management in our community?
Gain the skills to prepare and help support our community in the event of an emergency situation.
The Red Cross is running a 2 day FREE workshop in the City of Marion for community leaders, to better prepare our community for emergency situations. This free workshop includes interactive activities, stories from real disasters and a panel discussion with a number of emergency services.
Over the two days participants will learn about:
- South Australian Emergency Management procedures
- The impacts of emergencies of families and individuals
- How you can support your community in preparing for, responding to and recovering from emergencies
At the end of the workshops Resilient Leaders will have the skills and knowledge that will enable them to better support their community through emergencies big and small.
When: Saturday 4th and Saturday 11th August
Where: City of Marion Council Chambers
Time: 9am - 4pm
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More workshops, events and courses!
Visit
The Joinery website for a host of other exciting sustainability events.
Based in Adelaide, The Joinery, is a hive of inspiring community activity
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