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City of Marion Kitchen caddy launch |
You’re invited to help celebrate the launch of the City of Marion kitchen caddies roll-out at 10.30- 11.30am on Saturday, 21 August at Glandore Community Garden.
ABC TV’s Gardening Australia presenter Sophie Thomson will host a presentation about turning food scraps into compost and the benefits of healthy soil.
A free morning tea will be provided and plants will be available for purchase.
10:30am -11:30am Saturday 21 August @ Glandore Community Garden
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Kitchen caddies are only weeks away from landing on your doorstep! |
Soon you’ll be able to pop all your food scraps into your benchtop caddy.
Did you know that food waste currently makes up 35% of our waste to landfill in the City of Marion? This is too high and we all have a part to play in reducing waste to landfill for environmental and economic reasons.
Recycling food scraps in home compost or the green bin:
· Creates compost for agriculture and viticulture
· Reduces harmful greenhouse gases
· Saves community waste management costs
· Reduces waste to landfill
The new caddies are made of 100% post-consumer recycled plastic and the compostable bags are manufactured locally in Adelaide by Biobag.
All the information about the delivery and top tips for using your kitchen caddy can be found on our Food Waste webpage.
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Marion's first Environmental Report Card |
Did you know?
- In 2020 Council planted 3,600 trees and 25,000 grasses and shrubs?
- Marion became the first Council in Australia to trial Toberite, a product that uses recycled hard plastics as aggregate in concrete?
- Carbon emissions from Council buildings have reduced by 1600 tonnes when compared to 2015 - 2016.
View the 2020-2021 Environmental Report Card to find out what action Council has taken to reduce our impact on the environment.
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Celebrating 1,000 subscribers to e-newsletter! |
The first edition of Green Thymes e-newsletter hit inboxes back in 2018.
It has steadily grown and evolved over 64 editions.
Forward this email to your friends, family and networks to put them in the running to win a copy of this beautiful book.
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You are invited to explore what a healthy and sustainable food system looks like through a series of events being hosted between August - November 2021 by the City of Marion, City of Onkaparinga, Alexandrina Council and Mount Barker District Council.
How can a healthy and sustainable food system drive climate change action? Support local jobs? Reduce food waste? Connect us as a community?
These events will help design a toolkit to help local governments enable local resilient food systems in the face of climate risks.
This project is supported by the Local Government Research and Development Scheme and coordinated by the Cities of Holdfast Bay, Marion, Onkaparinga, Salisbury, Mount Barker District Council, Alexandrina Council, Heart Foundation, Green Adelaide and the SA Urban Food Network.
Save the date for a workshop on Thursday 11 November in City of Marion.
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Funding available to manage trees |
While Council is focused on planting thousands of new trees each year, it's also imperative that established trees get the care and maintenance they require.
The Regulated Tree Maintenance Fund provides financial assistance for property owners to take action that helps maintain their Regulated/Significant tree.
The fund covers the following:
- Arborist report, when works are subsequently undertaken on the tree
- Tree Pruning
- Pest and Disease Control
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Community and Youth Development Grants now open and close 30 August |
Up to $170,000 is available to assist not-for-profit groups to undertake innovative projects, activities and events for community benefit.
The grants can assist eligible organisations and services with projects to meet a local need or gap whilst utilising their experience and existing connections in the City of Marion. The Grants will contribute to providing positive opportunities in a strong, connected and inclusive community.
Further information (including guidelines and details on how to apply) can be found on the City of Marion Website or Facebook.
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Endangered fish to make a splash |
The Purple Spotted Gudgeon (Mogurnda adspersa) very nearly went extinct. It wasn’t seen in South Australia from the 1970s but in 2004 was rediscovered at a single wetland on the River Murray. Since then it has been part of a captive breeding program and introduced to several sites, including Urrbrae and Oaklands Wetlands in 2021.
It is a striking but small fish, around 6-12cm with brown spots and iridescent purple patches along its sides. It is a carnivore, feasting on aquatic macroinvertebrates, small fish, tadpoles and yabbies.
Studies have found the Purple Spotted Gudgeon (PSG) do best in slow-flowing streams and wetlands, and are most often found in areas with clear water. This means they are unlikely to occur in areas with high populations of predatory European Carp and Redfin, as these fish stir up the sediment, making it difficult for the PSG’s to find food and lay their eggs.
Given Purple Spotted Gudgeon rely on aquatic macroinvertebrates as a food source, you might like to investigate the abundance and diversity of these creatures as part of an investigation with your class. Green Adelaide Education has lots of resources, such as teacher packs for multiple year levels, as well as ID charts and loan macroinvertebrate testing kits.
Photo credit: Jeremy Gramp
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Native plantings bring new life to Oaklands Wetland |
Last week 4,800 native seedlings were planted in Oaklands Wetland to increase local biodiversity.
The Friends of Sturt River Landcare will provide after care for these plants and help them to establish and thrive.
Now is a beautiful time to take a walk through the area with the yellow wattles in blossom and the purple happy wanderer flowering.
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Treehouse - painting exhibition |
The Chambers Gallery is the temporary new home for an exhibition by Nick Belchamber and Saadah Kent, running until 2 September.
The artworks are for sale.
About Nick Belchamber
I was born in Adelaide, South Australia, worked as an art teacher and artist in Victoria and South Australia after completing my B.A. in Secondary Art Teaching in 1982 and B.A. in Design in at the University of South Australia in 1988. I am inspired by my travels overseas to Paris, France and The Netherlands as well as my local coastal community. I enjoy painting in oil paints to create a textural effect with paint brushes and also use acrylic paint.
About Saadah Kent:
I am a painter and an art teacher who trained as an artist at the North Adelaide school of Art. Then I studied at the University of Adelaide and Uni SA to gain MEd (std). My humble achievements include: Fist prize for still life when I was 11, two art awards for best landscapes in 1998, a finalist in Adelaide Cliftons Art Prize 2012 & 1014, 3rd prize for The Hahndorf Academy Prize 2017, 1st prizes for portrait painting under 500x600 cm at The RA Show 2018, 2nd prize for landscape painting under 500x600 cm at The RA Show 2018, 1st prize for still life painting under 500x600 cm at The RA Show 2019. I have sold many paintings all over Australia through an online gallery: Bluethumb.com.
The Chambers Gallery @ 245 Sturt Rd, Sturt.
Viewing from109am - 5pm on weekdays. Please call 8375 6600 to check availability for exhibition viewing.
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Scholarship opportunity - Waite Arboretum Award |
Are you interested in how the trees of Adelaide will respond to climate change, and working with the community to plant trees that will thrive in the future?
The University of Adelaide has a scholarship for a motivated PhD student to work at the Waite Arboretum
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