Posts Tagged ‘workshops’
Practically Green Festival: Eltham
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on October 18th, 2011
| 23 October , 2011 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 5:00 pm |
Come down to Eltham and celebrate sustainable living and everything green at Council’s Practically Green Festival this October!
First held in 2008 at Council’s Environmental Education Centre in Eltham – Edendale Farm – the Practically Green Festival continues in 2011 to offer practical and simple ideas to help you and your family live sustainably. The Festival showcases the very best in sustainable building technologies– all in a fun festival-style, family atmosphere. Come and enjoy the food, free children’s entertainment, music and free workshops!
As the Festival is all about sustainability, we encourage you to travel there sustainably too! Edendale Farm is conveniently located on the Diamond Creek Trail and is just a short walk from Eltham train station. Think about jumping on your bike, catching the shuttle bus from Eltham station or popping your walking shoes on – and come and experience the Practically Green Festival!
Sunday 23 October 10am-5pm
Edendale Farm Gastons Road, Eltham (Melway 22 A1)
Download the Festival Flyer or visit the website for more information.
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My Smart Garden: Sustainable gardening workshops
Posted in Models by kheffer on October 17th, 2011
The My Smart Garden program helps residents use their back yards, balconies or courtyards to live more sustainably by growing their own food, shading their home, recycling wastes and using water wisely. Now that the weather’s warmed up, we’ve got some great FREE spring gardening workshops to really get you going!
Read more about our upcoming spring workshops [here] and register for workshops by emailing contactus@mysmartgarden.org.au
As well as access to workshops, Moonee Valley and Hobsons Bay residents who sign up to the My Smart Garden program receive sustainable gardening information, discounts from local garden suppliers and can win great prizes every month. You could win a rain garden worth $500 in October and a Fowler’s preserving kit worth $250 in November.
If you live outside these council areas, you’re still welcome to attend workshops and sign up for the program, but ineligible for prizes.
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Love the way you shop! Workshop
Posted in Events, Movements by EcoCentre on October 4th, 2011
| 9 October , 2011 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 4:00 pm |
Love the way you shop! Workshop on conscious shopping
Let’s discuss what the impacts on our consumer choices are and how to channel your $$ power to practices you support. We talk about: GMO, organic, supply chain, corporate power, health, community, budget restraint, embodied energy, carbon footprint….. …..and anything that puzzles or disturbs you.
The workshop is FREE! Just bring $5 you will spend on shopping – a hands-on exercise during the workshop!
- Sunday, 9 October: 2pm – 4pm
- Wednesday, 12 October: 6pm – 8pm
- Thursday, 13 October: 6pm – 8pm
Bookings: reception@ecocentre.com
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Burnley Open Day: July 17
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on June 22nd, 2011
| 17 July , 2011 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 3:00 pm |
Australia’s best horticulture and environmental management courses – at your fingertips. At this year’s Burnley Open Day you’ll learn all you need to know about sustainable gardening and horticultural practice at Melbourne’s famous heritage-listed Burnley Gardens. Delivered in partnership by the University of Melbourne’s School of Land and Environment and Friends of Burnley Gardens, you’ll learn about our courses in horticulture and environmental management, listen to free lectures by horticultural experts, and attend specialist workshops, forums and seminars on leading sustainable gardening practice, including pruning, watering and fertilizers, and setting up a veggie plot. There’s even a range of activities for the kids.
More than just an Open Day. An experience for the whole family.
Program available soon! Complete the enquiry form to register your interest.
Sunday 17 July 2011, 10am-3pm
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Water Sensitive Cities: Winter School
Posted in Events, Research by Kate Archdeacon on May 25th, 2011
| 11 July , 2011 9:00 am | to | 15 July , 2011 5:30 pm |
The Water Sensitive Cities Winter School is a unique opportunity to hear from Australia’s leading researchers and thought-leaders on key actions in delivering water sensitive and liveable cities. Lectures and workshops will present latest solutions and concepts on required technologies for stormwater treatment, urban design and modelling, climate change adaptation, behavioural change, and social and government engagement. These cross disciplinary topics will all be linked to broader urban sustainability issues and lessons from the international community.
Many of today’s societal challenges may be classified as wicked problems where it is often inappropriate to reduce these problems to a perceived single dimension for which a solution is developed. The perceptions of the causes of these challenges differ from one discipline to another and yet they are all relevant. We now recognise the complex dynamics of the socio-technical dimensions of challenges we face today and our cities are expressions of our efforts in solving many of these wicked problems. Water management in our cities plays a key role in defining and shaping our cities’ future prosperity and well-being, as almost every aspect of our urban environment and quality of life is affected by the way we manage urban water.
Visit the Water Sensitive Cities program for the brochure, or Clearwater to register for the event.
Early Bird Registration closes May 31.
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Starting an Asset Register for Water Sensitive Urban Design
Posted in Events, Movements by Kate Archdeacon on May 18th, 2011
| 3 June , 2011 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 1:00 pm |
Image: Greywater Treatment System at Inkerman Oasis, St Kilda
Is your council keen to gain a better understanding of its Water Sensitive Urban Design assets? Are you interested in exploring ways of recording information necessary for effective WSUD management? Do you want to hear how local councils are starting asset registers to manage Water Sensitive Urban Design across departments?
This Clearwater Hot Topic is a terrific opportunity to hear about the importance of developing a WSUD asset register in council. Presentations throughout the day will be supported with facilitated discussion and workshop activities. Suitable for asset managers, open space managers, technology/communications staff, engineers, environment and maintenance staff.
As an attendee you will:
- Realise the value of starting an asset register that incorporates Water Sensitive Urban Design along with drainage infrastructure.
- View examples of WSUD asset registers developed by local councils and see how they are being used to share information, support maintenance and future planning.
- Have the opportunity to discuss different ways to capture, manage and use data for Water Sensitive Urban Design.
Government/not for profit – $ 80.00 (Inc. GST) Commerical – $ 90.00 (Inc. GST)
Inclusions: Arrival tea and coffee, morning tea and lunch
Friday 3rd June 2011 9:00AM – 1:00PM Fenix Restaurant, 680 Victoria Street, Richmond, 3121
RSVP: Friday 27th May 2011 through the website
This event is being jointly run in partnership with the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (IPWEA) and Melbourne Water.
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Vertical Gardens Made From Pallets
Posted in Models, Visions by Kate Archdeacon on May 16th, 2011
Source: Life On The Balcony
From How to Turn a Pallet into a Garden from Life on The Balcony:
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Find A Pallet
The first thing you need to do is–obviously–find a pallet. I’ve had good luck finding them in dumpsters behind supermarkets. No need to be squeamish. It doesn’t smell. At least, it doesn’t smell that bad. 
Don’t just take the first pallet you find. You’re looking for one with all the boards in good condition, no nails sticking out, no rotting, etc. If you intend to put edibles in your pallet, be sure to find one that was heat treated as opposed to fumigated with pesticides.
Collect Your Supplies
For this project, you’ll need the pallet you found, 2 large bags of potting soil, 16 six packs of annual flowers (one six pack per opening on the face of the pallet, and two six packs per opening on the top of the completed pallet garden), a small roll of landscape fabric, a staple gun, staples, and sand paper.
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Read the full post by Fern for step-by-step instructions and more photos.
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Liveable & Just Toolkit: Regional Workshops
Posted in Events, Research by Kate Archdeacon on May 6th, 2011
| 12 May , 2011 | to | 17 June , 2011 |
Source: Victorian Local Governance Association via Mt Alexander Sustainability Group Inc (MASG)
The Liveable & Just Toolkit is the culmination of a project to explore how local governments across Victoria are responding to the social and equity impacts of climate change.
In June 2009 the Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA) and Melbourne University’s McCaughey Centre travelled across the state to hear directly from local governments about issues of priority, success stories, challenges, and lessons learned in addressing the social and equity impacts of climate change. Workshops covered crucial issues such as heatwaves and bushfires, rising costs of water, energy and transport, physical and mental health, and the heightened vulnerability of groups such as the mentally ill, homeless, aged, and infants. In response to workshop outcomes and recommendations, the Liveable & Just Toolkit provides a practical framework to help integrate responses to the social and equity impacts of climate change across council activities. It also presents ideas and suggestions for local government to respond to climate change in ways that simultaneously promote social justice.
Toolkits available for download from the website:
- Addressing social and equity impacts of climate change: The case for local government action
- Reducing vulnerability: Strategies for local government to identify and help reduce vulnerability to climate change
- Engaging communities: Tips for effective and inclusive climate change community engagement
- Building resilience: Ideas for local government to strengthen community resilience to climate change
The toolkit is designed for use by those in roles of varying seniority within the local government sphere and across a range of council activities including sustainability, health and wellbeing, economic and community development, and planning. The toolkit will also be highly relevant to community organisations working alongside or in direct partnership with local governments.
Visit the website for more information on the toolkit.
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Regional Workshops: May-June 2011
The VLGA will deliver a series of workshops in regional Victoria in May and June, sponsored by mecu Ltd and hosted by local governments and regional cities. These will enable you to use the toolkit to build on existing organisational and community strengths in addressing a range of climate-related social and equity impacts.
Workshop dates and locations – all sessions run 9.30am-4pm
Bendigo: Thursday 12 May Capital Theatre, View St
Ballarat: Thursday 19 May Town Hall, Sturt St
Wodonga: Thursday 26 May Wodonga TAFE, 87 McKoy St, West Wodonga
Mildura: Friday 3 June Alfred Deakin Centre, 180 Deakin Ave (Cnr 12th St)
Latrobe: Friday 17 June Quality Inn Latrobe Convention Centre, Princes Hwy Traralgon
Visit the workshop website to register or find out more.
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Cycle Wise Training: Moreland
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on March 15th, 2011
| 26 March , 2011 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
Date: Saturday 26th March, 2011
Time: 10am-12noon
Enrolments close: 18th March, 2011
Meeting place: Gilpin Park, Brunswick.
Cost: $25 / $10 special discounted fee for ZCM members (The ZCM campaign is free to join and open to all residents of Moreland. Participants may join at the workshop and receive the discount)
Group size: 4 – 8 people
Contact: Rosy on 0406 765 727 or email: info@bikesatwork.com.au
www.bikesatwork.com.au
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Turn Kitchen Waste into Garden Gold
Posted in Events by Moloney on March 7th, 2011
| 20 March , 2011 | ||
| 2:30 pm | to | 3:30 pm |
Compost your Food Waste with Worms!
Cultivating Community and the City of Yarra present a workshop on the benefits and joys of home composting.
Sunday 20th March
2:30 – 3:30
Laneway Garden
21 Gordon St, Clifton Hill
Contact Hannah Moloney
9429 3084
hannah@cultivatingcommunity.org.au
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