Frouke de Reuver notes by Frayne Dyke-Walker
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MC – Gavin McConnell opened the event posing the question:
‘Is Global Warming a Local or Global, Personal or Corporate (including Government) issue?’
The resulting challenges are ethically, politically, threateningly diverse. . . affecting; health, economies, security, communities with the change in comfort levels, income and fear – Not only of change, but of the unknown. And a lot of people just can’t, won’t, or are too frightened, or even feeling too powerless to even attempt to do anything let alone start making the sorts of sacrifices we need to right now.
So where does that leave us? Let’s strip it down – make it a personal journey and as simple as possible to make a start . . . which segued neatly into Frouke de Reuver’s talk. Continue reading Frouke de Reuver Notes
Date: Wednesday, 26th March 2008
Time: 4.00 pm – 5.00pm
Venue: Oatlands House, 42 Bettington Road, Oatlands
RSVP: Catherine Parbery, (02) 9476 0142 or info@irrigation.org.au
See Flyer for further details
The directory that transformed information management in the external works area turned 10 this year with the release of its 600 page 2008 Edition.
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Applications are invited from those who live in cities or regional centres across Australia • NSW • Victoria • Queensland • Tasmania Western Australia • ACT • South Australia • Northern Territory.
The International Specialised Skills Institute (ISS Institute) announces that it has funds available for four “The Pratt Foundation/ISS Institute Overseas Fellowships”. Each
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Dr Jane Tarran BSc – UTS Program Director – Urban Ecology
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ROLE OF URBAN FOREST IN PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR CITIES
A report,with personal comments, by Frayne Dyke-Walker.
Benefit of Urban Forest include;
- Environmental & Ecological
- Aesthetic & Visual
- Social, Psychological & SPIRITUAL Benefits – (I also bought a Fab book ‘Healing Gardens’ that discusses this in detail – from Floralegium)
- Economic Benefit to Business
I could add to this list Urban Wildlife – critters and birds, not just for the environmental and ecological benefits – but for the distressing fact that not a lot of families can now have pets, and without urban wildlife they would be even more disconnected from the other inhabitants of the planet that have just a much right to a sustainable planet as we do. ENOUGH EDITORIALISING!
Continue reading Dr Jane Tarran – Urban Forestry Notes – My favourite speaker!
The Next coffee night meeting for Queensland members is scheduled for
1 April 2008 at the Milton Coffee Club
Contact Ted Maguire for meeting details ted.maguire@aildm.com.au
Plant Sciences and Biodiversity
Seminars 2008
Seminars to be held at 1 pm on Wednesdays in the
Mueller Hall of the National Herbarium Building
Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra
(Melways 2G A12)
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SYDNEY REGION
INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES INFORMATION SESSION
Irrigation Australia has expanded its certification program to provide simple, easily identifiable differentiation of irrigation professionals committed to best practice and professionalism of the industry at large.
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Not even an accident on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and trackwork which took all trains off the North Sydney line could stop Saturday’s seminar being a wonderful success.
Attendees arrived to find the bustling North Sydney Markets with craft stalls, food and music creating a wonderful atmosphere. Did the council organise this because they
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