Green Roofs Conference

Breen Roofs 2008

2nd Annual Green Roofs Australia Conference
Brisbane June 18 – 20th 2008

The rapidly growing Green Roof and Wall industry is providing a realistic and tangible response to the climate change challenges many cities are currently facing.

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Global Warming – The Landscape Challenge 3

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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GMO Letter to Governments

The following letter has been sent by AILDM to the Premiers, Ministers of Primary Industry and Ministers of Environment and Climate Change of the NSW and Victorian State Governments.

They ask for an extension of the moratorium on the planting of Genetically Modified Organisms in the two states.

We will also be writing to

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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

On the 3rd March the NSW and Victorian State Governments will lift their moratorium on the growing of Genetically Modified Canola.

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GREEN ROOFS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

Green Roofs Australia www.greenroofs.wordpress.com is hosting a series of lectures across Australia by Prof. Manfred Kohler.

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Seminar 3 Announced

SUSTAINABLE GARDENS – SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS – SUSTAINABLE CITIES

The Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers (AILDM) presents the third in its popular Global Warming – The Landscape Challenge seminar series.

AILDM has brought together three sustainability gurus from three separate spheres to present their individual experiences and their sustainable philosophy. The speakers will

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Stormwater Management Workshops

The workshops provide a unique opportunity for stormwater managers across NSW to learn first hand about the future direction of stormwater management and to provide advice and input to a range of documents to support this new direction.

The Department of Environment and Climate Change and Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority are developing a

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