In response to the global biodiversity crisis, which has seen around 69% of wildlife populations decline in 50 years, Lawson resident Ian Tanner has established an Ecological Funding Group which is raising funds to provide focussed donations to the Environmental Defenders Office and The Nature Conservancy.
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Second-Hand Stories
‘Too beautiful for the tip,’ the ad said. A story of how an old piano found new life, and how its new family discovered its superpower of connecting people.
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Conscious Carnivory in Bullaburra
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Finding the Grey
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Lawson Resident Creates Ecological Funding Group To Take On The Biodiversity Crisis
In response to the global biodiversity crisis, which has seen around 69% of wildlife populations decline in 50 years, Lawson resident Ian Tanner has established an Ecological Funding Group which is raising funds to provide focussed donations to the Environmental Defenders Office and The Nature Conservancy.
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Saving for the Future
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Coats, Connection and More at the Hazelbrook Shops
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Nesting Needs
Nesting hollows for native wildlife are in diminishing supply. Historical and ongoing loss of old trees due to clearing, arboriculture works and bushfires cause ongoing loss of habitat. Learn more & find out how you can help here.
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Parenthood Prompts Climate Action
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Morning Tea & Mentoring at the Central Mountains Men’s Shed
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Hempcrete: The Building Material That’s Good for You and Good for the Planet
As we rethink how to live in a warming world, building designers like Kirstie Wulf in Hazelbrook are exploring new fire-resistant building materials like hempcrete. In 2015 Kirstie received the National Building Designers Association Award for her first hempcrete home and she’s been designing them ever since.
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RoseyRavelston: Little Bookshop, Big Impact
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P is for Permaculture – a Q&A with Sharon Baldwin
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Community Threads
Lyttleton functions as a deft weaver, drawing in large numbers of individuals via open days, workshops, and events such as this year’s Thread Fair. It succeeds in creating something greater – the stronger mesh of community.
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A Conversation at Christmas Swamp: Ecological restoration at the top of the catchment
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Blue Mountains achieves global standard in Ecotourism
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Lawson Kids Confront the World’s Problems
When school kids around the state heard the call: Invent or innovate something that will change our world and leave a lasting impact, Lawson Public School students rose to the challenge.
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Bending Time with Syntropic Agroforestry
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1 2 3, A B C, Sustainability
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Finding the Grey
Sitting in half shade, half sun on the veranda of his Lawson home, Phil Somerville tells me that juxtaposition is an effective tool for cartoonists: “Putting two unlikely things together can spawn an almost original idea”.
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Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia
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P is for Permaculture – a Q&A with Sharon Baldwin
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Weeding, Walking and Talking
Bushcare's bimonthly Weed Walk and Talk in Hazelbrook is attracting both young and old to learn more about protecting our bushland. Getting rid of weeds supports biodiversity and reduces fire risk by maintaining healthy native bush with less fuel. Volunteers are also joining the group to meet people and do something for the environment.
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Zipping Ahead in EVs
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A Conversation at Christmas Swamp: Ecological restoration at the top of the catchment