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  • Weeding, Walking and Talking

    September 27, 2023

    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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  • Saving for the Future

    September 13, 2023

  • Parenthood Prompts Climate Action

    August 29, 2023

  • Coats, Connection and More at the Hazelbrook Shops

    August 14, 2023

  • Second-Hand Stories

    July 27, 2023

Individuals

  • Second-Hand Stories

    July 27, 2023

    ‘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

    June 22, 2023

  • Finding the Grey

    June 15, 2023

Community Groups

  • Saving for the Future

    September 13, 2023

    Mid Mountains Seed Savers in Bullaburra maintains a seed bank as a security measure for the future. The seed bank preserves diversity, offers an ongoing supply of locally adapted varieties, provides options for breeding more resilient varieties, and safeguards food supplies in the event of disaster.

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  • Coats, Connection and More at the Hazelbrook Shops

    August 14, 2023

  • Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia

    May 18, 2023

Organisations

  • Parenthood Prompts Climate Action

    August 29, 2023

    Australian Parents 4 Climate Action (AP4CA) is hosting a Spring Kids' Clothes and Toy Swap on Sunday 10 September in Lawson. Belle Butler spoke to the organisers at their last Swap.

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  • Morning Tea & Mentoring at the Central Mountains Men’s Shed

    July 13, 2023

  • Loud and Lively: Local Youth Turn it Up at Battle of the Bands

    May 24, 2023

Businesses

  • Bending Time with Syntropic Agroforestry

    June 8, 2023

    Agroforestry around the world is demonstrating a promising solution for reducing the climate crisis. In a recent hands-on workshop in Hazelbrook, participants created a food forest and learnt how they could ‘bend time’ by accelerating its growth to help create a fertile earth for all organisms to survive.

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  • RoseyRavelston: Little Bookshop, Big Impact 

    May 17, 2023

  • P is for Permaculture – a Q&A with Sharon Baldwin 

    May 3, 2023

Collaborations

  • The Exquisite Sights & Sounds of a Recovering Swamp

    May 10, 2023

    Twenty years ago the hanging swamps of North Lawson were being churned up by 4WDs and motorbikes. The passion of local residents saved them - discover their story here.

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  • Community Threads

    April 27, 2023

  • A Conversation at Christmas Swamp: Ecological restoration at the top of the catchment

    April 8, 2023

Educators/Researchers

  • Bending Time with Syntropic Agroforestry

    June 8, 2023

    Agroforestry around the world is demonstrating a promising solution for reducing the climate crisis. In a recent hands-on workshop in Hazelbrook, participants created a food forest and learnt how they could ‘bend time’ by accelerating its growth to help create a fertile earth for all organisms to survive.

    Read More »
  • 1 2 3, A B C, Sustainability

    May 31, 2023

  • Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia

    May 18, 2023

Artists

  • Finding the Grey

    June 15, 2023

    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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  • Loud and Lively: Local Youth Turn it Up at Battle of the Bands

    May 24, 2023

  • Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia

    May 18, 2023

Governments

  • Weeding, Walking and Talking

    September 27, 2023

    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.

    Read More »
  • The Exquisite Sights & Sounds of a Recovering Swamp

    May 10, 2023

  • Zipping Ahead in EVs

    April 20, 2023

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MID MOUNTAINS LOCAL NEWS

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Mid Mountains and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging as we live, work and play on Dharug and Gundungurra Country (Ngurra)

 

BIOREGIONAL COLLABORATION FOR PLANETARY HEALTH

The Bioregional Collaboration includes Blue Mountains City Council’s Planetary Health Initiative, Lithgow City Council, Western Sydney University’s Lithgow Transformation Hub, Mountains Community Resource Network and the Sustainability Workshop.

This project is supported by the Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (DRRF). The DRRF is jointly funded by the Australian and New South Wales governments.

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