Julie Paterson and Manda Kaye’s home in Blackheath was designed with bushfire in mind and they are now preparing for the bushfire season. They’ve also moved to renewables and Julie is working on collaborative community art projects that embody the philosophy of re-using and re-making.
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Designing for Planetary Health: Bushfire Preparedness and a Simple Creative Life
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Water Management, Optimism and Preparation to Reduce Disaster Risk
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September Local News
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The Trouble with Wombats and How to Help
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Learning as Resilience: Chris Tobin on History, Country and the Power of Different Perspectives
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Designing for Planetary Health: Bushfire Preparedness and a Simple Creative Life
Julie Paterson and Manda Kaye’s home in Blackheath was designed with bushfire in mind and they are now preparing for the bushfire season. They’ve also moved to renewables and Julie is working on collaborative community art projects that embody the philosophy of re-using and re-making.
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Water Management, Optimism and Preparation to Reduce Disaster Risk
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Learning as Resilience: Chris Tobin on History, Country and the Power of Different Perspectives
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The Trouble with Wombats and How to Help
These hairy, furry balls of cuteness are one of Australia’s most appealing animals, but many wombats are dying painful deaths from an infectious parasite. We joined the volunteers on a mission to save local wombats.
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Recreating the Social Benefits of a Corner Store in South Blackheath
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‘Somewhere to Live’: Singing the Song of Homelessness
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Counting Creatures to Recover: the Power of Citizen Science to Create Communities
Conservation Volunteers Australia recently facilitated a workshop in Blackheath where volunteers, citizen scientists and experts came together to share knowledge, survey bird populations and monitor nest boxes installed to support antechinus, glider and possum populations.
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‘Somewhere to Live’: Singing the Song of Homelessness
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Making a Habit of Disaster Risk Reduction
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Designing for Planetary Health: Bushfire Preparedness and a Simple Creative Life
Julie Paterson and Manda Kaye’s home in Blackheath was designed with bushfire in mind and they are now preparing for the bushfire season. They’ve also moved to renewables and Julie is working on collaborative community art projects that embody the philosophy of re-using and re-making.
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Recreating the Social Benefits of a Corner Store in South Blackheath
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Megalong in the Megalong Valley: How Close is the Pasture to your Plate?
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September Local News
The Blackheath Rotary Club will launch its Birds, Bees, Butterflies and Bats Pollinator Project with a Pollinator Forum on Saturday 30 September at the Blackheath RSL. This and more, in news from Medlow to Mount Tomah.
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August Local News – From Medlow to Mount Tomah
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July Local News – from Medlow to Mount Tomah
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Learning as Resilience: Chris Tobin on History, Country and the Power of Different Perspectives
Hamish Dunlop attends a talk by Dharug man Chris Tobin. Chris’ talk highlights how learning about other people’s cultures and ways of seeing can increase the resilience of individuals and communities.
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Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia
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Connect at Home: Books that Open your Heart to Country
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‘Somewhere to Live’: Singing the Song of Homelessness
Hamish Dunlop attended the launch of ‘Somewhere to Live’, a song written and performed by The Blue Gums, Voices for Social Change. The song and accompanying video aim to raise awareness about the impacts of homelessness and housing insecurity in the Blue Mountains and across the Greater Sydney region.
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Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia
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Swamp Diaries: A Weedy Bunyip & the Water We Drink
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Rooves, Tanks & Rain Gardens: Things We Can Do at Home to Save Water and Help the Environment
Planetary Health Initiative writer Hamish Dunlop talks to Amy St Lawrence from Blue Mountains City Council’s Healthy Waterways Team. Amy explains what she’s doing at her home to collect and use water. She also talks about how her rain garden reduces run-off during and after rainfall.
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Govetts Leap Catchment Group: Collaborating to Protect our Wilderness from Weeds
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Blue Mountains achieves global standard in Ecotourism