Saturday 18 November 9am – 11am Free event Planetary Health Precinct (former Katoomba Golf Clubhouse) 33-39 Acacia St Katoomba Join Rhiannon Phillips from Mountains Gourmet to learn about installing a water-saving, drip irrigation system in your garden. She will guide you through different options, sources and techniques and the workshop will Read more…
Permaculture for Disaster Risk Reduction Sunday 12 November 10am-4pm Free event Former Katoomba Golf Clubhouse Acacia St Katoomba Permaculture is about system thinking and design. In this one day workshop we’ll focus on how the ethics and principles of permaculture, and its design strategies, can help us prepare as individuals Read more…
Wicking Beds and Waterwise Gardening Sunday 29 October 10am-1pm Free event Former Katoomba Golf Clubhouse Acacia St Katoomba In this hands-on workshop led by Ecologist Dr Amelie Vanderstock, and Lis Bastian, Senior Lead Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative (and co-founder of the Blue Mountains Permaculture Institute), you’ll be introduced to Read more…
Video Storytelling for Local News, Springwood Saturday 21st October 10:30am-3:30pm at the Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub, 106-108 Macquarie Rd, Springwood Learn foundational skills for video storytelling from award winning local filmmaker Kalani Gacon. This workshop is part of a series giving people the tools to participate in creating Read more…
Water for Wildlife Saturday 21 October 10am-3pm Free event Former Katoomba Golf Clubhouse Acacia St Katoomba In this hands-on workshop led by Ecologist Dr Amelie Vanderstock, and Lis Bastian, Senior Lead Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative, you’ll learn how water moderates climate and be introduced to the many ways you Read more…
Solutions Story-telling in Springwood 23rd September 10:30am-2:30pm at the Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub, 106-108 Macquarie Rd, Springwood This workshop introduces practices from Solutions Journalism and Constructive Journalism, global movements that are changing the way news is reported. Rejecting sensationalism and choosing not to fuel conflict, Constructive Journalism Read more…
Wildlife Emergency Assistance, Katoomba Saturday 26th August 12:30 – 4:30 pm at the Planetary Health Clubhouse, lower ground level of former Katoomba Golf Club, Acacia St, Katoomba Learn introductory principles of emergency wildlife assistance. The workshop will provide: – an overview of species most commonly found in the Blue Mountains; Read more…
Video Storytelling for Local News, Katoomba Saturday 19 August 11am-4pm at the Planetary Health Clubhouse, lower ground level of former Katoomba Golf Club, Acacia St, Katoomba Learn foundational skills for video storytelling from award winning local filmmaker Kalani Gacon. This workshop will explore principles of cinematography, audio design, editing and Read more…
Solutions Storytelling in Katoomba Saturday 22 July 10 am – 1 pm: Introduction to Solutions Storytelling 2 – 3:30 pm: Pitch a story for publication at the Planetary Health Clubhouse, lower ground level of former Katoomba Golf Club, Acacia St, Katoomba Workshop (10 – 1): This workshop introduces practices from Read more…
Weaving with Weeds Saturday 1 April 10:30am onwards, on the lawn behind the Former Katoomba Golf Clubhouse Join Bushcare Project Officer Erin Hall to learn how to weave with weeds! Weeds of the bushland can be a threat to biodiversity and can increase the risk of fire. While Erin explains Read more…