Friday 9 August 6pm-8pm Free event Blue Mountains Planetary Health Precinct & Parklands 33-39 Acacia St Katoomba This event is free but donations welcome to support further programs. Bookings essential here How can we engage our hearing to connect more deeply to nature around us? Join master Read more…
Celebrating the Changemakers in Our Community Saturday 27 July, 2024 12noon – 2pm This event is free and lunch will be provided Bookings essential here Over the last 18 months the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative has trialled the creation of hyperlocal Neighbourhood News sites sharing the inspiring stories of Read more…
Future Proofing with Circular Water Friday 26 July 9am to 3pm Bookings essential here The event is free and lunch will be provided. To coincide with the development of a Water Demonstration Site at the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Precinct & Parklands the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative has invited Read more…
Our Community, Our Stories: Writing for Change Workshop with Sophie Cousins 2-5pm Saturday 13 July, 2024 7pm Launch of Planetary Health Writers’ Network Blue Mountains Planetary Health Precinct 33-39 Acacia St Katoomba Free Places limited so bookings essential to planetaryhealth@bmcc.nsw.gov.au or 0407 437 553 Join us for this exciting opportunity Read more…
Mapping and Understanding the Future of Extreme Heat Governance in the Blue Mountains LGA 10am – 26 April Cost: Free Bookings essential to Lis Bastian on 0407 437 553 This is a workshop designed for Council staff by James Balzer, as part of his Next Generation Foresight Practitioners Fellowship. Read more…
Talking Infrastructure 10am-12 noon Tuesday 23 April Planetary Health Precinct Cost: Free Bookings essential here As our ageing infrastructure begins to fail in the face of extreme weather events, the Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative is bringing together international experts to ’talk infrastructure’ at 10am Tuesday 23 April. In 2016 Read more…
All About Orchids in Blackheath Midday to 3pm, Saturday 6 April Bates Hall, Blackheath Cost: Free For more information contact Lis on 0407 437 553 The Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative is inviting people to learn more about local orchids and planetary health at a family-friendly event organised by Council Read more…
Media Skills: Green Screen 1.00-5pm Saturday 20 April KFM Studio, Katoomba Cost: Free To reserve a spot contact Lis on 0407 437553 Join the Planetary Health Initiative’s Senior Lead, its Digital Media Storyteller and Acting Teacher Helena Zadro-Jones to learn how to create Solutions Media and use a Green Screen Read more…
Time of Fire Performance by Harry Laing 6pm Thursday 11 April Planetary Health Precinct (former Katoomba Golf Course) 33-39 Acacia Street Katoomba, NSW 2780 Put bushfire and a poet together and you get an electrifying, rare, poetic insight into the drama of fire and its aftermath. This event is free Read more…
Bowerbird Collective: Art for Nature Talk and Performance Planetary Health Day 2.30pm Saturday 24 February Planetary Health Precinct & Parklands 33-39 Acacia St Katoomba The event is free but please register here Anthony Albrecht and Simone Slattery are co-directors of the Bowerbird Collective and the recent highly acclaimed Read more…
Hempcrete for Fire-Resistant Building Planetary Health Day 1.30-2.30pm Planetary Health Precinct & Parkland 33-39 Acacia St Katoomba This event is free but bookings essential here Kirstie Wulf from Shelter Building Design will share how hempcrete is fire-resistant, offers great thermal insulation and is compostable. Kirstie Wulf from Shelter Building Read more…