Events

Webinar │ Understanding CoastWA Grants 2024

Online - Times in AWST

The 2024–25 CoastWA grant programs will open in early February. The grants provide funding for projects to manage and protect the Western Australian coastline. WALGA will be holding a CoastWA Grants Webinar in partnership with the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage and the Department of Transport. The webinar will include an overview of the grant…

Information Session 1 │ Development Assessment Panel Reforms and Significant Development Pathway

Online - AWST

Changes to Western Australia's planning system are proposed to reform the development Assessment Panel (DAP) system and introduce a new permanent development assessment pathway for significant development from 1 March 2024. The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage will be hosting two online information sessions about the final details. These sessions are open to the…

Webinar │ COP28: Delegates’ perspectives

Online - Times in AWST

COP28 was the 28th annual United Nations (UN) climate meeting, where governments discuss how to limit and prepare for future climate change. The summit took place in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It ran from 30 November to 13 December 2023. Delegations from around 200 governments attended the COP as well as many…

Information Session 2 │ Development Assessment Panel Reforms and Significant Development Pathway

Online - AWST

Changes to Western Australia's planning system are proposed to reform the development Assessment Panel (DAP) system and introduce a new permanent development assessment pathway for significant development from 1 March 2024. The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage will be hosting two online information sessions about the final details. These sessions are open to the…

Lunch and Learn ANZBP Webinar │ Australian Water Association

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Join us for an extra special Australian & New Zealand Biosolids Partnership Lunch and Learn Webinar with our guest speakers from Canada and the USA! Professor Grant Clark (Canada) will outline how he leads the Ecological Engineering Research Group, investigating nature-based technologies for responsible civilisations on small planets.  More than 750,000 dry metric tons of sewage…

Webinar Stormwater Fundamentals Series │ Inlet Design

Online - Times in AWST

This is the second of the sessions in the ‘Stormwater Fundamentals’ series in 2024, focussing on Inlet Design. In this session, you will learn terminology for sag inlets and on-grade inlets (e.g. kerb inlets, grate inlets, combination inlets) before diving into some worked examples where we connect theory to practical real-world examples including where we…

Waterwise Verge and Garden Workshop

The Tom Dadour Community Centre 363 Baggot Road, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

Come and join us for a hands-on community workshop to understand ways to create a waterwise, climate resilient garden. The City is hosting a family-friendly Waterwise Verge and Garden Workshop to show what is really involved in creating a sustainable waterwise garden. As a fusion of entertainment and environmental education, this fast-paced and engaging ‘performance’…

Blue Growth Conference 2024

Esplanade Hotel Fremantle by Rydges 46-54 Marine Tce, Fremantle, WA, Australia

The Blue Growth Conference convenes industry leaders in Australia and South East Asia growing sustainable ocean-based ventures, particularly those leveraging our remarkable marine biodiversity: Aquaculture and wild harvest: fish, mollusk, crustaceans, pearl, seaweed Marine bioproducts: nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, bioplastics Ecosystem regeneration: seagrass, seaweed, coral reef Supply chain: monitoring, construction, automation, maintenance, energy, and finance This expanded conference will…

Creating a native waterwise verge

Stirling Libraries - Dianella Waverley Street, Dianella, Western Australia, Australia

Do you have a grassed verge? Would you like to create a native waterwise verge full of wildlife this autumn? Then this workshop is for you! Planting a verge with low growing plants, either natives or even vegetables, can help address the Urban Heat Sink affect caused by losing tree canopy and installing hard stand…