Event Series WSCA Seminar Series 2024

WSCA Seminar Series 2024 │ Engaging local government decision makers

Online - AWST

Each month, Water Sensitive Cities Australia (WSCA) will deliver a webinar about their projects that focus on mainstreaming water sensitive cities practices. Each session will include a presentation from a WSC expert, followed by an opportunity to ask questions. The session recording will be available on the WSC website following the event.   Engaging local government decision makers This project is designing…

AILA LATITUDE │ Harmony in Nature Webinar

Online - AWST

Embark on a transformative journey with our workshop, 'Harmony in Nature: Designing Healing and Therapeutic Landscapes.' Delve into the art and science of crafting spaces that nurture the mind, body, and spirit. Explore the profound impact of nature on well-being and discover innovative design principles that integrate healing elements seamlessly into landscapes. Gain practical insights…

EIANZ Webinar │ The changing Antarctic and its global ecosystem services

Online - AWST

For most of humanity’s history in the Antarctic it has been viewed as cold, remote, and unchanging. Over the last decades strong evidence has been gathered to show that the last of these is now false. The Antarctic Ice Sheet has been losing land ice at a rate of about 150 billion tonnes per year…

AILA National Partner Webinar │ Right Plant, Right Place – A practical guide to choosing the right plant

Online - AWST

Join us for this national webinar, Right plant, Right place – A practical guide to choosing the right plant, presented by AILA's National Corporate Partner, Ozbreed. This session will help the non-horticulturalist landscape architect, and provide new information for those with a green thumb. This webinar will increase your confidence in choosing the right landscape…

EIANZ Webinar │ The challenges and success of planning and operation of the largest underwater sculpture in the world in the Great Barrier Reef

Online - AWST

Dr Adam Smith, the CEO of Reef Ecologic, will discuss the installation, challenges and rewards of the largest underwater sculpture in the world, the "Coral Greenhouse" by artist Jason deCaires Taylor. The work was commissioned by the Museum of Underwater Art and installed at John Brewer Reef, in December 2019. The planning process required certified…

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…

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…

United for Australia’s Water Future: Imagining Water Security in 2050

Online - AWST

The risks to Australia’s water resources are great and varied. How we safeguard Australia’s water resources, both now and into the future, is one of the most crucial challenges we face as a nation. As the driest inhabited continent in the world, the stakes are high for the environment, economy and well-being of all Australians.…

National WSUD Compliance Working Group – October Meeting

Online - AWST

This is the second meeting of the National WSUD Compliance Working Group (previously National WSUD Compliance Committee). The Working Group is looking at improving WSUD compliance in Australia by bringing together a range of experienced and diverse stakeholders on a regular basis. This meeting will go over the outcomes from the first meeting and provide…

PIA Planet Online – Planning for a Network of Circular Economy Villages (Two Half-Day Workshops)

Online - AWST

This course examines a new land development model referred to as Circular Economy Villages (CEVs). Responding to the numerous global mega-trends that are changing the way we live, CEVs are a replicable approach to land development incorporating build-to-rent principles and circular economy, precinct-scale infrastructure. This short course examines what cities and settlement patterns may be…