In Katoomba, a grassroots litter-picking group tackles rubbish before it reaches Sydney's water supply. Their story shows how local environmental action, fueled by community connection, can drive meaningful change for planetary health.
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Picking Up the Pieces: How a Small Group in Katoomba is Tackling Planetary Health
In Katoomba, a grassroots litter-picking group tackles rubbish before it reaches Sydney's water supply. Their story shows how local environmental action, fueled by community connection, can drive meaningful change for planetary health.
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A Green Roof on a Mini Viking Long House in Blackheath
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Rowe Morrow: Adapting to Rising Costs & Environment Change
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Habitat restoration is a long-haul job. Here are three groups that have endured
Like ferns and the tides, community conservation groups come and go. Many achieve their goal. Some groups peter out while others endure, tackling the ecological problems facing today’s Australia. Explore what works, and why, here.
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Yurok Nation victory reclaims vital creek and watershed, restoring major salmon run
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The making of Australia’s first Dark Sky Community at Carrickalinga
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The Community Builders Who Have Our Backs
As challenges mount globally there is one group of community builders who, for 120 years now, have been strengthening the world’s social fabric and addressing ways civil society can help alleviate suffering and inequality; improve people’s quality of life; and create a more peaceful, healthier planet.
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Gaining Hope And A Home
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Planetary Health: What Does It Mean And Why Does It Matter?
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Turning Sawdust into Gold: How a Blue Mountains Carpenter is Heating Homes and Reducing Waste
Dave Spees, Katoomba-based carpenter and founder of Against the Grain, has turned the by-product of his craft into a sustainable, sought-after winter fuel. His compressed sawdust briquettes are now helping to heat homes across the Blue Mountains, all while dramatically reducing landfill waste.
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Katoomba Op Shops, Vintage Clothing & Antique Stores
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Mid Mountains Repair Guide: Choosing Longevity in an Age of Disposability
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Farm it Forward – Cultivating Food Security and Connection for our Community
As global food insecurity increases, research suggests that the ‘planetary health diet’ is one solution. This calls for a shift towards a plant-based diet and more local food production. Local social enterprise Farm it Forward is showing how this can be done in school yards and one backyard after another.
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Taking Action to Prevent Nuclear War
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Healing body, mind and spirit with Tai Chi and Qigong
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Another World is Possible
There is a little bit of magic happening on Wednesdays at the Planetary Health Centre as young volunteers from Kindlehill School, and Council staff, work together to create a demonstration site for the wider community. This hands-on program is inspiring all involved, including teacher Sarah Daniel.
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The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back
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Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world-first solution brought them buzzing back
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The 2024 Wynne Prize & Our Changing Relationship with Country
Blocking out a couple of hours a week to step off the treadmill and give ourselves time to nurture our relationship with the earth and ourselves, is one way to keep our creative spirit and ‘lust for life’ alive. If you haven’t done so yet, one opportunity over the next two weeks is to spend some ‘slow’ time in the 2024 Wynne Prize exhibition at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre.
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The Blue Mountains Zine Fair
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Charmaine Ledden-Lewis on Stories for a New World
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The Bushcare Seed Collectors Building Our Native Seed Banks
There’s a small group of passionate Blue Mountains Bushcarers who meet monthly to collect and clean local native seed. We met up with them to find out how and why they cooked Banksias to release seeds, how they cleaned the seeds of a variety of different Gahnia species, and why they love being part of the Bushcare Seed Collectors Group.
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Glenbrook Rain Gardens: A Simple & Natural Solution for Water Protection & Flood Prevention
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People Of Binfluence: The 2024 Binfluencer Awards