On the last Sunday of March 2024 the car park at Springwood Train Station was transformed into a vibrant community space with food stalls, art opportunities and live music. Tamsyn McGrouther reports on the event.
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Springwood Lot Party: Transforming an Underused Space Into a Vibrant Community Event
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Love Thy Neighbourhood Centre
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A Place for all Creatures Great and Small: The Sun Valley Family Providing a Safe Haven for Rescued Animals
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Snakes Alive: The Man Helping to Change Our Thinking About One of the Blue Mountains’ Most Misunderstood Creatures
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A Place for all Creatures Great and Small: The Sun Valley Family Providing a Safe Haven for Rescued Animals
With the lack of available options for many unwanted pets and farmyard animals in the area, there is a need to think about how we as a community can help reduce the numbers of animals being dumped or left uncared for in the Blue Mountains. Sun Valley residents, the Sidarous family, opened their home and hearts to many creatures great and small, who might otherwise have struggled to find appropriate and loving care.
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Snakes Alive: The Man Helping to Change Our Thinking About One of the Blue Mountains’ Most Misunderstood Creatures
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Jessie Burke: The Bushwalking Advocate Bringing Balance and Nature to a New Generation
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A Generous Helping: A Reclaimed Food Revolution in Springwood
Food wastage is one of the biggest problems in the developed world, contributing to landfill, climate change and food insecurity, but in the Lower Blue Mountains a number of organisations are finding ways to reduce food waste while helping locals access delicious fresh food and slash their grocery bills.
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Giving New Life to Things & People at the Australian Repair Shop in Faulconbridge
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Emma Madison is Finding her Community Through Co-Working
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Love Thy Neighbourhood Centre
For over 45 years the Springwood Neighbourhood Centre has been providing much needed community resources, advice and facilities to the people of the Blue Mountains. Tonje Akerholt and the other staff at the Centre work tirelessly to ensure that the space continues as somewhere everyone can feel welcome and connected.
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It’s November and 1 Million Turtles are counting on you!
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Caring for Community: Doing What We Need to Do
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Hidden in Plain View: The Surprising Acts of Sustainability on Macquarie Road Springwood
Along Macquarie Road in Springwood, many businesses are taking action by making quiet, and often surprising decisions which benefit and promote sustainability in our local area, and across the world.
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Turning Carbon into Sunshine: Renewable Energy for Disaster Risk Reduction
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A Home for All Seasons: Future-Proofing for Human and Planetary Health
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Springwood Lot Party: Transforming an Underused Space Into a Vibrant Community Event
On the last Sunday of March 2024 the car park at Springwood Train Station was transformed into a vibrant community space with food stalls, art opportunities and live music. Tamsyn McGrouther reports on the event.
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Plants for the Planet’s Sake: The Life and Times of a Bush Doctor
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Blue Mountains achieves global standard in Ecotourism
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Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia
In this series of events to restore the songlines of the Seven Sisters across Australia, seven song women from Uluru visited the Blue Mountains to return ancestral knowledge to over 40 women and children who came from east coast mobs living in an area ranging from Queensland to the South Coast.
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A Light-hearted Look at a Serious Subject: Breaking Down Barriers to Bushfire Preparedness
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A Front Yard Full of Food – A Visit to Urbavore Micro Farm
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Barometers of Climate Change: Artists and Therapists at the Braemar Gallery
Six Blue Mountains artists take strikingly different approaches to expressing ecological emotions associated with fire, flood and pandemic.
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Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia
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Julie Parkin: Back on Track
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Battling Remote Bush Blazes
Fighting bushfires in rugged, mountainous terrain inaccessible by fire tankers requires considerable skill and endurance. Winmalee’s Bruce Coomer has spent 20 years battling fires deep in the bush as a volunteer remote area firefighter. He shares his experiences with writer Julie Nance.
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“We’re all in this together”: Towards Community Net Zero
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Remote Bushcare: Why?