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  • Caring for Community: Doing What We Need to Do

  • Turning Carbon into Sunshine: Renewable Energy for Disaster Risk Reduction

  • A Home for All Seasons: Future-Proofing for Human and Planetary Health

  • “We’re all in this together”: Towards Community Net Zero

  • Remote Bushcare: Why?

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  • Caring for Community: Doing What We Need to Do

    28/09/2023

    Winmalee Neighbourhood Centre General Manager Morna Colbran talks about the value of volunteering for the health of people and the planet. She also shares how Winmalee Neighbourhood Centre is providing support after disasters and is responding to food scarcity, homelessness, challenges specific to women and financial literacy.

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  • Turning Carbon into Sunshine: Renewable Energy for Disaster Risk Reduction

    13/09/2023

  • A Home for All Seasons: Future-Proofing for Human and Planetary Health

    29/08/2023

  • “We’re all in this together”: Towards Community Net Zero

    15/08/2023

  • Remote Bushcare: Why?

    27/07/2023

Individuals

  • The Compost in the Middle of the Street

    17/05/2023

    Wigram Road in Faulconbridge is one of those special Mountains streets that is both close to town, and on the edge of a spectacular valley. Read about their Street Composting system here.

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  • Julie Parkin: Back on Track 

    03/05/2023

  • Future-proofing with Water in a Japanese-inspired Garden

    27/04/2023

Community Groups

  • Giving New Life to Things & People at the Australian Repair Shop in Faulconbridge

    08/06/2023

    The Australian Repair Shop sits at the side of the busy Great Western Highway in Faulconbridge. It is run by Mark Phelan, his wife Rebecca and a team of dedicated 'repairers'.

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  • Emma Madison is Finding her Community Through Co-Working

    24/05/2023

  • Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia

    18/05/2023

Organisations

  • Caring for Community: Doing What We Need to Do

    28/09/2023

    Winmalee Neighbourhood Centre General Manager Morna Colbran talks about the value of volunteering for the health of people and the planet. She also shares how Winmalee Neighbourhood Centre is providing support after disasters and is responding to food scarcity, homelessness, challenges specific to women and financial literacy.

    Read More »
  • Turning Carbon into Sunshine: Renewable Energy for Disaster Risk Reduction

    13/09/2023

  • A Light-hearted Look at a Serious Subject: Breaking Down Barriers to Bushfire Preparedness

    10/05/2023

Businesses

  • Turning Carbon into Sunshine: Renewable Energy for Disaster Risk Reduction

    13/09/2023

    The Sunshine Project supports Blue Mountains organisations to respond to climate change. The charity raises money to fund solar systems and resilience hubs. Sunshine also delivers educational workshops that address energy use in the home and explore the practicality of home solar installation.

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  • A Home for All Seasons: Future-Proofing for Human and Planetary Health

    29/08/2023

  • The goats who are helping a human

    12/07/2023

Collaborations

  • Plants for the Planet’s Sake: The Life and Times of a Bush Doctor

    31/05/2023

    Shane Grundy at Bush Doctor HQ explains how soft engineering techniques are helping rejuvenate swamps and improve water quality in the Blue Mountains.

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  • Blue Mountains achieves global standard in Ecotourism

    24/03/2023

  • Council visits wind farm to launch transition to 100% renewable electricity

    24/03/2023

Educators/Researchers

  • Barometers of Climate Change: Artists and Therapists at the Braemar Gallery

    22/06/2023

    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

    18/05/2023

  • A Light-hearted Look at a Serious Subject: Breaking Down Barriers to Bushfire Preparedness

    10/05/2023

Artists

  • Barometers of Climate Change: Artists and Therapists at the Braemar Gallery

    22/06/2023

    Six Blue Mountains artists take strikingly different approaches to expressing ecological emotions associated with fire, flood and pandemic.

    Read More »
  • Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia

    18/05/2023

  • Julie Parkin: Back on Track 

    03/05/2023

Governments

  • “We’re all in this together”: Towards Community Net Zero

    15/08/2023

    Having been declared a natural disaster area five times in just four years, Blue Mountains City Council is reaching out to all sectors of the community to join in creating a Community Net Zero Strategy and Action Plan.

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  • Remote Bushcare: Why?

    27/07/2023

  • Plants for the Planet’s Sake: The Life and Times of a Bush Doctor

    31/05/2023

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SPRINGWOOD AREA LOCAL NEWS

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Katoomba Area and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging as we live, work and play on Dharug and Gundungurra Country (Ngurra)

 

BIOREGIONAL COLLABORATION FOR PLANETARY HEALTH

The Bioregional Collaboration includes Blue Mountains City Council’s Planetary Health Initiative, Lithgow City Council, Western Sydney University’s Lithgow Transformation Hub, Mountains Community Resource Network and the Sustainability Workshop.

 

This project is supported by the Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (DRRF). The DRRF is jointly funded by the Australian and New South Wales governments.

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