by Laura | Oct 17, 2018 | Green Skills Inc. - Sustainability Non-Profit
September saw the second Wildlife Event in our program for people with disabilities in the City of Gosnells .. and as always, the smiles were out in full force!
This session featured Karen and her Radical Reptiles: frogs, bearded dragons, geckos and bobtails. And the most famous reptiles of all – the “friendly snakes, who helped some of us overcome misconceptions and fears. Quite a number of us held a snake for the first time!” Sarah Campbell, SMP lifeskills2work. This was an event full of excitement!
Thank you to the City of Gosnells for sponsoring this series of Wildlife Experiences for People living with a Disability. If you would like to sponsor a series of events, or request one for your organisation, please contact [email protected] or call 9360 6667.
by Laura | Sep 10, 2018 | Green Skills Inc. - Sustainability Non-Profit
St John of God Hospital (SJOG) in Subiaco is the first to take delivery of the Cloth Nappy Antenatal Demo Kit, in a collaborative project between Green Skills and Perth hospitals.
Parents have told us they want this information in antenatal classes, so they can be prepared before baby is born – and Judith, SJOG midwife and parent educator, agrees.
With 10 kits to be delivered over the next 6 months, these new and up-to-date kits will be key to educating expecting parents. What do modern cloth nappies look like? How do they work? How do you wash them? Times have changed from terry squares, pins and soaking in bleach! We give midwives a full introduction when we deliver the Cloth Nappy kit.
Do you work in antenatal Parent Education? If you would like more information on this program or to apply for a free kit, contact Aline on 9360 6667 or [email protected]
This project, “Educating Antenatal Educators about Modern Cloth Nappies”, is funded by the State Government through the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Account, and administered by the Waste Authority.
by Laura | Sep 5, 2018 | Green Skills Inc. - Sustainability Non-Profit
Today we celebrated Aline Brion’s 40th birthday in the Murdoch office.
Aline has a wonderfully long association with Green Skills dating back to 2001 when she worked as our Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) in the metro office then based in Fremantle. She worked with Western Suburbs local councils on emissions inventories, forecasts and reductions in a campaign conducted by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives and the Australian Greenhouse Office. Those were the days!
Aline continued working on the CCP and various other energy efficiency programs for Green Skills until 2006, working in part time and flexible capacities until after the birth of her second child coming into the office to work on City of Rockingham CCP Milestone 5.
Aline returned to us at the beginning of 2016 and is once again a very valued member of our metro team working on waste minimisation projects and coordinating nature-based activities for people with disabilities. Her campaign on promoting modern cloth nappies is being heralded around the country as ground breaking work and as a mother of four children all reared in cloth nappies she speaks from experience.
We wish Aline a very happy 40th birthday and hope that she continues her work with Green Skills for years to come.
by Laura | Sep 3, 2018 | Green Skills Inc. - Sustainability Non-Profit
Green Skills Board of Management travelled to the Perth office at Murdoch University, for their annual metro meeting last week.
It was a great opportunity for Perth staff to meet the new and old Board members (who are Albany and Denmark-based) and to update them on current projects.
Thanks to the Board Members who oversee our organisation – Rhonda Williams, Mike Travers, Laura Bird, Sarah Hilder, Ashleigh Murch, Ches Leonard (absent) and Jacquie Foster (absent).
by Laura | Aug 27, 2018 | Green Skills Inc. - Sustainability Non-Profit
While the eastern states are struggling with drought, Perth has experienced its wettest winter in years.
This is no surprise to Ecojobs staff, who have had to delay planting some wetlands for weeks, waiting for waters to subside.
Our team arrived at Bibra Lake to find the holes prepped for new seedlings had turned into a sea of puddles!
With the return of warm weather, we can finish off the final plantings and start the next phase of natural areas maintenance, weeding.
