How’s this for an engaging Team Building event .. The City of Joondalup’s Staff Development Day (pictured) featured a bonanza of workshops, inspired by the imminent Plastic Bag Ban and how we can ditch single use plastic. Keep Cups, Boomerang Bags, Beeswax Wraps are so hot right now! Participants loved getting their hands dirty and […]
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Waste Wise Wednesdays are popping up all over WA Primary Schools. Even school canteens are getting onboard with waste free lunches! Our schoolkids know that single use, throwaway plastic – juice boxes, cling wrap, ziplock bags, yoghurt tubs – is out! Reusable drink bottles, reusable food containers (beeswax wraps, anyone?), and composting your food scraps […]
Continue ReadingBetween the 9th and 11th February 2018, Green Skills held a “Seeing Like an Eagle” eco art and photographic weekend at the Porongurup in conjunction with the Friends of The Porongurup group. The weekend had input from artist Nikki Green (nikkigreen.com.au) and environmentalist Basil Schur and had a focus on the Ranges Link which forms […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday 14th February 2018 , Green Skills and Gillamii Centre held a “Help The Hoodie” field trip around salt lakes on farms in the Cranbrook area. The field trip commenced at the Bob’s Lake Bird hide, on the Lehmann farm, north east of Cranbrook and visited 4 lakes on farms, The event provided a […]
Continue ReadingMYO Beeswax Wraps Beeswax wraps are a natural and compostable alternative to plastic cling wrap. In this workshop, participants learn how to make these beautiful, reusable food wraps. Each participant will come away with 3 beeswax wraps. And the skills to make plenty more. Nappies for Newborns Cloth nappies have been updated! Discover Modern Cloth Nappies for newborns […]
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It’s February – hot and dry here in Perth. Our Ecojobs team has been working hard through the summer season spreading mulch, hand weeding, herbicide spraying and maintaining reserves. Tree watering is vital in this period for newly planted trees and seedlings. Ecojobs Supervisor Ben is pictured in our tree watering truck, giving a newly […]
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