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Food is Free Project
The Albany office has been running a ‘Food is Free’ cart since 2017 at 38 Graham Street, inspired by the Food is Free laneway in Ballarat, VIC.
Read MoreBushland Survey on Currawong Farm – Draft Report Available for Feedback
Bushland Survey on Currawong farm- Draft Report Available for feedback. On Monday 9th September 2019 Green Skills conducted its fourth ‘ Rapid Snapshot Bushland Assessment and Eco Planning’ survey on Currawong farm, near Boxwood HIll.
Read MoreThe Denmark Community Garden – Growing and Engaging South Coast Community Gardeners
The Denmark Community Garden is operated by Green Skills in collaboration with the Denmark CRC and was opened in March 2019.
Read MoreMeet the Team: Mystine Brown
Mystine has been a longtime Ecojobs casual, since July 2016. She is a versatile member of Ecojobs, from hand-weeding and chemical weed control to local government Natural Resource Management positions.
Read MoreAppreciating Marvellous Garden Givers
Appreciating some magnificent contributors to our Denmark-Kwoorabup community.
Read MorePlanning for on Farm Biodiversity Conservation in Gondwana LInk
Snap-shot Bushland Survey and Eco-Assessment on Currawong farm, Monjebup. On Monday 9th Green Skills conducted its fourth ‘ Rapid Snapshot Bushland Assessment and Eco Planning’ survey on Currawong farm, near Boxwood Hill.
Read MoreRecord Planting Day for Yellagonga Regional Park
Perth Ecojobs plants record-breaking number of seedlings in Yellagonga Regional Park, 30 minutes north of the CBD. Reserve maintenance is always busy in Winter with planting jobs.
Read MoreAppreciating Marvellous Garden Givers
Appreciating some magnificent contributors to our Denmark-Kwoorabup community. Here Green Skills takes the opportunity to thank and appreciate those volunteers and groups who support the Denmark Community Garden and who are consistently marvellous.
Read MoreAnnabelle Newbury Says Farewell
Perth manager Annabelle Newbury has retired. It’s big news for the Green Skills community, especially the Perth office which she managed for 21 years.
Read MoreAre Compostable Nappies Really Compostable?
They’re becoming more common – “eco-disposable nappies”. Biodegradable, chlorine free, fragrance free, chemical free, cloth-like… the list goes on and the packaging is convincing.
Read MoreLinking Students to Landcare
Cranbrook Primary School Tree Planting Event Links Students to Landcare. The Cranbrook School Tree planting day held on Tuesday 30th July at Tom South Lake went well.
Read MoreCommunity Garden Workshop Focus on Fruit Trees
At the Denmark Community Garden workshop on Saturday 20th July, local garden expert, Neal Collins, shared his knowledge on how to grow fruit bearing trees and bushes.
Read MoreTrinity College joins in Cranbrook Planting
Volunteer University Students help plant out landcare sites. A team from Trinity Residential College at the UWA joined in a two day program of tree planting for habitat restoration on a farm near Cranbrook on the 18th and 19th July 2019.
Read MoreSlow Fashion Festival 2019
Green Skills held a Slow Fashion Festival in June 2019 at Fossicker’s Tip Shed in Albany to showcase sustainable fashion around the Great Southern region.
Read MoreDreamcatchers and Driftwood Mobiles with an Upcycled Twist
Sewing with Scraps workshop takes a seaside theme, with shells, driftwood and of course, fabric scraps.
Read MoreNot Waste Festival, Feedback
Now that the dust has settled were starting to plan the next not waste festival and we want to know what you thought about it.
Read MoreLooking for Parent Ed Classes with Cloth Nappies?
Thanks to a grant from the Waste Authority, Green Skills has been training local Parent Educators how to use modern cloth nappies, and provided nearly all Perth’s maternity hospitals with an Antenatal Cloth Nappy Demo kit.
Read MoreNew Hino Truck for Ecojobs Perth
A recent purchase has our Ecojobs staff excited. The new Hino truck arrived in March and the staff have been making the most of a quiet April to get the truck ready to go for the busy months ahead.
Read MoreBalijup Fauna Citizen Science Report Released
In March 2019 , Green Skills completed a State 2 project for the Balijup project aimed to build community capacity in the eco-restoration of the 919ha Balijup property near Tenterden with its Fauna Sanctuary.
Read MoreDenmark Community Garden Holds Successful Second Workshop
The new Denmark Community Garden held its second organic garden workshop on the 13th April 2019 attended by 11 people. Neal Collins shared his enthusiastic knowledge about organic food growing. 5 raised beds were planted out with herbs and winter vegetables. Much fun and learning was had by all at this Green Skills’s event. The…
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