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Call out for Bin Faeries!
It's Denmark Arts Market time again. Green Skills will continue the amazing success of our Not Waste education program. The Bin Faeries are a chance to be on the ground talking to our community and making a real difference in waste separation. To augment this Green...
Green Skills Twilight Market in Albany
40 stall holders at the Twilight Markets Encouraging “shop local this Christmas” is the theme behind the inaugural Green Skills Twilight Markets. After extensive tours of UK Christmas twilight markets in 2018, and knowing how creative the great southern community is,...
Green Fair 2019 in Sunny Albany
Green Skills was pleased to support the City of Albany to run another successful Green Fair in November 2019. With a jam-packed schedule of demonstrations, speakers, workshops, displays, music and market stalls, there were plenty of sustainable skills to look at. The...
Combatting dune erosion at Coogee Beach
Visitors to Coogee Beach will notice Ecojobs staff working in the dunes - not trampling, but using a technique called "brushing". This rehabilitation method involves using tree and shrub branches to stabilise dunes. Native branches create a microclimate that protects...
Balijup Sanctuary Citizen Science Event Focusses on Elusive Native Fauna
For two days in mid-October, Green Skills held a Citizen Science environmental monitoring event at the Balijup Sanctuary near Tenterden. 19 people participated in the activities, including Conservation lecturer from TAFE South, Sylvia Leighton and 10 of her Cert III...
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. Over the last two years, hundreds of kilograms of fruit and vegetables have been given away from this humble little upcycled...
Bushland 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. Done in conjunction with the...
The 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. The Garden is conveniently and prominently located in the heart of Denmark behind the Morgan Richardson Centre (old Denmark hospital site)...