Posts Tagged ‘Education & Engagement’
Denmark Tip Shop closed until further notice due to COVID-19 trading restrictions – reopening soon!
Green Skills assures you that we will reopen as soon as the Federal Government lifts the current restrictions placed on non-essential business trading.
Read MoreSustainable Community Festival 21st March
The 2020 Sustainable Community Festival in Albany is shaping up to be an absolutely amazing event.
Green Skills have not only partnered with the Rainbow Coast Neighbourhood Centre and Albany Regional Volunteer Service but also welcoming new supporter Sustain: Community Food Events Food for Thought Festival PLUS the City of Albany South West Street Fest.
Learn how to Cloth Nappy – workshops coming to Ellenbrook, Beechboro and Guildford
Click on the sessions to register, and see how many tix are available.
Read MoreBandicoots at Balijup!
Bandicoots, Birds and Eco-restoration program at Balijup farm near Cranbrook 16-2- Jan 2020.
Read MoreProudlove Parade Night Market
Thursday Night Markets in Albany
Read MoreCall 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 Skills and Denmark Arts have been helping stall holders…
Read MoreGreen 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 Skills Albany Manager, Anne Sparrow, came back to Albany inspired to provide opportunity…
Read MoreGreen 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.
Read MoreBalijup 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.
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 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 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 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.
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