Environmental Action Archives - Page 8 of 10

How to DIY Beeswax Wraps – The Ironing Method

Thank you Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre for hosting our DIY Beeswax Wraps Workshop last week – a great start to 2018 for this fun and friendly group!

Littlegrove Sydney Wattle Busy Bee Coming Up Feb 20th

Gone into weedy wattle withdrawal over the new year? Never fear, busy bees are back!

Australian Bluegums Plantation help protect Albany bushland from weedy wattles

Australian Bluegum Plantations, community members and Green Skills working together to tackle Albany’s worst weed, Acacia longifolia.

How to use Terracycle in Albany

Updated: October 2019 Green Skills Albany has been participating in the TerraCycle Australia program since early 2017.

Yes, We Are Open!

Green Skills Albany has had a few visitors wondering if they’ve come to the right place when they step into our office this week.

Seeing Like an Eagle Eco Art Workshops in 2018

Join award winning Noongar artist and Aboriginal Elder, Joey Williams of Poornarti Aboriginal Tours, at the Poornarti Art Studio in Denmark.

Making Beeswax Wraps for a Sustainable Christmas

Ready to ditch Plastic Cling Wrap? Introducing: Beeswax Wraps. The natural, reusable, smells-so-good alternative.

Sew Cool! Making a Difference: Workshops and Markets

It was a bright and colourful scene at the Sew Cool! sewing workshops.

Women Embracing Leadership in our South West

It is exciting to see women taking the lead in many different forms in their professional and personal lives.

Noongar Cultural Visit to Balijup Fauna Sanctuary

Focus on Goanna ( Karda) Survey at Balijup – 14 Dec 2017

Albany Community Development Enterprise Centre nearing completion!

Green Skills Albany has been busy in 2017 extending their office building to create a large community space that will be available for hire by community groups and individuals to run workshops, life skills classes and community events.

Weedy Wattles project smells like two-stroke

Green Skills Inc staff Rosie Smith, Aaron Banks and Dylan Lehmann were out and about at Montgomery’s Hill vineyard near Albany last week, giving a large stand of Sydney golden wattle some much-needed chainsaw therapy.

Toilet Paper for Christmas

The storeroom at Green Skills Albany is stacked up with the limited 2017 Christmas edition Who Gives A Crap toilet paper!

International Day of People with Disability 2017

What a great way to celebrate International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) 2017!

A Trip to the Abrolhos

Jewels in the Indian Ocean: Reporting back from an environmental outing to the Abrolhos Islands

Birds of Prey Day: Activities for People Living with Disability

On Thursday, 16th November about 30 clients and carers at SMP Disability and Support Services in Spearwood enjoyed a Birds of Prey workshop presented by Yvonne Sitko, owner and operator of WA Birds of Prey.

Visit to the Balijup Fauna Sanctuary to Check on nesting boxes

On Thursday 16th November, a group from the Denmark Men’s Shed in Denmark did a tour of the Balijup Fauna Sanctuary with Green Skills.

Bird Survey Outing To Lake Anderson, North Stirlings

On Sunday 12th November 2017, the Albany Bird Group and Green Skills conducted an outing to survey birds at Lake Anderson, that forms part of the Balicup Wetland Suite, north of the Stirling Range National Park.