Posts Tagged ‘Events & Projects’
Zero Waste Beauty Potions
We had a huge turn-out for the Zero Waste Beauty Workshop last night at the Green Skills Albany Community Enterprise Development Centre! 17 ladies gathered to mix potions and talk about minimalist beauty care with Ruth from ruby lentil. Ruth’s daughter Nya demonstrated how to brush your teeth using a fresh aloe vera leaf! One…
Read MoreNot Waste Festival 2019 applications open now!
Art Not waste has been a wonderful project with such awesome community support and amazing art works.
Read MorePerth hospital takes the lead in Cloth Nappy education
St John of God Hospital (SJOG) in Subiaco is the first to take delivery of the Cloth Nappy Antenatal Demo Kit, in a collaborative project between Green Skills and Perth hospitals.
Read MoreZero Waste Beauty Workshop
Come along to a fun evening of pampering and minimalist beauty techniques!
Read MoreAlbany Library Sacred Swamps film screening event now booked out
The film screening event at the Albany City Library on Thursday 13th September for the screening of the YouTube videos on Warriup Swamp and Moolyup Swamp is now fully booked.
Read MoreI Am The Broth Of Love
A bubbly Joanna McCluskey from Made of Earth, in Denmark WA, showed a bunch of us how to make bone broth for gut & bone health and kitchen economy in August at the Albany Community Enterprise Development Centre.
Read MoreNew to DIY BEESWAX WRAPS: The Dipping Method
After starting with the Ironing Method, we introduced the Dipping Method to our workshops.
Read MorePaying It Forward
Community member Pauline was thrilled to receive a free bicycle last week following a bicycle maintenance workshop in July at Green Skills Albany with Peter Morris.
Read MoreBone Broth Workshop Albany
Come along to Green Skills Albany 2-4pm on Saturday 25th August 2018 to hear Joanna McCluskey talking about why you should make nourishing bone broth and what to put in it. Homemade broth is good for gut and bone health. We’ll make and taste broth, share recipes and discuss where to buy ingredients locally and…
Read MoreMontgomery’s Hill Wines Wattle Busting
Sydney Golden Wattle is one of the most invasive woody weeds in the Albany region. Without control it will overwhelm entire tracts of native vegetation.
Read MoreCranbrook School Provides Boost to Wetland Restoration
As part of the Gondwana Wetlands program, Green Skills and the local Gillamii Centre organised a lake foreshore re-vegetation and wetland restoration project on the Lehmann farm, near Cranbrook on Thursday 26th July 2018.
Read MoreReport from the WA Landcare Network Form
On Friday 20th July he WA Landcare Network held a members and Stake-holders forum at the Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre.
Read MoreWho Knew Upcycled Jeans Could Look This Good?
Green Skills tackles the waste issue of Fast Fashion with Slow Fashion Workshops.
Read MorePermaculture Spring Gathering Albany
Join us for our inaugural Permaculture Spring Gathering in Albany.
Read MoreNews films highlight Cultural links to wetlands
Green Skills has recently produced two short YouTube films documenting Noongar Elders, Carol Pettersen and Eugene Eades, visiting culturally significant wetlands east of Albany.
Read MoreGondwana Connections Exhibition Opening & Landcare Forum held in Manjimup
On Monday 16th July, Green Skills held a landcare forum at the Manjimup Art Gallery to open the Gondwana Connections Arts and Photographic exhibition.
Read MoreWarm Winter Bike Shed
Have you got a rusty bike in the shed or yard?
Read MorePlastic Free Living
Green Skills Albany welcomed Rebecca Prince-Ruiz from Plastic Free July last Saturday morning to share her story of how she founded Plastic Free July and how to refuse single use plastic for a month. The Albany Community Enterprise Development Centre was packed to capacity with community members keen to learn how to reduce their waste.…
Read MoreWhat do people think of our beeswax wraps workshops?
It was another fun Beeswax Wraps Workshop at Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre on Saturday. Thank you to my fabulous, creative group! We always ask for feedback, so here is some to share … “It was fabulous. Now we can make our own!” “Much better than reading about it!” “Everything was well explained. Very enjoyable”…
Read MoreCitizen Science Fauna Weekend at Balijup, near Cranbrook,WA
Green Skills just completed a productive fauna surveying weekend at Balijup farm near Cranbrook.
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