Posts Tagged ‘Greenskills’
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 MoreFarewell Aline
It’s a sad day for the Perth Office as Aline says goodbye to Green Skills for the last time.
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.
Proudlove Parade Night Markets final for January
Finishing January on a high with our biggest night planned yet. Do you celebrate Valentines Day or Easter? Then we have a range of gifts available for you this week.
Read MoreBandicoots at Balijup!
Bandicoots, Birds and Eco-restoration program at Balijup farm near Cranbrook 16-2- Jan 2020.
Read MoreProudlove Parade Markets Injects Vibrancy Into Thursday Nights.
Hundreds of locals, visitors and four-legged friends attended the inaugural Proudlove Parade Night Markets.
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 MoreCombatting 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”.
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 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 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 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 MoreSew Cool! and the Denmark Upcycle Collective Denim July 2019 Workshops
Join Ruth and Von for Sew Cool! and the Denmark Upcycle Collective creative sewing workshops using upcycled denim.
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 MoreThe Final Week Not Waste Festival
Come Down and be there to discuss the future of waste reduction in the town. I know you all have a lot of questions! Now is is your chance!
Read MoreEnvironmentally and Economically Sustainable Earthbag House: Sustainable Community Festival
Discover the benefits of building an environmentally and economically sustainable home with Earthbags.
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