Creating habitat to help wildlife find refuge in your own backyard is an incredibly rewarding way to engage with nature. This can take several forms, including planting a native garden, installing a water-bath, digging inn a frog bog or even building a nest-box an artificial tree-hollow for mammals and birds needing a home. Simon Cherriman…
Topic: Environment and Nature
Re-Cyc-Ology Project @ Wanneroo Library
Creating habitat to help wildlife find refuge in your own backyard is an incredibly rewarding way to engage with nature. This can take several forms, including planting a native garden, installing a water-bath, digging inn a frog bog or even building a nest-box an artificial tree-hollow for mammals and birds needing a home. Simon Cherriman…
Soapbox Science Melbourne
Soapbox Science Melbourne is back for 2023. As part of National Science Week with the theme of Innovation: Powering Future Industries, Soapbox Science is back this year and our team is super excited to invite you to our event on Friday 18 August at 2-5pm. Check out the event recap from 2022. Organized by STEM…
The Salty Forest Fish Foil Art Ecology Workshop
Join a free two hour hands-on arts and crafts workshop using recovered resources and then help transform your contribution into a beautiful, tactile, immersive installation that will be displayed two weeks later at the Rotunda lantern during this year’s Port Pirie Winter Festival. Science educator, ecologist and artist Kris Messenger and local artist Georgia Northcott…
Up Close with Birds of Prey @ Clarkson Library
What a plume-filled treat! An educational and interactive talk about the latest research projects that cover bird cognition and behaviour and the impact of environmental changes in their habitat. WA Birds of Prey will showcase 5 of their majestic feathered creatures in an interactive presentation. There will be owls, a falcon, and a wedge-tailed eagle….
World Science Festival Queensland Ipswich Open Day
World Science Festival Queensland is returning to Ipswich this August. Come join the celebration as The Workshops Rail Museum once again becomes a STEM playground with immersive and family-friendly events for everyone to enjoy. Explore a transport wonderland for hands-on science fun – launch a rocket, step into a new world with Professor Tech’s virtual…
Wonders of the Deep Sea – Indian Ocean seascapes and biodiversity revealed
Over two research voyages aboard CSIRO’s RV Investigator, teams of scientists mapped and sampled seamounts and the seafloor around Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean. Tim O’Hara, Expedition Chief Scientist will describe how the team studied this vast, mysterious ecosystem and the ancient volcanic seascape they mapped in detail for the…
Should We Care About Science Denialism?
Some say climate change isn’t happening or isn’t driven by human activities. Some worry that vaccines cause autism or are a lethal conspiracy. Only two-thirds of Americans aged 18-24 believe the Earth is round. Have you faced difficult conversations on these topics with family or friends? How concerned should we be about the unscientific opinions…
Decolonising fire: Indigenous land stewardship and climate futurity
This webinar is the fifth in the Australian Centre’s 2023 Critical Public Conversations series: Country, Climate, Colonialism. In August 2021, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its sixth assessment report which unequivocally identified climate change as a human induced process. Indigenous peoples compromise less than 5% of the world’s population yet we protect 80% of the…
Science of Nature Community Open Day
Discover how organic farms work with nature to grow good food. Explore the web of life at Sydney City Farm. Learn about urban ecology with free activities for all ages. Biodiversity experts will introduce you to local wildlife and demonstrate how to support biodiversity in the city. Aboriginal educators will share cultural knowledge of native…