Planetary health is a relatively new branch of science focusing on safeguarding the health of human civilisation and the state of the natural systems on which we depend. This branch of science has put lower meat consumption at the heart of reducing humanity’s negative impact on the environment. Deforestation of land for livestock adds to the carbon footprint of a heavy meat diet and reduces available land that could produce far…
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Beacy Does National Science Week
As the culmination of our week of events, including competitions, guest speakers, staff quizzes and a tabloid science day for P-6 students we will be creating a book about food, recipes and food fables from history.
See inside Canberra\\\\\\\’s one and only insect farm – the future of waste management and protein production.
As part of National Science Week and Served With a Side of Science: A Canberra Food Festival, we will open our doors on Saturday 14th August – with tours at 12pm, 1.15pm and 2.30pm. You will see how Goterra’s modular, automated waste infrastructure manages maggots to consume food waste, converting it into sustainable protein and…
See inside Canberra\\\’s one and only insect farm – the future of waste management and protein production.
As part of National Science Week and Served With a Side of Science: A Canberra Food Festival, we will open our doors on Saturday 14th August – with tours at 12pm, 1.15pm and 2.30pm. You will see how Goterra’s modular, automated waste infrastructure manages maggots to consume food waste, converting it into sustainable protein and…
Environmental Conditions and the Growth of Plants
Students will explore a variety of conditions which influence the growth of plants.
Community Plant Based Recipe Competition
Creating a plant based community cookbook. As part of National Science Week celebrations John Curtin College of the Arts Roots and Shoots club in association with the Science, Food Technology and Media departments are running a competition to find our communities favourite plant based recipes. The 2021 theme Food: Different by Design can not only…
Communicating Science Through Games Workshop | Perth
In partnership with National Science Week, join us at SAE Creative Media Institute Perth for a free Communicating Science Through Games workshop. Have you ever wanted to explore making games? How about making games with meaning? Share knowledge of your favourite scientific field through your own game. You can tell an interactive story; Make an…
The Science of Ears & Hearing | Research program for high school students
Calling all Perth budding researchers. Take part in our research program, and be mentored by Ear Science Institute Australia’s Brain & Hearing research team. Ear Science will provide students with an opportunity to immerse themselves in a real-life research project, impacting on the lives of people with hearing impairment and contributing to our impact in…
Communicating Science Through Games Workshop | For women and girls
In partnership with National Science Week, join us at SAE Creative Media Institute Perth for a free Communicating Science Through Games workshop. Have you ever wanted to explore making games? How about making games with meaning? Share knowledge of your favourite scientific field through your own game. You can tell an interactive story; Make an…
Social Entrepreneurship, Complexity Science & Systems Thinking
There are two social entrepreneurship approaches that focus on addressing complex wicked problems: the complexity approach which is underpinned by complexity science, and the social innovation school approach which is underpinned by systems thinking. During this webinar we will compare and contrast these systems social entrepreneurship approaches. Social entrepreneurship’s complexity approach focuses on the creation…