Topic: Environment and Nature

Scuba in the Pub – Ocean, marine environment, habitat, and specie conservation

Scuba in the Pub provides a platform for the community to be informed on how to protect our marine environment and creatures and learn interesting facts and opportunities to be involved with marine projects from qualified and entertaining guest speakers in a friendly social environment. Three of the five saw fish species in Australia are…

Bush Foods and Science workshop

First Nations Peoples have used plants as food for thousands of years. In this one-hour interactive workshop participants will learn about: the cultural significance of bush food; Indigenous plant identification and growing conditions; and edible uses of plants. During the workshop you will learn in-depth information about how Indigenous peoples have been using these plants…

SIXTEEN LEGS – Enter The Cave Exhibition

This is travelling exhibition of caves, cave biology and the exploration and discovery of how this unique environment works. The Exhibition showcases the results of over 30-years of scientific research, 7 years of filming, and hundreds of millions of years of evolution, from the break-up of Gondwana to the present day. Co-Director & Producer, Dr…

Food *WASTE* Different by Design

Celebrate National Science Week with Actsmart School’s Food *Waste* Different by Design virtual event. Tune in to have a live panel of Canberra’s food waste experts answer your students’ questions. Hear from Belinda from OzHarvest that are famous for their work rescuing food. Laura from Go Terra will join us – you should check out…

Imagining lutruwita’s Deep Time: a journey through science, art and song

Join us for a performance art journey through lutruwita’s deep time at the beautiful Art Farm Birchs Bay, overlooking the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. This event combines science with story-telling, music and the visual arts to journey through lutruwita’s often surprising geological history: from our island’s birth at the edge of Nuna, an ancient supercontinent, through to…

Drawing Birds with Peter Marsack

Come along and join our drawing class and bird watching tour with renowned illustrator Peter Marsack. One of Australia’s most renowned wildlife illustrators and co-illustrator of the ‘Australian Bird Guide’ will be running a ‘Drawing Birds’ class at Jerrabomberra Wetlands. Sketch birds in the field under the guidance of Peter, and return to the studio…

Mulligans Flat Night Walk

A quick one hour spotlight through Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary to give you a taste of what to expect on an award winning Twilight Tour. A night tour at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary is a unique experience to step back in time and experience the Australian bush as it was 100 years ago. At night…

Clare Spectacular Science Fair

The Clare Library regional Science fair is now in it’s 5 year and is modelled on the Science Alive events held in major cities. It aims to bring the excitement, relevance and importance of science to the people and inspire the community to encourage and support young people to engage with science. Clare Library has built its…

Birds and Language Conference

The sounds birds make form structured series, comprised of complex syntaxes, nuanced in tone, precise, sometimes excessive, often regarded as being of compelling aesthetic value. We do not hesitate to refer to many of these sounds as songs, or, more prosaically, calls. We move, easily, too, towards thinking about these sounds as a species of language. More, we readily…