Interested to share your ideas, learn more from others, and network online about NRM governance? To join the new Good Governance for NRM Forum, visit www.ripeonline.com.au/launchpad/, scroll down and click on 'Good Governance for NRM Forum', then follow the instructions to create a new account. The Forum is an initiative of the Pathways to good practice in NRM governance research project.
24 April 2008
Urban Sustainability Support Alliance
The NSW Urban Sustainability Support Alliance (USSA) project aims to help councils progress towards sustainability. It is a partnership approach made up of organisations who, over 3 years, will:
- deliver training and professional development sessions;
- establish and maintain communication networks;
- share experiences and lessons learnt by councils in the journey towards sustainability;
- coordinate mentoring programs; and
- develop tools and resources based on sound research and need.
The Alliance project has been assisted by the NSW Environmental Trust through its Urban Sustainability Program (USP), and coordinated by the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW.
Sydney Metropolitan CMA Community Forum 24 May 2008
Join Landcarers, Bushcarers, and other environmental volunteers and interested people from across Sydney for the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority (CMA) 2008 Community Forum Building Partnerships for the Environment. Hear guest speaker Dr Jane Tarran from the University of Technology, Sydney, who will talk on 'Biodiversity in Urban Sydney - Achievements and Opportunities', find out about successful and inspiring community partnerships and get a better understanding of how Aboriginal heritage issues relate to your on-ground projects. Bookings are essential.
Latest Landscape Logic newsletter now available
The purpose of Landscape Logic is to work in partnership with regional natural resource managers to develop decision-making approaches that improve the effectiveness of environmental management. Landscape Logic aims to:
- Develop better ways to organise existing knowledge and assumptions about links between land management actions and environmental outcomes.
- Improve our understanding of the links between land management actions and environmental outcomes through historical studies of the effects of private and public investment on water quality and native vegetation condition.
Energy Transformed: Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation
This comprehensive online education and training package brings together the knowledge of how countries, specifically Australia, can achieve deep greenhouse cuts. Produced by The Natural Edge Project, the training package provides industry, governments, business and households with knowledge to enable them to realise at least 30 percent energy efficiency savings in the short term while providing a strong basis for further improvement. The package is presented as 3 modules each with 10 lectures. Each lecture is structured to enable you to find quickly what you need. Each lecture has a clear topic heading, aim, executive summary (key learning points), detailed 15 page essay and then further online resources.
