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  • Being Sensitive to the Animals Who Share Our World

    Katoomba artist, writer and scholar Teya Brooks Pribac has spent the last two decades learning about the rich, complex lives and contributions of the animals who are our allies in creating a habitable planet. As part of her animal advocacy she's written Enter the Animal and Not Just Another Vegan Cookbook. New work on animal cultures is on the horizon.

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  • Dance: An Antidote to Anxiety

  • Keith Muir: (Not) In My Backyard

  • Living with Bushfire Risk: Landscape and Garden Design

  • A Group of ‘Thoughtful, Committed Citizens’ Writing the Stories For Our Future

Individuals

  • Being Sensitive to the Animals Who Share Our World

    Katoomba artist, writer and scholar Teya Brooks Pribac has spent the last two decades learning about the rich, complex lives and contributions of the animals who are our allies in creating a habitable planet. As part of her animal advocacy she's written Enter the Animal and Not Just Another Vegan Cookbook. New work on animal cultures is on the horizon.

    Read More »
  • Keith Muir: (Not) In My Backyard

  • The Satin Bowerbirds and a Garden Transformation

Community Groups

  • Observing the Birds of the Blue Mountains with Carol Probets

    A passionate birder for over 40 years, Carol Probets shares the joys of birdwatching, while revealing the changes to the prevailing birds of the Blue Mountains and why they matter.

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  • Scarecrows, Chickens & Chocolate Cake: Leura Harvest Festival

  • Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia

Organisations

  • Wildplants to the Rescue at Katoomba Native Plant Nursery

    Almost 30 years ago, the Blue Mountains Wildplant Rescue Service began salvaging local plant species from building sites. Its Katoomba Native Plant Nursery continues to preserve and propagate the plants of our World Heritage area while helping locals recreate a piece of the bush at home.

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  • Scarecrows, Chickens & Chocolate Cake: Leura Harvest Festival

  • Toolo: Why Buy It When You Can Borrow It?

Businesses

  • Building for Bushfire

    A home among the gum trees is a dream for many of us. But turning that dream into a reality in one of the most bushfire-prone regions in the country can be tricky. Architect Nigel Bell helps us navigate the fundamentals of building or renovating for bushfire resilience.

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  • The ‘Waste Not’ Experiment!

  • Talk of the Town: Good Earth Bookshop

Collaborations

  • Kindlehill’s New Senior School: Launched by A Murmuration

    Kindlehill School has launched its new senior school program with a thought-provoking documentary exploring ideas of home and healing that reflect Australia’s past and future.

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  • Blue Mountains achieves global standard in Ecotourism

  • Council addresses climate induced urban forest and tree decline with citywide tree planting program

Educators/Researchers

  • Dance: An Antidote to Anxiety

    Learning to give our worries and anxieties less dominance by being fully present in our bodies through dance is a valuable art to master. Dancer Beckie Wilson is sharing her dance practice at both Bursill Lane Studio and with young people in the Street University in Katoomba.

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  • Living with Bushfire Risk: Landscape and Garden Design

  • Reconnecting the Seven Sisters Songlines from Uluru to the East Coast of Australia

Artists

  • Being Sensitive to the Animals Who Share Our World

    Katoomba artist, writer and scholar Teya Brooks Pribac has spent the last two decades learning about the rich, complex lives and contributions of the animals who are our allies in creating a habitable planet. As part of her animal advocacy she's written Enter the Animal and Not Just Another Vegan Cookbook. New work on animal cultures is on the horizon.

    Read More »
  • Dance: An Antidote to Anxiety

  • Art for Earth’s Sake

Governments

  • A Group of ‘Thoughtful, Committed Citizens’ Writing the Stories For Our Future

    Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead once famously said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

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  • Lost Song: The Plight of the Regent Honeyeater

  • Blue Mountains achieves global standard in Ecotourism

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Aug 18
August 18, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - January 16, 2024 @ 9:00 pm Event Series

Friday Supper Club @ The Avalon

Sep 29
September 29 - October 2

Leura Gardens Festival

Oct 2
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Event Series

Natty Needles – patchwork, knitting, crochet

Oct 7
October 7 - October 8

Leura Village Fair

Oct 7
11:00 am - 3:00 pm Event Series

Chess – Saturdays at Katoomba Library

Oct 9
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Event Series

Natty Needles – patchwork, knitting, crochet

Oct 10
10:30 am - 12:30 pm Event Series

ABC Friends Blue Mountains Monthly Meeting

Oct 14
11:00 am - 3:00 pm Event Series

Chess – Saturdays at Katoomba Library

Oct 16
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Event Series

Natty Needles – patchwork, knitting, crochet

Oct 20
October 20 @ 9:00 am - October 22 @ 10:00 pm

Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival

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KATOOMBA AREA LOCAL NEWS

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Katoomba Area and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging as we live, work and play on Dharug and Gundungurra Country (Ngurra)

 

BIOREGIONAL COLLABORATION FOR PLANETARY HEALTH

The Bioregional Collaboration includes Blue Mountains City Council’s Planetary Health Initiative, Lithgow City Council, Western Sydney University’s Lithgow Transformation Hub, Mountains Community Resource Network and the Sustainability Workshop.

This project is supported by the Disaster Risk Reduction Fund (DRRF). The DRRF is jointly funded by the Australian and New South Wales governments.

 

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