Following the ABC’s War on Waste series there is increasing interest in the
Hawkesbury region around reducing waste, recycling, minimising plastics,
using worm farms, clothes swaps and reducing household rubbish.
Join local members of your community, to discuss:
• Concerns and positve solutions to waste
• Food waste – keep it out of landfill
• Recycling
HEN AGM will follow this meeting. Supper provided.
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How healthy are our waterways?
Two new Streamwatch teams formed
In a burst of enthusiasm, nineteen participants came together at the Australiana Pioneer Village to spend some three hours training with Greg McDonald and Cecil Ellis from AusMuseum Streamwatch program. Fully provisioned kits will be supplied to these teams to use on water testing at Bushells Lagoon and Australiana Village lagoon as well as further afield. Water quality is monitored on a monthly basis including testing oxygen, phosphate, saltiness, pH and turbidity levels. Water quality data is recorded and can act as an early warning system for pollution events and provides a valuable record of catchment health. [Read more…] about How healthy are our waterways?
