What's On at UWA

An Inquiring Minds public lecture by Professor Carlos M. Duarte, Director of The UWA Oceans Institute.

The ocean is the ultimate sink for plastic pollution, impacting marine life from tiny copepods to whales. The finding of an accumulation of plastic debris floating in the NW Pacific (...)

Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.

Presented by every environment club at UWA: UWA Code Green, People for Animal Welfare (...)

"You burn, you earn!" - Legendary Guild Director Wayne.

Come along this Tuesday and get a free Bike Breakfast from the Guild!! As long as you bring your helmet you'll get a free breakfast including either:

Bacon Eggs Beans and Toast

or the vegetarian (...)

This lecture by Professor Michael Crawford, Director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, is a part of the 2013 ‘Celebrating Oceans Initiatives’ co-sponsored by the UWA Oceans Institute and the UWA Institute of Advanced Studies, the WA Museum and the Maritime Museum.

A public talk by David Ritter, Executive Officer, Greenpeace Australia Pacific.

In his public talk, David will consider some of the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities facing the environmental and progressive movements in contemporary Australia. He will make a positive case for (...)

Ag Institute Australia Fellows, Professor Bob Belford (Curtin University) and Hackett Professor Kadambot Siddique (The UWA Institute of Agriculture) will give talks about 'Soils, roots and technology - a journey'; and about 'Grain legumes: a missing link in dryland farming systems' respectively. Re (...)

James will be presenting on two recent studies that reflect his range of interests and diversity of experience in the water resources field.

The first presentation is based on his PhD research on the dynamics of benthic algae growing in the meltwater streams of the McMurdo dry valleys (...)

Let's get together to clean up and conserve our beautiful campus and its neighbouring parkland of Matilda Bay Reserve.

Only one hour of your time is needed to make a real difference and participants will be rewarded with a free breakfast at the University Club.

Wednesday 5 (...)

Microbes have been studied forever. So has turbulence. In a broad range of environments, microbes are routinely exposed to turbulence, yet physicists have ignored microbes and biologists have ignored turbulence. In this talk I will illustrate the fascinating dynamics that unfold when microbes are (...)

Open to all, the Carbon Neutral Quiz Night 2014! presented by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition UWA, will be a night of fun, games, and a theme of sustainability to start the new semester. 7.30pm, Wednesday the 5th of March (Week 2) at Hackett Hall, UWA. All the proceeds will go to the trees (...)

Come listen to our enviro clubs and see how YOU can get involved with sustainability on campus! Presented by AYCC, Code Green, SEN, UWAPAW and the UWA Enviro Department. There will be free pizza!!!

WA 2.0 is a comprehensive set of initiatives that show how Greens policies can be implemented here in Western Australia now.

What could our state look like if we created a more resilient, connected and prosperous community that cares for our environment and for people?

Australi (...)

A public lecture by Dr Peggy Fiedler, Director of the Natural Reserve System at the University of California.

In this lecture Professor Fiedler will provide context for understanding the role of field stations, marine laboratories and other protected areas by discussing specific examples (...)

Cycle to UWA and enjoy a free, full breakfast. Get a free bike check with our bike doctor. See the State Minister for Sport and Recreation launch CycleWest's Strategic Framework for Cycling.

Registrations are essential and will go into the draw to win a $700 spending spree at the winner' (...)

In part, this seminar is a travelogue and, in part, it is an amateur study in comparative anthropology. While exploring many small, remote and near-isolated islands around the world I became fascinated by the history and sociology of the small human communities that occupied those corners of the (...)

Celebrate sustainability at UWA's premier environmental event. Pat a koala and dingo and, if you're game, hold a wedge-tailed eagle and python. View up-close UWA's bees (in a safe, sealed hive panel) and sample their honey. Create beautiful flower sculptures from upcycled materials. Learn about (...)

Sculpture a flower from a weird and wonderful array of upcycled materials, with a workshop facilitator from REmida Creative Reuse Centre.

Your creation will be displayed as part of an evolving 'flower bed' under the largest Oak Tree on Oak Lawn at UWA EnviroFest.

All flowers (...)

Give your bike a free health check, thanks to BikeDr. They'll offer you fast, dependable and expert bike checks and minor servicing to make your life easy and keep your bike running smooth.

Banksia woodland coves half the recharge area to the Gnangara Mound, Perth’s most important water resource. To help understand the water balance and carbon balance of this native woodland we have installed an eddy covariance system measuring the atmospheric turbulence and scalar fluxes above the (...)

The Department of Water has an extensive State-wide network of monitoring bores and gauging stations that has records going back to the early 1900’s. The types of projects that Department’s water information was used for in 2013 was wide ranging including: infrastructure proposals, foreshore (...)