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Displaying from Sunday, November 10, 2013
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November 2013
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Sunday 10 |
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.
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Thursday 14 |
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 (...)
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December 2013
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Thursday 05 |
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 (...)
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February 2014
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Wednesday 26 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - This seminar series is part of the CWR at UWA. : Economic impacts of climate change on the water supply sector in South Africa and stream ecosystem dynamics in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
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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 (...)
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March 2014
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Wednesday 05 |
7:30 - EVENT - UWA Clean Up Australia Day event : Clean up our beautiful campus and the Matilda Bay Reserve
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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.
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16:00 - SEMINAR - Microbes and turbulence : This seminar series is part of the CWR at UWA.
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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 (...)
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Tuesday 11 |
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!!!
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Wednesday 12 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - WA 2.0 - A plan to reboot Western Australia : This seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series.
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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 (...)
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Thursday 13 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Re-Visioning Field Stations, Marine Laboratories, and Research Centers to Address Global Environmental Change
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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 (...)
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Wednesday 19 |
7:30 - EVENT - UWA Nedlands Bike Breakfast : Celebrate cycling as a great way to travel to UWA.
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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' (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - The Enchantment of Remote Islands and Their Peoples : This seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series.
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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 (...)
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April 2014
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Tuesday 01 |
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 (...)
11:30 - WORKSHOP - Creative workshop : Sculpture a flower from inspirational upcycled materials
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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 (...)
11:30 - EVENT - Bike Doctor on campus : Free bike maintenance and minor servicing with Dismantle's BikeDr
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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.
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Wednesday 09 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Using atmospheric eddy covariance measurements to estimate recharge through Banksia woodland over Gnangara groundwater mound : This seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series.
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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 (...)
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Wednesday 23 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Water Related Spatial Information. : this seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series.
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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 (...)
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Wednesday 30 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Restoration in a Changing Environment: The Ridgefield Multiple Ecosystem Service Experiment : This seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series.
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Multiple environmental changes challenge traditional notions of ecological restoration. One option for the future may be to plant mixtures of native species to achieve desired ecosystem functions such as tightly cycling nutrients, carbon sequestration, resistance against weed invasion and (...)
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May 2014
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Wednesday 07 |
16:00 - SEMINAR - Animal-like learning in plants : This seminar is part of the Centre for Water Research seminar series.
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Scientists have wondered for some time whether plants, like animals, can truly learn from the past and adjust their future behavior appropriately.
We adopted the same approach used in studies of animal learning and memory and put the sensitive plant Mimosa to the test.
We found that (...)
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Monday 19 |
16:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - In Conversation with UWA Alumni : Join Bruce Abbott, Managing Director of Replants.com and CEO of Cultural Corridors, for an intimate conversation on the business of saving grass trees and sharing culture
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Guild Volunteering is launching the first in a series of conversations with UWA Alumni who are leaders in the non-profit and community benefit sector.
Our first guest is Bruce Abbott, Managing Director of Replants.com and CEO of Cultural Corridors. Replants.com is a social enterprise (...)
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