Sydney Streamwatch will mark its 30th anniversary on the 3rd of September. It is the second longest running Citizen Science program in New South Wales and a few years older than Melbourne Waterwatch,… Continue reading
“Penny wise and pound foolish” was how former New South Wales Planning Minister, Craig Knowles, described impending cuts to Streamwatch in 2012. Streamwatch is a Citizen Science water quality monitoring program operating in… Continue reading
Henry Sutton was an Australian born, self-taught inventor. He invented 23 different types of telephone, a prototype helicopter, the world’s first portable wireless radio, a colour-printing process and a carbon-filament light built just… Continue reading
It had taken 25 years for a little curiosity to evolve into a search, then a quest and, ultimately, a race to discover the origins of arguably the best-known turtle in the country.… Continue reading
In 1847, a young German named Ferdinand Mueller came to Adelaide, with a dream: to be the botanist who catalogued every plant species in Australia. Off he went, collecting plants from Queensland to Victoria, up… Continue reading
“Community empowerment was a key issue about conflict resolution about engagement about hearing the 90% of the community that aren’t whinging who are actually supportive.” Sarah Hill, NSW vice-president of the Planning… Continue reading
Andrew Maynard, Director, Risk Innovation Lab, Arizona State University published in The Conversation, 27th January 2016 Early in 2015, a group calling itself the Nappy Science Gang hit the parenting scene in the U.K.… Continue reading
UK flooding: How a Yorkshire town worked with nature to stay dry, courtesy Geoffrey Lean, The Independent, 3rd January 2016 (pictured left: Canoeists check out buildings in flooded York Getty) While the sodden,… Continue reading
This is an example of where a relationship with the local Streamwatch Group could have been established and monitoring undertaken as part of Conditions of Consent. Redbank Creek turbidity levels much lower By Justine Doherty… Continue reading
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