South Coast Festival of Birds and Biodiversity 2022
Upcoming Events and Highlights
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2022 South Coast Festival of Birds and Biodiversity
The 2022 South Coast Festival of Birds and Biodiversity is HAPPENING!
Between January and April 2022 Green Skills and BirdLife Australia are delivering an exciting program of events including field trips, citizen science surveys, workshops, art exhibitions, nature walks, birdwatching outings, a concert, a science symposium and film screening activities. Activities focus on the Albany and Denmark areas, but also extend into the hinterland to include other important bird and biodiversity conservation sites and centres across the South Coast.
More details of the program are on the festival website https://birdfestival.greenskills.org.au
A big focus on the 2020 festival it is to highlight and support the wide range of biodiversity conservation efforts on the South Coast.
You too can be part of it all!
For further information contact Basil Schur at Green Skills Denmark office on bschur@greenskills.org.au
Key support for the Festival is coming from Lotterywest, UWA-Albany, City of Albany, Birdlife Western Australia, Denmark Birds Group, Gondwana Link, Green Skills, the Museum of the Great Southern, Great Southern Science Council, Friends of the Western Ground Parrot, BirdLife Western Australia, Gillamii Centre, Bush Heritage Australia, The Department of BCA, other groups and many volunteers & supporters.
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2022 South Coast Festival of Birds and Biodiversity Events for your Calendar - book early as registrations are essential. For registration information check each event's poster below and the program at https://birdfestival.greenskills.org.au/
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Upcoming Events in February 2022
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Upcoming Events in March 2022
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The 2022 South Coast Festival of Birds and Biodiversity program celebrates the Great Southern artists of The Miracle of Shorebird Migration Art Exhibition - come view these wonderful images at Albany and Denmark art exhibitions in February and March 2022
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The Miracle of Shorebird Migration Art Exhibition
Albany and Denmark
In February 2022, the Vancouver Arts Centre and the Denmark Butter Factory Art Studios and Gallery will host
The Miracle of Shorebird Migration Art Exhibitions
These exhibitions are a collaboration between Melbourne artist Kate Gorringe-Smith and cultural and environmental groups in Albany and Denmark including Denmark Bird Group, Denmark Arts, The Butter Factory Art Studios and Gallery, the Vancouver Arts Centre, and Green Skills.
These feature the Overwintering Project Print Portfolio coordinated through dynamic Melbourne-based artist, Kate Gorringe-Smith.
The Exhibition Opening and Presentations will take place in Albany at the Vancouver Art Centre on Monday 14th February 2022 at 2pm
The Denmark exhibition opening will be on Thursday 17th February
( 5pm to 7.30pm) at the Butter Factory Art Studios and Gallery, Denmark
Registration for this free event is at https://events.humanitix.com/the-miracle-of-shorebird-migration-art-exhibition-opening-denmark
This exhibition and event forms part of the South Coast Festival of Birds & Biodiversity 2022
The Green Skills South Coast Festival of Birds & Biodiversity 2022 is supported by Lotterywest, BirdLife Western Australia along with many groups and individuals. The festival runs from January to April 2022 and aims to build community connectedness and well-being in the WA great southern region.
The festival website is birdfestival.greenskills.org.au/
Contacts for further information Basil Schur 0429 481 019
E: bschur@greenskills.org.au
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Ongoing exciting Green Skills initiatives and partnerships in 2022
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Voices of The Tip Shop - Promoting Up-cycling in Denmark WA
watch this inspirational short YouTube video HERE
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In 2020 Green Skills received support from the Koorabup Trust and Gondwana Link Pty Ltd to undertake a feasibility study for the potential for conservation property acquisition in the Forests to Stirling section of Gondwana Link. This property assessment project lead to the purchase by Green Skills Inc of the 50 hectare conservation property, Tootanellup, an outstanding and high-conservation worthy rural property strategically located between wetland and nature reserves west of Mount Barker in WA's south west. Green Skills has reported on the first year of activities at the Tootanellup Eco-Restoration Project, captured in a 3 minute YouTube video - click here to watch.
Green Skills continues to seek ongoing donor support to bring the long-term vision for this Tootanellup initiative to fulfillment. You can be part of this exciting new conservation opportunity by donating now. Background information and a donation form for the Tootanellup property can be downloaded at https://drive.google.com/.../1wr1aUoTtAKRSeq1MaHT.../view...
Watch Green Skills new YouTube videos that capture the first year of activities at the Tootanellup Eco-Restoration Project - click HERE
and going on country at Tootanellup with Noongar Elder Lynette Knapp - click HERE |
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