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2024 has been a difficult year for protecting our environment, the patches that we love so well.  In the next week we expect that changes to the Environmental Protection Act will sail through the WA Parliament. We believe they will affect the independence of the EPA and take away some of our right to have […]

Medium density – liveable neighbourhoods – protection for urban bushland and species within. How can we have it all? Introducing our Guest Speaker Julian Bolleter is the Director of the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) at the University of Western Australia, the Program Director of AUDRC’s Master of Urban Design course, and an author and […]

Learn more about iNaturalist and how it can make an impact on your patch Two users of iNaturalist, Patrick Wake from Quinns Rock Environmental Group and Lydia Fenu from the UBC Committee and Wildflower Society WA (Armadale Branch), come together to show you their experiences with the app and to teach you how to use […]

Finding ways to protect urban bushland Learn essential advocacy skills in this interactive and practical workshop facilitated by green activist Lynn MacLaren. Lynn is a well-known conservation and human rights advocate with decades of campaign experience. She volunteers in local bushland ‘Friends’ groups and has convened the Albany Community Environment Centre Inc, served on several […]

Marie Giorgi and Sonya Elek have learned the importance of having a detailed strategy to create and maintain an effective campaign to save an important remnant Banksia woodland in Hamersley.  Presentation Now Available We now have Marie and Sonya's outstanding presentation on Saving Erindale Road Bushland on our website.  Admire the sustained advocacy they have […]

TO CARE FOR URBAN BUSHLAND Project Update Hear about our new approach to capacity building for Friends groups, our trials and tribulations and our successes. Find out where are we now, what’s coming up and how this project can benefit all our groups. And come along and meet Johanna Riddell, our project officer. The Project […]

Come along to our next workshop and learn from the experts.  Register now for: Understanding the Environmental Protection Act & How it Can Save Urban Bushland Presenters: Matthew Tonts, Chair - Environmental Protection Authority Dr Hugh Finn, experienced environmental lawyer from Curtin University Law School Tim Macknay, Environmental Defenders Office Mary Gray OAM and Marg […]

Recruiting and retaining volunteers is a significant challenge being faced by many of our “Friends of” groups. And yet, many young people are engaged in volunteering. In Mission Australia's 2020 survey of young Australians volunteering was reported as one of the three top activities (after sports and about the same as arts activities). Furthermore, young […]

Russell Miller is a PhD candidate, Murdoch University, Kings Park Science and will discuss his research on the fire ecology of Banksia woodlands. Banksia woodlands have a long association with fire. Over tens of thousands of years, our local plant species have developed strategies not only to tolerate but sometimes benefit from recurrent fire. A […]

The UBC has organized a very special speaker for you at our General Meeting in April! So save this date: Monday 15th April, 6pm when Dr Jane Chambers will speak of how she and her team at Murdoch University are setting a feverish pace to unravel why plan after plan at State and Local level […]