2009 events

Possible events for the year that have been tabulated so far include:
- bushwalking (Bibbulmun track day walk)
- mountain biking
- vegan/vegetarianism information/workshops,
- bike maintenance workshops,
- cycle to uni days follwed by breakfast,
- inspirational speakers/forums,
- inter-university/youth enviro network gatherings (e.g. run by WASEN -west australia student enviro network, ASEN-aust student enviro network, AYCC - aust youth climate coalition etc)
- movies
- networking with Freo council
- finding out more about Freo enviro NGOs:Edmund Rice Social Justice institute - High st, Freo;
Curtin university sustainability policy institute - Parkenham st, Freo http://sustainability.curtin.edu.au/;
Fremantle Environmental Resource Institute http://www.fern.org.au/, Doctors for the Environment http://www.dea.org.au/)
- fundraising for enviro NGOs and/or for enviro infrastructure at uni
- tree planting (e.g. on rottnest island) and bush regeneration (http://www.conservationvolunteers.com.au/)
- eco tourism (e.g. to environment house in Mt lawley, South East Metro waste management depot)

We might decide to plan events around campus to coincide with:
- clean up aust day (march 1),
- earth hour (28th march)
- WA conservation week (28-4march - http://conservationwa.asn.au/content/view/64/202/)
- west coast blues and roots festival (18th of april)
- world enviro day (5th june),

Further down the track two national conferences will be held on the east coast in winter -
'students of stustainability' in melbourne (http://www.studentsofsustainability.org/) and
'powershift' (http://www.aycc.org.au/?page_id=388) in sydney.

Also:
- WASEN is staging a vegetarian picnic and bike-maintenance workshop in Hyde park 1pm on March 1. Flyer can be found above and
- Curtin volunteers has: a volunteering introduction/training day on wednesday 11th of March 12-3pm and
Margaret River Dune Restoration trip 13th - 15th March (contact Matt Kelly: matt85kelly at hotmail dot com)