Read about the work of Christine Gates, a volunteer Citizen Scientist with the City of PAE, who has been monitoring resident and migratory bird populations at Mutton Cove Conservation Reserve for the past 4 years, and find ways to get involved.
We asked our Volunteer Film Critic to watch and review some of the environmentally focussed films from the Transitions Film Festival. Read on for 5 PEC movie reviews. Films available online until 13 March.
Read about the coastal dune rehabiliation project and the great work they've done through 2021 in this project update. There's more community days coming up in 2022, so get behind this local volunteer driven project.
Have you ever wondered what is being done to protect our local estuaries? Read about the Estuary Care Foundation and the work this volunteer group does to promote the protection of the ecology and shorlines of Barker Inlet and the Port River.
Yes - I will take the challenge! “Plastic free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution"Plastic is everywhere and…
Do you have things lying around your home that you aren’t sure of how to dispose of thoughtfully?Volunteers at the Port Environment Centre have set up a Resource Recovery Depot…
Reviewed by Rae Nunan “Oyster’’ is one in a series of natural history books including titles such as ‘’Fox”, “Falcon” and “Wolf”, and while this volume includes plenty of biological…
Review by Rae Nunan In this beautifully written book Billy Griffiths goes beyond Australia’s documented history of the last few centuries and digs into the archaeology of Australia’s deep past.…
Reviewed by Rae Nunan What does a Japanese immigrant in a strange land do when she is left bereft and disoriented after her beloved husband of 32 years dies unexpectedly?This…
Book review by Rae Nunan This book is sub-titled ‘’200 years of man and an Australian Forest’’, and details the long-term effects that followed from the early white pioneers crossing…