Friday Environment Forum

Noosa Parks Association is proud to host the Friday Environment Forum

The Friday Environment Forum is a public information exchange, provided by guest speakers, covering a range of current conservation and environmental issues. The Friday Environment Forum is held at the Environment Center at Wallace Park, Noosaville (see map below).

We enjoyed our wonderful speakers in 2018 and here are a few highlights:

March 2018

The use of community land has become a hot topic, and Mayor Tony Wellington explained Council’s approach to this vexed issue on March 9.

April 2018

Martin Fingland of Geckoes Wildlife presented “Weird and Wonderful Wildlife”. This special ‘school holidays’ forum was designed to give children and their parents a hands on experience with some common and not so common Australian animals in April 2018

May 2018

Tony Groom spoke about the risks of Ecotourism in National Parks on May 4.  A topic that is sure to be discussed again in 2019.

August 2018

Ken Wishaw outlined how we can have quality lighting and simultaneously reduce the harmful effects on our environment in August 2018

October and November 2018

The rainforest at Wanggoolba Creek, K’gari, featured in two forums in 2018, in October and November

We hoped everyone enjoyed the wonderful presentations at Friday Environment Forum this year. Please come along to the Noosa Parks Association Environment Centre, at 5 Wallace Drive Noosaville, on Friday mornings in 2019 to learn more about our extraordinary environment.  Everyone is welcome. 

Forums re-start on Feb 1, 2019

 

Attendance at these forums is open to anyone who appreciates Noosa’s beautiful natural environment and would like to know more about its care and protection

Want to come but can’t use stairs?  There is a smooth ramp suitable for wheelchairs and strollers leading right into the Environment Centre. Entry is between Wallace House and the Environment Centre, off the first car park coming in from the Eumundi-Noosa Road roundabout.

Past Guests:

23 November 2018 – FINIA model and governance for a World Heritage Area (relating to K’Gari (Fraser Island))  with Sue Sargent

16 November 2018 – The Edge of Memory with Patrick Nunn, USC

09 November 2018 – Friends of Lake Weyba with Anita Blake

02 November 2018 – How To Turn A Weed Ridden Creek Into Great Habitat with Julia MacDonald

26 October 2018 – K’Gari a documentary on Fraser Island

19 October 2018 – The Birds at my Table with Prof Darryl Jones

12 October 2018 – Energy trends in India: Getting power where it’s needed  with Charles Warringham

05 October 2018 – Seaweed: Good for you and the environment  with Nicholas Paul, USC

28 September 2018 – Kids Leading Kids: Meet our local junior Eco Warriors with Liz Diggles

21 September 2018 – Aeolids, a Spikey Little Nudibranch with Gary Cobb

14 September 2018 – Platypus, an iconic little Australian with Kon Hepers

31 August 2018 – Scientific Background to ‘Bring back the fish’ with Dr Simon Walker and Bryan Walsh

24 August 2018 – The Night Sky with Ken Wishaw

17 August 2018 – Latham’s Snipe, a mysterious migrant with Lyn Scott

August 10 2018 – Container refund scheme with Daniel Phipps, QLD Department of Environment

August 03 2018 – Jellyfish with Rayleen Draper, USC

July 27 2018 – Certificate of Exemption for Aboriginal People with Aunty Judi Wickes, USC

July 20 2018 – Ramsar Wetlands with Sheena Gilman

July 13 2018 – Progress on Linking Noosa, Tewantin and Cooloola National Parks with Dr. Michael Gloster, NPA President

July 06 2018 – Eastern water dragons in the city with Coralie Delme, USC

June 29 2018 – History of Camels in Australia – Documentary

June 22 2018 – Keep it in Kin Kin with Phil Moran & Rachael Lyons, Noosa & District Landcare

June 15 2018 – Flamingos with Dr Angela Wardell-Johnson

June 08 2018 – Environmental Threats of the Galapagos Islands with Valentina Cruz

June 01 2018 – Waste in the tomato industry with Tara McKenzie

May 25 2018 – World of Bats with Les Hall AM

May 18 2018 – Pandanus Update with Joel Fostin

May 11 2018 – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, REFUSE!! with Elizabeth Beaumont

May 04 2018 – National parks: where to from here? with Tony Groom

April 27 2018 – Waste Management with Emma Menzies, Noosa Council

April 20 2018 – Amazing Avian Anatomy – things birds have that we don’t with Jessica Drake

April 13 2018 – ‘More Plastic than Plankton’ – excerpts from the film ‘A Plastic Ocean’

April 06 2018 – Weird and Wonderful Wildlife with Martin Fingland of Geckoes Wildlife

Mar 23 2018 – Mephisto: The Last German ‘First World War’ Tank with Greg Czechura, Queensland Museum

Mar 16 2018 – Why Fungi Travel with Patrick Leonard

Mar 09 2018 – The Use & Stewardship of Public Land in Noosa Shire with Mayor Tony Wellington

Mar 02 2018- Disappearing Species of the Sunshine Coast with Dr Scott Burnett (USC)

Feb 23 2018 – Why do the latest scientific findings keep changing? with Rod Jamieson

Feb 16 2018 – Pelagic Seabirds of the Sunshine Coast’s Offshore Waters, with Greg Roberts

Feb 09 2018 – Noosa Climate Change Adaptation Plan, with Grant Hinner, Noosa Council

Feb 02 2018 – The role of farmers in climate solutions, with Verity Morgan-Schmidt