Open Days

On the first Saturday of every month (except January) we hold an open day at our Sustainability Centre in Carindale.

The Open Day starts at 9am. Grab a cuppa and check out the native plant nursery. There’s a presentation at 9.30am for approximately one hour. Each month there is a different speaker (paid by our environment fund) on an environmental and/or sustainability issue. Following that we have a yummy morning tea! And enjoy a tour of the community gardens

The event is normally finished by 12pm.

We’d love to see you here!

2018 Scheduled Open Day Guest Presenters

• No Open Day in January
• Saturday February 3rd: Revel Pointon, Solicitor, Environmental Defenders Office, QLD, talking about law and the environment.
• Saturday March 3rd: Robert Whyte, scientist, photographer and author talking about spiders! Robert is co-author of ‘A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia’.
• Saturday April 7th: TBC
• Saturday May 5th: Hyahno Moser, Nature Play QLD, talking about the importance of playing in nature for children.

PAST OPEN DAY PRESENTERS

2017 Open Day Guest Presenters:

• February: Jessie Cappadonna, QUT PhD student & management committee member of Australian Citizen Science Association, re citizen science.
• March: Australians for Dolphins’ Jordan Sosnowski.
• April: Andrew Stovell, Arborist, talking about habitat trees.
• May: Anne Cleary, Environmental Scientist at Griffith Uni. Re health and well-being through nature connection.
• June: Sustainability Consultant Jane Milburn of Textile Beat talking about waste, sustainability and the slow clothing movement.
• July: All about squirrel gliders! With B4C’s Rachael Williams and Stefan Hattingh and Naomi from Geckoes Wildlife who brought a range of Aussie critters including a squirrel glider.
• August: Robert Pekin of Food Connect Foundation / Food Connect founder told us about the challenges and opportunities in providing sustainable and local food production and consumption.
• September: Professor Robert Capon (biologist) re the Cane Toad Challenge told us about the innovative cane toad tadpole trapping technology that uses a natural toad pheromone to lure toad tadpoles into a trap.
• October: Green Dean spoke about longevity and how food and gardening habits in various countries and cultures impacts how (and how long) we live.
• November: Leigh Weakley, B4C Nursery Manager re designing your garden for water efficiency, pollinator-friendliness and more …
• December: John Moss of Native Plants QLD talked about Mistletoe.

2016 Open Day Guest Presenters:

• February: Jock Mackenzie from Mangrove Watch at JCU / Tropwater gave us a presentation on local mangroves and issues regarding the condition of our wetlands.
• March: A fermented food presentation, demo and tasting by Roslyn and Mario Bono.
• April: A presentation on bugs by entomologist and director of BugsEd, Michelle Gleeson. There was also some insect-inspired original artworks on display by artist Martine Lloyd.
• May: A presentation on natural resource management by Andrew Davidson, winner of the Catchment Care Luminary Award.
• June: Dean Bleasdale, AKA ‘Green Dean’, gave us a presentation on ‘urban farming’ and his recent trip to Korea.
• July: Mike Fox of Pollinator Link & Mt Gravatt Environment Group gave us a presentation on Pollinator Link and got locals signed up to the program.
• August: Professor Darryl Jones, Griffith University, on “fauna movement in Brisbane”.
• September: Viridian Energy talking about their sustainability projects
• October: Paula Peeters – ecologist, artist & writer talking about ‘nature journaling’
• November: Gail Allsop spoke about and demonstrated natural solutions with herbs, essential oils & plant uses.
• December: Debbie Pointing, President of Koala Action Group.

For more events, check out our events page.