Politics in the Pub with Clive Hamilton
- Thursday, 13 June, 7:00pm
- Lismore Heights Bowling Club, 181A High Street, Lismore
Lismore Politics in the Pub presents Living Hot: Surviving and thriving on our heating planet. Clive’s new book, Living Hot, is a sober assessment of our climate change predicament. He discusses what we can do to prepare, mitigate and meet the challenges of a warming world.
Northern Rivers Climate Community Convergence
- Saturday, 22 June, 11:00am – 3:00pm
- Bangalow A&I Hall, 3 Station Street, Bangalow
Organised by Northern Rivers Climate Justice Alliance and Rising Tide Northern Rivers. This event will have amazing speakers, musicians and community group stalls from 11:00am, with Mandy Nolan as the MC of the event!
RSVP here
Better Business, Thriving Community
- Wednesday, 26 June, 4:30 – 7:30pm
- Stone & Wood Brewery, 100 Centennial Circuit, Byron Bay
This event for local businesses has been designed to explore how local businesses can significantly enhance their operations and strategy through positive community impact. The event will feature insightful contributions from distinguished local enterprises that have successfully integrated social responsibility into their business models.
More information and tickets
Lismore City Council Climate Conversations – Food Security
- Friday, 28 June, 10:00am – 12:00pm
- Lismore Community Garden, 50 Brewster Street, Lismore
In June we will be discussing all things food! Food shapes every aspect of our lives, from our farmers and fishers, our people and industries who transport and sell food, and our families and communities, who grow, buy, cook and eat food. At this discussion we will consider what challenges and obstacles exist in the current food system, how we want our food system to function in the future as well as how we could get there. Find out more and suggest topics for future conversations on the Lismore Your Say page.
Please meet us at 9:45am at the Lismore Tennis Club if you want a free hot beverage. BYO mug or keep cup.
River Time and Healing
- Saturday, 29 June, 11:00am – 2:00pm
- Victoria Street Park, Ballina Street Bridge Lismore
Northern Rivers Community Healing Hub in partnership with Lismore City Council are hosting a day of relaxation and connection time including, Welcome to country, weaving, clay art, bodywork, Acudetox and Live Music with Luke Vassella
All are welcome, please BYO Picnic, free sushi and make-your-own wraps.
Lismore City Council Climate Conversations - What is Adaptation?
- Wednesday, 24 July, 10:00am – 12:00pm
- Living Lab Northern Rivers, 11 Woodlark Street, Lismore
In July we will explore what adaptation is and what it needs to be and/or can be for Lismore. This conversation will be facilitated by the Living Lab Northern Rivers. Free tea, coffee, and babycino. Find out more and suggest topics for future conversations on the Lismore Your Say page.
At request of the community, we are happy to introduce a new segment to the newsletter. Each month we will share a short but sweet piece on ‘how to’ make small changes that can help our collective efforts in protecting our planet.
Personal wellbeing leads to communal resilience
Take care of yourself. The unwieldly enormity of the climate crisis can be overwhelming, but support is available:
Energy saving tip
Only fill the kettle with as much water as you need before boiling it. If you do accidentally boil too much, keep it in a thermos until you next need it.
Forgetting you’ve boiled the kettle? Use the time to practice mindfulness, stay and watch the kettle boil – you’ll be sure not to waste it and you’ll get the benefit of some added mental clarity.
Resources
Energy Ready Toolkit: Developed by University of Technology Sydney (UTS), the toolkit is a new guide + resource pack aimed at supporting community discussions and workshopping. The toolkit is a free resource for communities, you can download it or request a copy to be sent to you, then use it with your neighbours, your street or your wider community.
Richmond Valley Landcare Caring for Catchments
The Caring for Catchments project aims to improve catchment health, build flood resilience and enhance biodiversity through riparian revegetation and reforestation with the objective to restore and protect waterways. The North Coast Regional Landcare Network is seeking project proposals from local landowners and land stewards in the Brunswick, Clarence, Richmond, and Tweed catchments to participate in the Caring for Catchments project. Grants of $20,000 through to $160,000 are available with an EOI open until Monday, 1 July. An information session will be held at the Sherwood Hotel in Lismore on Thursday, 13 June from 5:30pm.
More information
NSW Household Energy Rebates
Many of us could be missing out on available electricity bill discounts. Check out if you are eligible for a range of electricity discounts and rebates at Service NSW, energy and utilities.
To stay up to date on current grants, check out Lismore’s Grant Guru page.
We’d love to hear from you if you have feedback on the content of this newsletter, an idea on what you’d like to hear about or even a story or event you would like to share.
Send any thoughts to Jamie.vaniersel@lismore.nsw.gov.au.