Landslip Information Night
- Friday 20 September, 6pm – 9pm
- Cawongla Community Centre, 5325 Kyogle Road
With talks from Richmond Landcare Inc on landslip repair and prevention on a shoestring and more. Contact 02 6625 0500 or recovery@lismore.nsw.gov.au to find out more and book your place.
Second hand Saturday
- Saturday 21 September 2024
- Various locations
A day of garage sales across the North Coast, promoting re-use over landfill across the region. Hold an individual or group garage sale promoted through Second hand Saturday. Find out more here.
Riverfest
- Sunday 22 September through to Sunday 20 October
- Various locations and activities
Celebrate the life force of the Richmond River at the inaugural 2024 Richmond Riverfest. Book now for one of 20+ events being hosted over four incredible weeks. Check out the program of events.
To launch the festival and celebrate World Rivers Day, RiverTime will be held at Riverside park on Sunday 22 September from 11am – 2pm. The event will include river-themed stalls, cultural performances and family-friendly activities.
National Indigenous Disaster Resilience Gathering
- Tuesday 24 September – Thursday 26 September
- Lismore Showgrounds
The NIDR Gathering will be a multi-day, immersive event showcasing Indigenous leadership and excellence in disaster resilience, emergency management, community recovery and Caring for Country.
This unique gathering will bring together representatives from disaster resilience and emergency management sectors, government, researchers, non-government organisations, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations, Indigenous ranger groups, Native Title groups, and other land and water management organisations to build awareness, share knowledge, connect, and support an Indigenous-led conversation on disaster resilience. Find out more and purchase tickets here.
Climate Justice Alliance Northern Rivers
- Thursday 26 September, 6pm
- online
Climate Justice Alliance Northern River’s vision is to engage and build deep connections to country and people based on the values of justice, community and care in the Northern Rivers. Find out more and register here.
Sprung News! Exhibition
- Friday 27 September – 17 November
- Lismore Regional Gallery
Sprung News investigates how accessible/inaccessible media and emergency information can be to the disability community, using photography, video and audio to express diverse perspectives and representations. Find out more here.
Watch this space.
Council’s draft Climate Ready Lismore - a community focussed climate adaptation plan - is almost ready for public consultation. In the coming weeks, we will be sharing a draft of the Plan with you and asking you for your thoughts.
Check out Your Say Lismore or further emails from us.
Environmental Defenders Office – Pro bono legal support for First Nations communities
The First Nations Program is an arm of the EDO that works with communities across Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. The Program is focused on supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in their advocacy to protect their Countries and cultures. This includes working alongside First Nations communities who are concerned with cultural heritage, fresh water sources, accessing and looking after Country in a culturally appropriate way, and drinking water issues.
Feel free to contact Mollie O’Connor, First Nations Outreach Solicitor (mollie.oconnor@edo.org.au) if you have any questions about the First Nations Program. Find out more about EDO here.
Youth Speak Up! on climate change
On Friday night, a local high school student hosted a range of debating games for other local youth on the topic of climate change. Students from year 7 through to year 10 took part in a range of seemingly (un-)controversial climate change topics where everyone agreed climate change is real and solutions for a better future exist! Debate then moved on to who contributes to the cause of climate change more – developed or developing countries.
This Speak Up! activity was part of the High Schoolers Haven series, a monthly space for youth to chill, learn and connect. Contact LCC staff for more information on the event series.
From left: Head of Customer Experience, Sarah Sullivan, General Manager Jon Gibbons, Speak Up! debate workshop facilitator Fareeha, and Senior Stakeholder Engagement and Communications Officer Rebecca Sproule.
At the 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.
Growing food at home is easy
There is nothing like the taste (and nutritional value) of freshly-picked fruit, vegetable, herbs and eggs. Even if you live in a unit or have limited outdoor space, some plants, including lettuce, mint, thyme and parsley grow well in pots on your balcony or window-sill if they get at least a couple of hours of sunlight. If you have a yard with some space, you don’t need to set aside a dedicated space for a vegetable garden, but instead slot food producing plants in amongst ornamental plants. Perennial plants are great for this, including fruit trees, berries, eggplant (which have a lovely mauve flower), capsicum and a range of herbs. If you do have a vegetable garden, growing organically is easy with the help of composting, worms and resident insect predators like blue tongue lizards, chickens or magpies. Keep possums off and prevent digging animals from disturbing seedlings by using chicken wire or covering plants at night.
Coles and Planet Ark Sustainable Schools Competition
Coles and Planet Ark are giving twenty Aussie schools the chance to win $5,000 to help them enhance or create a sustainability initiative, to celebrate our partner Planet Ark’s National Recycling Week in November. With a total of $100,000 up for grabs, primary and secondary schools from across the country are encouraged to enter the competition throughout the month of September.
From developing a composting or waste sorting system, to installing a food garden or habitat box, even running a swap day or clean-up event – we want to help schools Join the Cycle – the theme for this year’s National Recycling Week. Applications close 11.59pm AEST 30 September 2024. Find out more here.
Bupa Landcare Project Fund Program
This program aims to support community groups and organisations to establish 75,000 native plants (trees and shrubs) across Australia in urban and peri-urban landscapes to support positive health outcomes for people and the planet. Grants between $5,000 and $25,000 (excluding GST) are available for a range of eligible projects around tree planning, site preparations and/or community events. Find out more here.
FRRR - ANZ Seeds of Renewal Program
This program aims to help build vibrant and sustainable rural communities, to ensure the ongoing prosperity of regional Australia. The program is focused upon supporting projects that align to one of ANZ's four focus areas:
- Improving environmental sustainability
- Improving financial wellbeing within the community
- Improving access to housing
- Other community projects that assist local communities to thrive
Grants of up to $15,000 are available. Find out more and apply here.
Living Carbon Grants
Managing carbon is both a challenge and an enormous opportunity for landholders. If you are a landholder in NSW, you may be eligible for a NSW Government grant to set up a carbon planting project. This could help you secure the health of your land, improve productivity, and unlock new income streams. Your land could be used to revegetate habitats for threatened or iconic species such as koalas. Grants of up to $200,000 are available for planting between 10 – 200 hectares of land. Find out more and apply for the grant here.
NAB Foundation Community Grants
Australian communities are being hit harder by natural disasters more often. It takes many hands to get communities back up and running after a disaster and to build resilience for the next one. That’s why the NAB Foundation Community Grants program provides funding of up to $25,000 for local projects that help communities withstand and recover from natural disasters. Find out more and apply here.
Alinta Energy Community Grants
Grants of $20,000 are available for projects that have a positive impact on either:
- Social disadvantage (e.g. projects that assist members of the community in need).
- Environmental sustainability (e.g. projects that restore natural ecosystems, reduce the consumption of natural resources and/or reduce waste
Find out more or apply here.
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.
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