Finding ways to protect urban bushland Learn essential advocacy skills in this interactive and practical workshop facilitated by green activist Lynn MacLaren. Lynn is a well-known conservation and human rights advocate with decades of campaign experience. She volunteers in local bushland ‘Friends’ groups and has convened the Albany Community Environment Centre Inc, served on several […]
Learn more about iNaturalist and how it can make an impact on your patch Two users of iNaturalist, Patrick Wake from Quinns Rock Environmental Group and Lydia Fenu from the UBC Committee and Wildflower Society WA (Armadale Branch), come together to show you their experiences with the app and to teach you how to use […]
Medium density – liveable neighbourhoods – protection for urban bushland and species within. How can we have it all? Introducing our Guest Speaker Julian Bolleter is the Director of the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) at the University of Western Australia, the Program Director of AUDRC’s Master of Urban Design course, and an author and […]
Is your patch Honeymyrtle Shrubland? As a member of a friends group or a land manager of one of these critically endangered patches, you are invited to our northern Perth Honeymyrtle Shrubland (HMS) excursion. Although the limestone ridges and hills of the Swan Coastal Plain have been significantly altered since settlement there are still some […]
2024 has been a difficult year for protecting our environment, the patches that we love so well. In the next week we expect that changes to the Environmental Protection Act will sail through the WA Parliament. We believe they will affect the independence of the EPA and take away some of our right to have […]
From Bushlands to the Ballots: Talking with candidates where and when it counts The recording, presentation and useful resources from our webinar are now available online. Go to our YouTube channel for the recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSg9MV7F2KM You can find the presentation here; and the Nature Election Asks flyer, Save the Black Cockatoo flyer, Nature Priorities […]
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2025 Come along to UBC’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 4 March 2025 from 6:00 pm for a 6:30 pm start at City West Lotteries House. The Agenda and its attachments are available here. The Chairperson's Report is available here. Nominations for all but one committee position were received by close of […]
Explore the Manning Park Ridge This is a precious site with Critically Endangered Honeymyrtle Shrubland and a culturally significant ground for the Whadjuk people. Â Manning Park Ridge has had an unloved past and is now under pressure from recreation and climate change. Â The dry 2024 Autumn caused significant death to Banksia sessilis and surrounding vegetation. […]
Heat and Drought impacts on our bushlands: understanding, adapting, and conserving
Come along on Sunday 1 June to meet the Friends of The Vines and to walk through their precious Bush Forever site (Bush Forever 300) on Maralla Road. Hear about the challenges of protecting bushland when there are more people who want to use it, and leave behind more and wider tracks. Meet in the […]
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