Climate Change Presentation
A community Climate Change presentation has been developed for Council Educators to use as a resource in their Education for Sustainability program. The presentation is designed as a flexible, modular and highly visual presentation that can be tailored for use within a range of Climate Change education programs, activities and audiences.
The presentation is not designed to be delivered in full but available to use as a resource to pick and choose relevant slides specific to the audience or purpose. Educators are asked to provide feedback on the delivery of this presentation to ensure the content is relevant -please see the below feedback forms.
Participant Feedback (pdf)
Presenter Feedback (pdf)
To reduce download size this is uploaded as a PowerPoint Show, however if you would like to receive a copy of the presentation that allows modifications please email Juliana Collins
FOCUS on Energy Reduction
FOCUS on Energy Reduction is a community education project facilitated by the Hunter Regional Environmental Educators Network. The project aims to empower residents to learn more about energy consumption and energy efficiency within the home. The project provides access for residents to a power usage meter for the purpose of conducting a home energy audit. The kits provide the necessary tools to discover the energy consumption of every day appliances, the cost to run the appliance per week, month or year and calculations to find out the greenhouse gas emissions, based on usage. The project included the development of a booklet of energy saving tips, a home energy audit activity, workshop manual and presentation.
The FOCUS on Energy Reduction kits are available across 62 branch libraries and 3 Council customer service areas Hunter, Central Coast and Mid North Coast. The project was developed by HCCREMS funded through the FOCUS on Sustainability program as a climate change initiative.
Hunter Regional Environmental Educators Network
The Regional Environmental Educators Network comprises of environmental, sustainability and waste educators from the local Councils within the region and also has members from state and other various agencies. The network will meet on a quarterly basis throughout 2009 to implement and develop regional educational opportunities and deliver initiatives through the FOCUS on Sustainability project.
Turning the Pages
Turning the Pages is an Art & Science project celebrating the significance of the Pages River a major tributary of Hunter River, NSW.
Its aim is to promote community awareness and appreciation of the geological, biological, historical and cultural importance of the river.
During the first stage of the project, which began in September 2007 in the Upper Hunter Valley in NSW, writers, sound artists, visual artists, scientists, teachers, students along with members of the community came together to conduct integrated arts and natural science workshops.
Students from 6 different schools in the Pages River's catchment area learned about the biodiversity of the river and created works of art which were then assembled into a 160 meters long installation - River Quiver - and the convening of River Day in Murrurundi. The first stage of the project has won praise and awards.
Stage 2 is now underway which includes the design and development of a nature walk called "Bridge to Bridge" along the river in the centre of Murrurundi. The nature walk will include interpretive artworks by artists from around the region, local species arboretum, native grasses area, interactive signage for botanical identification, natural science-information kiosks, picnic areas, special children corners, etc.
Key partners in the Turning the Pages project include;
Murrurundi & District Arts Council
Arts Upper Hunter Inc / RADO
Upper Hunter Shire Council
Hunter Central Rivers Catchment Authority
Landcare / Tidy Towns Committee
Upper Hunter WaterKeepers Alliance
Public Schools of the District
Jennifer Turpin Studio, Sydney
Turning the Pages Program Website
