RipRap was a popular river and riparian newsletter produced through Land & Water Australia’s National Riparian Lands R&D Program for over ten years. The ARRC would like to get RipRap going again, but we need sponsorship to get started. We would like to continue the thematic base for the newsletter and could offer organisations focusing on a particular aspect of research, for example, groundwater dependent ecosystems, environmental water entitlements, or the Basin Plan, the opportunity to sponsor an edition and feature their work. And don’t forget that donations to ARRC are tax-deductible. If you are interested in seeing RipRap live again, or you have an idea about how we could attract sponsors, please contact ARRC.
Thank you to everyone that attended the Knowledge for managing Australian landscapes conference. Two hundred delegates heard from a stellar cast of presenters about achievements, successes and lessons to be learnt from the rich range of investments made by Land & Water Australia. It was an excellent two days, with plenty of conversations, laughter and enjoyment. The ARRC will now work to have all the proceedings of the conference available, with slide casts of each of the presentations, and stories from those that attended. Please subscribe to ARRC news so you can stay up to date with these developments.
The Canberra International Music Festival is flooding the capital with beautiful music, and on Sunday 23 May there is a concert “revering and valuing the life-giving qualities of water”. It is a wonderful program of music that is “in praise of oceans, rivers, lakes and rain”. The concert will be held in the Fitters Workshop, Kingston and commences at 12.oo noon. For more information visit canberraticketing.com.au
How can an organisation create a culture that encourages innovation and creative thinking amongst staff and stakeholders? This question guided our recent workshops with the Central West Catchment Management Authority (CMA), that focused on developing an Innovation Strategy for the organisation.
We had a great two days in Wellington and Dubbo, with people from all over the catchment attending our workshops. A combination of web-based thought provoking videos, and facilitated workshop activities, enabled participants to think about what innovation means and how we can create organisations that allow innovative thinking to flourish.
If you would like to learn more about creating innovative organisations, check out our new web page on the topic, or talk to Siwan and Nerida about running a workshop with your organisation.
Fifty five members of the Tzu Chi Foundation travelled to Boorowa for the weekend of 10 and 11 April to plant 2700 native trees, shrubs and grasses along the Boorowa River. The event was held as part of the Boorowa River Recovery project that has rehabilitated 80kms of waterways on 70 properties in the Boorowa Catchment. Lori Gould, who manages the Boorowa River Recovery project said “the weekend was a great success. Tzu Chi volunteers, Landcare volunteers, Lachlan Catchment Management staff, Greening Australia staff and landholders all came together to help improve the health of the Boorowa River”. To read more about this great event, go to our new Stories page – maybe you could think about sending us in a story to share with others!
News | Siwan Lovett | 
21 May 2010 4:10 pm | 
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