Hi everyone and welcome to the New Year.
The Australian Gov
ernment is providing support to Greening Australia to facilitate biodiversity restoration workshops across the country. These workshops will focus on establishing biodiverse plantings throughout the landscape, as well as providing communities with the most up to date methods for reintroducing and managing biodiversity.
Importantly, the workshops will help maximise the outcomes of existing and new natural resource management and environmental programs such as the Clean Energy Future’s Biodiversity Fund. For more information about workshop content, dates and locations click here.
Siwan
On Friday the 4th of November I had the great pleasure of attending the graduation ceremony for this year’s Peter Cullen Trust Fellows. It was a very enjoyable evening, with the Fellows providing a lively, entertaining and thought-provoking presentation about the issues surrounding the development of Australia’s coal seam gas industry. I was delighted to be part of such a wonderful group of motivated, enthusiastic and clever people, all of whom are passionate about a sustainable future not only for Australia, but also for our planet.
Many congratulations to all this years graduates!
To learn more about the Peter Cullen Trust visit the website….. maybe 2012 is the year that you apply to be a part of this terrific program.
Siwan
A reminder to you that the Canberra workshop from ‘bystanding to action’ is in a few weeks time. We would love to see you! The workshops focus on developing a ‘partnership mindset’ that enables you to take a greater interest in the organizations and social systems that impact on your life, and help you work with others in partnership to take action. I encourage you to take a look at the new website that has the latest details of workshops, feedback from participants, and Peter talking about the main ideas and approaches shared through the workshop.
We all need to learn how to encourage ‘bystanders’ to take action, particularly in NRM, so take the time to check out what this course has to offer. If you have any queries, please drop me a line.
Siwan
The Bystanding to Action workshops run by Peter Rennie from Leadership Australia, and his partners in different regions of Australia, are recieving very positive feedback.
‘Let me thank you again for running a wonderful workshop, replete with insight, example and praxis. I enjoyed it immensely and found it stretched my thinking, strengthened my understanding and clarified my direction.’ Anthony Howard, CEO, The Confidere Group
‘I have come back to the workplace refreshed and re-invigorated thanks to the 2 days spent with you and Soren. I thoroughly enjoyed your approach to facilitation and have spent the first 45 minutes of this morning talking through the highlights with the HR team.’ Clare Dunnicliff, Executive Manager, Human Resources, Maitland City Council
The workshops focus on developing a ‘partnership mindset’ that enables you to take a greater interest in the organizations and social systems that impact on your life, and help you work with others in partnership, to take action, rather than trying to do this on your own. I encourage you to take a look at the new website that has the latest details of workshops, feedback from participants, and Peter talking about the main ideas and approaches shared through the workshop.
We all need to learn how to encourage ‘bystanders’ to take action, particularly in NRM, so take the time to check out what this course has to offer. I will be running the Canberra workshop with Peter in November so if you have any queries, please drop me a line.
Siwan
| Receive $5,000 scholarship to study in 2012!In the context of current economic downturn, the International WaterCentre(IWC) is seeking new ways to support the world’s future water leaders.IWC is offering partial-tuition scholarships to the first 50 students who enrol in an IWC Integrated Water Management program(Masters, Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate) for 2012.The scholarship is available to Australian or international students who do not receive any external full-tuition scholarship or full-tuition funding from other sources.
Each partial scholarship is valued at AU$5,000 for the Masters program, payable per semester towards tuition fees (directly to The University of Queensland):
- Semester 1 (Graduate Certificate): AU$1,550
- Semester 2 (Graduate Diploma): AU$1,550
- Semester 3 (Masters): AU$1,900
To receive this partial scholarship you need to
- apply for the program
- receive an unconditional offer from The University of Queensland (UQ)
- be one of the first 50 students to enrol in the program (enrolments open in Dec 2011/Jan 2012)
Application deadlines
- 15 Oct. 2011 for category 3 & 4 countries
- 15 Nov. 2011 for category 1 & 2 countries
- 18 Feb. 2012 for Australian/NZ citizens or Australian permanent residents
The program commences in Semester 1 (Feb/March 2012) at The University of Queensland.
We look forward to welcoming you in 2012!
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ernment is providing support to Greening Australia to facilitate biodiversity restoration workshops across the country. These workshops will focus on establishing biodiverse plantings throughout the landscape, as well as providing communities with the most up to date methods for reintroducing and managing biodiversity.
Resources, Training and Development | Siwan Lovett | 
15 January 2012 4:41 pm | 
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