The Landcare Webinar Series brings people interested in sustainable land management and conservation activities together. It showcases the rich diversity of knowledge, passion and expertise within the landcare community.
Hosted by a facilitator, speakers in the webinars present content ideas to inspire people and provide tools that people can apply with their groups in their local community to manage the environmental issue in their patch, and support community resilience.
UPCOMING WEBINAR
Maximising Ecosystem Opportunities to Fit Your Business: Biodiversity
In an industry increasingly concerned with aligning best practice land and biodiversity management with profitable production, improving biodiversity literacy and understanding environmental accounting methods is critical for producers.
In this exclusive webinar, Landcare Farming will bring together five industry experts to help:
- Grow your understanding of biodiversity on-farm and the emerging biodiversity markets
- Improve your capacity to participate in emerging environmental markets
- Develop your knowledge of environmental condition and natural capital accounting systems
- Enhance your skills in natural capital accounting and environmental assessment
The presentation will last for 1 hour and 40 minutes followed by 20 minutes of audience questions.
Date: Tuesday, 4 April 2023
Time: 1pm – 3pm AEST
Facilitator: Dr Pamela Greet, Principal of Future Ag Queensland
Speaker(s): Professor Hugh Possingham (University of Queensland), Dr Amanda Hansson (Accounting for Nature), Dr Ryan Wilson (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water), Dr Hayley McMillan (Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries), Nadia Campbell (Goondicum Pastoral)
Supported by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, the Landcare Farming Webinar Series is managed in partnership by Landcare Australia and the National Landcare Network.
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The series is hosted on the online community platform built specifically for the landcare community, Landcarer.
Landcare groups and other environmental community groups are welcome to share links from the Landcare Webinar Series recorded sessions to help promote the content and make it available to groups and organisations in your landcare network.
If you have a webinar idea, you are welcome to contact us.
By subscribing you will be notified about each of the webinars in the series and will have access to attend any that interest you. You will not need to register for each one. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Exploring Junior Landcare’s new First Nations perspectives resources for use in communities and classrooms
Facilitator: Junior Landcare education consultant Sam Harrison | Speakers: Junior Landcare Ambassador Costa Georgiadis, First Nations Educator, Wiradjuri man Adam Shipp
Maximising Ecosystem Opportunities to fit your business: Carbon
Facilitator: Jeanette Long, Co-Director of Ag Consulting | Speakers: Professor Richard Eckard, Dr Warwick Badgery, Dr Stephen Wiedemann, Dr Hayley McMillan, and Melinee Leather
Junior Landcare Professional Development Webinar: Using the new learning activities focus on First Nations perspectives
Facilitator: Junior Landcare education consultant Sam Harrison | Speakers: Junior Landcare Ambassador Costa Georgiadis, First Nations Educator, Wiradjuri man Adam Shipp
2022 International Women's DAY
Facilitator: Kerstie Lee, Regional Agriculture Landcare Facilitator | Speakers: Natalie Sommerville, Sally Downie, Fiona Hill-Stein, Tess Grieves, featuring an introduction by Cassandra Kennedy
Australians and Climate Change: Climate Compass
Facilitator: Dr. Shane Norrish, CEO Landcare Australia| Speakers: Dr. Rebecca Huntley, author and researcher, Claire O’Rourke, Co-Director Australia Energy Transformation Program, The Sunrise Project
Landcare and Traditional Owners
Facilitator: Craig Aspinall, Community Landcare Aboriginal Engagement Officer Landcare NSW | Speakers: David King, a Gundungurra man, Jackson Chatfield, State-Wide Aboriginal Landcare Facilitator
General Jeffery Soil Health Award Finalists
Facilitator: The Hon Penny Wensley AC, National Soils Advocate | Speakers: Emeritus Professor Lynette Abbott, the University of Western Australia, Robert Quirk, Sugar Cane farmer NSW, Brian Hughes, Principal Consultant at Primary Induustries and Regions SA
Australian Beef and Sheep Sustainability
Facilitator: Mick Taylor, Landcare Farming Manager, Landcare Australia | Speakers: Phil Tickle, co-founder and Managing Director Cibo Labs, Tess Herbert, Chair of ABSF | Professor Bruce Allworth, Chair of SSG
Junior Landcare Webinar: Environmental Educator Resources and Pollinator Week
Facilitator: Sam Harrison, Labcoat Learning, Junior Landcare Educator
Bob Hawke Landcare Award Winner
Facilitator: Mick Taylor, Landcare Farming Manager, Landcare Australia | Speakers: Andrew Stewart, Yan Yan Gurt West Farm
landcare outside australia - what's been achieved, and what can we learn?
Facilitator: Andrea Mason, Chair Global Landcare | Speakers: Rob Youl, Deputy Chair Global Landcare and Tony Bartlett former ACAIR forestry manager
The power of landcare partnerships
Facilitator: Xuela Sledge, Greater Sydney Landcare Network| Speakers: Mik Petter, President Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee, Wayne Cameron, Catchment Manager Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee, Nicole Maher, Regional Landcare Coordinator, Riverina Region.
Landcare Smart Farm - Natural Capital Accounting Project
Facilitator: Mick Taylor, Landcare Farming Manager | Speakers: Jim Radford, Principle Research Fellow at the Research Centre for Future Landscapes and Sue Oligvy, Researcher and Practitioner in Natural Capital Accounting
Natural resource management – traditional methods to modern innovation
Facilitator: James Walsh, Landcare Services Manager | Speakers: Tein McDonald, President of the Australian Association of Bush Regenerators, and Amy Lepinay, Branch Manager of Sunbirds Aero.
Landcare Farming Benchmarking Project: natural capital footprint improving sustainability
Facilitator: Mick Taylor, Landcare Farming Program Manager | Speakers: Adrian Ward, CEO of Accounting for Nature
Feral pigs impact on conservation and food production
Facilitator: Mick Taylor, Landcare Farming Program Manager | Speakers: Dr. Heather Channon, Feral Pig Management Coordinator and Troy Crittle, Department of Primary Industries
How organisations and projects have been responding to various challenges
Presented by Danny Pettingill, Landcare Facilitator | Dr Maxine Cooper, Chair of Landcare ACT. Facilitated by James Walsh, head of Landcare Services Landcare Australia
Partnerships with Purpose: How Landcare groups in NSW are helping Saving our Species to deliver meaningful and long-term conservation outcomes
Facilitator: Tania Reid, Principle Manager, Partnerships for the SoS Program| Speakers: Damon Oliver, Di Brown, David Walker, Dr Tony Parkes, Penny Mison.
2020
Ladies in Landcare - #choosetochallenge
Facilitated by Marg Applebee, Coordinator for Central West Lachlan Landcare | Panelists: Hannah Rice-Hayes, Elly Wynhoven, Karin Stark, Vee Vian Higgins, Angelica Arnott
Landcare as a business – a strategic approach
Presented by Kylie Durant and Phillip Moran.
This webinar discussed approaching Landcare as a business, with tips on how to focus on group priorities, source funding, demonstrate investment, and engage volunteers.
Five interventions to improve soil health
Presented by Sue Bestow.
This webinar discussed five interventions that have the potential to improve soil health at a meaningful scale.
Landcare Youth Summit Webinar
The Landcare Youth Summit webinar provides lots of fantastic tips for groups and organisations keen to engage better with young people. You will be inspired by Skye Dunn, Mitchell Livington and Saskia Gerhardy from YACCA (Youth & Community in Conservation Action) in South Australia.
Get involved in the Landcare Farming Program
Presented by Mick Taylor.
Mick, Landcare Farming Program Manager, talked about how you can get involved and provide input in the Landcare Farming program, and its initiatives.
Recruiting and engaging volunteers
Presented by Kim Boswell.
Kim discussed her step-by-step guide to attracting volunteers, which has been used to recruit thousands of Landcare volunteers in Victoria.
