environmental education – National Parks Association of NSW

Speaking 4 the Planet: An initiative where science meets art

Posted by NPA NSWon May 30, 2020May 29, 2020in Winter 2020Leave a comment

Phil Smith, Director, Speaking 4 the Planet

Speaking 4 the Planet is founded on the belief that Science provides the information we need to achieve sustainability, and the Arts are the vehicles to bring change to our societies: Science provides the data; the Arts change the world.

Beat Plastic Pollution. Connecting People to Nature. Illegal Trade in Wildlife. Seven Billion Dreams.One Planet.Consume with Care. Raise your Voice, Not the Sea Level. Think.Eat.Save. Beat Air Pollution.

Upcoming WEA and U3A Courses

Posted by NPA NSWon November 27, 2019December 9, 2019in Nature NSW, Summer 2019Leave a comment

Unionists and Environmentalists Celebrate NPA Members Joyce and Vern Moffitt

Posted by NPA NSWon March 3, 2019March 1, 2019in Autumn 2019Leave a comment

^{Janine Kitson, NPA Member}

In December 2018 unionists and environmentalists came together to celebrate Joyce Moffitt (1930-1999) and Vern Moffitt (1924-2001), past members of the NPA who were pivotal in establishing NPA’s Bathurst Branch.

Upcoming WEA Environmental Courses

Posted by NPA NSWon August 31, 2018in Spring 2018Leave a comment

Janine Kitson is continuing to run her excellent series of WEA workshops on significant people and issues of the conservation movement.

All events held at WEA House, 72 Bathurst Street, a short walk from Town Hall railway station. Tutor: Janine Kitson. Bookings essential. Contact WEA, SYDNEY Ph: (02) 9264 2781 E:info@weasydney.nsw.edu.au www.weasydney.com.au

Koalas to Possums to Humboldt’s Web of Life

Posted by NPA NSWon March 1, 2018March 1, 2018in Autumn 2018Leave a comment

^{WEA Environmental History Courses in late 2017 from Janine Kitson}

Towards the end of 2017 four environmental history courses were held at the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA, Sydney): Where have all the Koalas gone?; Possums, Power & the Protection of the Australian Environment; People, Passion & the Protection of the Australian Environment; Alexander von Humboldt.

Why Environmental History Matters

Posted by NPA NSWon September 1, 2017September 1, 2017in Spring 2017Leave a comment

^{Janine Kitson, Member of National parks Association of NSW}

Since 2014 fourteen two-hour environmental history courses have been run at the Workers Educational Association, Sydney (WEA), under the banner of the National Parks Association of NSW (NPA).