WEA – National Parks Association of NSW

Upcoming WEA and U3A Courses

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

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

The Legacy of Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’

Posted by NPA NSWon December 1, 2017November 27, 2017in Summer 2017Leave a comment

^{Janine Kitson, Vice President Colong Foundation for Wilderness}
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) is famed for her ground breaking ecological warnings on the long-term dangers of pesticides – particularly DDT – for birds, wildlife, and humans. Her brilliance was her calm scientific eloquence that described the beauty of the natural world and her reverence for its complex ecological interrelationships. She loved the sea and understood its rhythms stretching back into millennia.

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).