CAUL Hub Research Updates and News
CAUL Hub Research Updates and News
Dear ,
We hope you are enjoying your start to 2018.
The CAUL Hub started the year on a good note, with the Department of Environment and Energy officially accepting our Research Plan 4. Thank you for your contributions to the development of the plan, and we look forward to working with you further during the year. We have included a brief summary of our key projects for 2018 on our website:
- Western Air-Shed and Particulate Study for Sydney (WASPASS)
- Urban Greening for Liveability and Biodiversity
- Urban Systems for Liveability
- The Shared Habitat
- Social and Biodiversity Benefits of Urban Greening: A network of Integrated Study Sites
- Air Quality in Australia (bottom of the web page)
Please read on for more information about what has been going on in the CAUL Hub, including the upcoming Fenner Conference.
If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to get in contact at julia.cleghorn@unimelb.edu.au. And to stay up to date with what is happening in the Hub between newsletters, please like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter.
All the best,
Julia Cleghorn
CAUL Hub Communications Officer
Conference
Fenner Conference on the Environment: Urban Sustainability and Conversation
4-6 April, Canberra
Sponsored by the CAUL Hub, this conference presents an opportunity for researchers, industry partners and policy makers from the fields of urban sustainability and conservation to meet and co-create a roadmap through which Australia can be a global leader in this space.
Abstract submissions close Wed 28 Feb.
Event
202020 Vision's The Green Light Tour Melbourne - Mon 26 Feb, 8.30am
Look out for events in other states
The CAUL Hub is partner for this year’s 202020 Vision National Tour, which kicks off in Melbourne next Monday. This year the tour events aim to inspire, empower and create connections to transform our urban landscapes from grey to green.
Included in the line up of speakers for the Melbourne event is the CAUL Hub's Deputy Leader Joe Hurley.
Media
Threatened Species in our Urban Jungle
The CAUL Hub's Kylie Soanes wrote an article for the University of Melbourne's Pursuit, about the threatened species that call urban environments home.
Media
Common products, like perfume and paint, are polluting the atmosphere
It has been found that as fuel emissions drop, consumer products are playing a larger role in air pollution. The CAUL Hub's Jenny Fisher explains in this article in The Conversation.
Workshop
CAUL Hub & Friends of Westgate Park ‘Providing for Pollinators’ project: Summer Citizen Science Workshop
On Sun 18 Feb, Luis Mata led a citizen science workshop in Westgate Park, as part of a CAUL Hub subproject to develop an urban citizen science program to reconnect people with nature in cities. The event was organised with Hub partner Friends of Westgate Park, and will happen again in April 2018.
Media
Impact of urban fringe expansion on wildlife
Sarah Bekessy was interviewed on Triple J's Hack program about how we can design better cities to protect threatened species.
