Forum will provide expert knowledge and information for the Ballarat community to take personal action on dealing with Climate Change impacts - such as changing weather patterns, rising energy and living costs and reduced rainfall. Four eminent speakers on scientific and social issues.
Information stands at the Forum will provide simple tools and ideas for making changes at home and for taking community action to deal with Climate Change impacts.
Tickets are essential and can be purchased by calling 5338 0980
In March 2009 a workshop was held in Ballarat on 'Drying Lakes'. The presentations from these workshops have been posted in the discussion forum above. Feel free to view, make any comments or ask questions about the presentations by clicking the topic in the discussion forum. You can do it!
Access to R&D grant funding over four years is available through the Victorian Government's 'Smart SMEs Market Validation Program'.
The Smart SMEs Market Validation Program (MVP) is a $28 million competitive grants program that seeks to engage with both government and business to promote innovation. The program aims to support Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to develop innovative products, processes and services focussed on meeting the future technology needs of Victorian public sector entities. For more information go to www.business.vic.gov.au/MVP' .
What is RSS Feed? RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in via email. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually.
Information below on how to activate RSS feed or go to the FAQs.
You can now track threads in the discussion forum!
The web site has been updated to track threads in the discussion forum. This means instead of logging on to check if there has been discussion in a particular forum, you will receive an email letting you know!
To activate this tool click in an existing thread click ‘track this thread’ or for a new thread click into the discussion forum, choose a category, click on new thread, and tick the box for ‘Notify me when a reply is posted’.
DSEs Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research (ARI) is a centre for ecological research based in Heidelberg, Melbourne. The Institute has over 80 scientists with expertise in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The ARI website has recently been updated and includes information on staff, research projects, the ARI seminar series and publications produced by ARI staff (available to download). There are also newsletters such as Codwatch and posters.
Project Officers are currently collecting the microscopic seeds of many threatened orchid species in the south west, including Mellblom's Spider-orchid (Caladenia hastata), Diuris behrii, Caladenia filamentosa, Limestone Spider-orchid and Candy Spider-orchid (Caladenia versicolor). This seed collection contributes to the Millenium Seedbank Project and is also used to propagate new plants for reintroduction into the wild. Research is also being undertaken to identify the pollinator of Mellblom's Spider-orchid, which involves using fresh flowers as bait in areas of potential habitat to lure in and capture the insects for identification. It is thought that the pollinator is a male thynnid wasp (also known as a flower wasp), which regularly visit and pollinate spider-orchids believing them to be receptive female wasps. The orchids mimic both the scent and appearance of the flightless female wasp to attract pollination. News item contributed by Kate Vlcek D.S.E. Warrnambool. (Photos to accompany this news item)
