BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Resilient Blue Mountains - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Resilient Blue Mountains REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20261003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20270403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20271002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260111T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260111T140000 DTSTAMP:20260414T041957 CREATED:20260105T033637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260110T000427Z UID:10000049-1768132800-1768140000@resilientbluemountains.org SUMMARY:Blue Mountains Community Lunch DESCRIPTION:Blue Mountains Community Lunch\nJoin  the Blue Mountains Community Lunch—Second Sunday Every Month! \nLooking for a welcoming space to connect with others in your community? The Plant Inspired initiative and Leura Uniting Church invite you to our monthly community lunches—where local groups\, organizations\, and residents come together for great food\, lively conversation\, and new friendships. \nEach lunch features a delicious plant-based BBQ menu\, live music\, and a spotlight on a local community group. Your suggested donation of $20+ helps support these local community groups\, with over $1\,233 already raised for local initiatives since October 2025. \nOur lunches also serve as a ‘climate café’—a safe\, supportive space for anyone experiencing climate anxiety or grief to share and be heard. \nDetails: \nWhen: Second Sunday of each month\, 12 noon – 2pm \nWhere: Junction 142\, 142 Katoomba St.\, Katoomba \nContact: 0434 691 496 (Teya)\, 0400 191 880 (Myung) \nBook: BM Community Dinner Club January Luncheon \nCome for the food\, stay for the connections—everyone is welcome! URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/blue-mountains-community-lunch/2026-01-11/2/ LOCATION:Junction 142\, 142 Katoomba St\, Katoomba\, NSW\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://resilientbluemountains.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Junction-142.png ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260208T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260208T140000 DTSTAMP:20260414T041957 CREATED:20260105T033637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260110T000427Z UID:10000050-1770552000-1770559200@resilientbluemountains.org SUMMARY:Blue Mountains Community Lunch DESCRIPTION:Blue Mountains Community Lunch\nJoin  the Blue Mountains Community Lunch—Second Sunday Every Month! \nLooking for a welcoming space to connect with others in your community? The Plant Inspired initiative and Leura Uniting Church invite you to our monthly community lunches—where local groups\, organizations\, and residents come together for great food\, lively conversation\, and new friendships. \nEach lunch features a delicious plant-based BBQ menu\, live music\, and a spotlight on a local community group. Your suggested donation of $20+ helps support these local community groups\, with over $1\,233 already raised for local initiatives since October 2025. \nOur lunches also serve as a ‘climate café’—a safe\, supportive space for anyone experiencing climate anxiety or grief to share and be heard. \nDetails: \nWhen: Second Sunday of each month\, 12 noon – 2pm \nWhere: Junction 142\, 142 Katoomba St.\, Katoomba \nContact: 0434 691 496 (Teya)\, 0400 191 880 (Myung) \nBook: BM Community Dinner Club January Luncheon \nCome for the food\, stay for the connections—everyone is welcome! URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/blue-mountains-community-lunch/2026-02-08/ LOCATION:Junction 142\, 142 Katoomba St\, Katoomba\, NSW\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://resilientbluemountains.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Junction-142.png ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260308T133000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260308T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T041957 CREATED:20260109T235815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T094227Z UID:10000048-1772976600-1772989200@resilientbluemountains.org SUMMARY:Climate Fresk - Old DESCRIPTION:CL!MATE FRESK\nThis interactive\, transformative\, and scientifically rigorous workshop is built on extensive experience with over 2 million participants globally and the latest social science literature. You should leave the 3-hour workshop with a clear\, optimistic\, and active attitude on the climate issue\, and ideas for how to accelerate the green transition from a systemic perspective in your own life. \nWhat will you do?\nThe first part involves making sense of and connecting graphic cards that take you from the causes of the climate crisis to the far-reaching consequences. The second part involves expressing your emotions when you consider the full impacts of the crisis. The third part shows how you can convert hope into action – firstly as an individual\, then collectively\, and if possible\, for a systemic impact. \nIf you want to move beyond the headlines and mis- and disinformation and truly understand the causes driving the climate and biodiversity crisis\, and their consequences\, this workshop is for you. No scientific background is required — only curiosity\, a willingness to engage thoughtfully with the science\, and a wish to make an active difference in your own way. \nPlaces are limited. If no places are left when you book please use the RVSP to register your interest in attending the next Climate Fresk event. \nHOW MUCH: The cost is $20 per person to cover materials and catering. \nGo to this link for a short video introduction. \n“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact\, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead \nFacilitated for Professor Roy Tasker \n(Find Out More About The Facilitator) URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/climate-fresk-old/ LOCATION:MCRN Room\, Cnr San Jose Ave and Loftus St\, Lawson\, NSW\, 2783\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://resilientbluemountains.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Climate-Fresk.png ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260322T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260322T160000 DTSTAMP:20260414T041957 CREATED:20260227T211412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260227T212719Z UID:10000112-1774188000-1774195200@resilientbluemountains.org SUMMARY:Regenesis Q&A and Information Afternoon DESCRIPTION:Regenesis Q&A and Information Afternoon\nThe Regenesis information afternoon is an opportunity for prospective participants to meet and learn more about submitting your artwork into the competition. \nRegenesis Anthology Project\n\nIn 2026\, we are continuing our collaboration with partner organisations Resilient Blue Mountains and winning prize sponsors to produce the 2026 Regenesis Anthology of short stories\, poems and visual images by local Blue Mountains creatives. This year we are adding 2 more categories: original lyric + music\, resulting in the 2026 Regenesis CD and showing of a 2-4 min Regenesis video. \nThis project reaches out to engage with young people 12 – 18 years\, and adults\, 18 year and over\, with the video category only for 15 – 25 yr olds. \nThe theme for 2026 is ‘Our Kinship with Nature’. In 2025 the theme was ‘Living Sustainably’. In 2024 it was ‘Weaving Connections’\, in 2023 ‘Water’ and in 2022 ‘Regenesis’. \nEach year we end the project with a public event celebrating the winning entries for each category. \nThrough this project we seek to engage our community in exploring ideas of regenesis (regenerative enlivenment)—spreading the seeds of relationality as a new/ancient way of being\, thinking and doing. \nIt’s the shift from extractivist competitive individualism to a relational enlivenment worldview. \n– Project Leads: Barbara Lepani\, David Christie\, Brad Diedrich and Linda Blagg. URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/regenesis-info-afternoon/ LOCATION:Junction 142\, 142 Katoomba St\, Katoomba\, NSW\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://resilientbluemountains.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Regenesis.png ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260323T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260323T160000 DTSTAMP:20260414T041957 CREATED:20260225T023604Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T031151Z UID:10000111-1774276200-1774281600@resilientbluemountains.org SUMMARY:Early Insights Workshop DESCRIPTION:Blue Mountains Early Insights Workshop\nBuild resilient Communities – Register Now!\n\nAre you ready to make a difference in the Blue Mountains? Join us for the Early Insights for More Resilient Communities workshop—a unique opportunity to shape the future of resilience in your region. \nWhy Attend?\n\nExplore & Improve: Review current resilience data for your area and help identify what matters most for your community.\nSpot Early Signs: Share your experiences and learn to recognize the signs of changing resilience—so you can better prepare\, respond\, and recover from challenges.\nCollaborate & Connect: Meet local leaders\, government representatives\, and community organizations. Exchange ideas and build lasting partnerships.\nDrive Real Change: Your input will inform a major project aimed at improving data availability for rural\, regional\, and remote communities across NSW.\n\nWho Should Join?\nWe welcome representatives from local organizations\, farmers\, natural resource managers\, local government\, and anyone passionate about community resilience. Diverse perspectives are essential! \nWhere: Seminar Room at the Katoomba Cultural Centre 2:30pm (limited seats – please RSVP) \nHosted by: Southern NSW Innovation Hub\, University of Canberra\, & Resilient Blue Mountains \nFor more information about Early Insights click Early Insights Information Sheet. \nThis workshop is part of a larger initiative funded by Australia’s leading drought resilience hubs\, including the Southern NSW Innovation Hub and the University of Canberra. Your voice is essential—help us build a stronger\, more resilient Blue Mountains! URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/early-insights-workshop/ LOCATION:Katoomba Cultural Centre\, Level 1\, 30 Parke Street\, Katoomba\, NSW\, 2780\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://resilientbluemountains.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Hero-Page_Photographer_Quentin-Grignet_Free_8-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260410T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260410T210000 DTSTAMP:20260414T041957 CREATED:20260322T041849Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260322T042028Z UID:10000119-1775847600-1775854800@resilientbluemountains.org SUMMARY:Takayna DESCRIPTION:Takayna — the Heart of Lutruwita\nJoin us in Lawson at 7:00pm on 10 April for a community screening of ‘Takayna — the Heart of Lutruwita’. \nThrough the power of personal stories\, be taken on a journey to the vast and threatened landscapes of Australia’s largest temperate rainforest in the northwest of Lutruwita / Tasmania. This area\, known as Takayna / Tarkine\, is one of the last wild places on Earth. \n‘Takayna — the Heart of Lutruwita’ is an inspiring and hopeful film about the battle to defend Takayna from mining and logging. From frontline activists to Tasmanian Aboriginal community members\, scientists and musicians\, these people are standing up for its protection\, and you can join them too. \nEach screening will be hosted by local volunteers from our foundation. \nFor tickets go to Takayna Tickets. \nBrought to you by Bob Brown Foundation. URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/takayna/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://resilientbluemountains.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Takayna.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260503T133000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260503T153000 DTSTAMP:20260414T041957 CREATED:20260222T233126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T221647Z UID:10000110-1777815000-1777822200@resilientbluemountains.org SUMMARY:Will the New Nature Laws Work? Blue Mountains Public Forum DESCRIPTION:Will the New Nature Laws Work? Blue Mountains Public Forum\nDate: Sunday\, 3 May 2026\nTime: 1:30pm\nLocation: Tibbi Whalan Hall\, Civic Arcade\, Katoomba \nHosted by Resilient Blue Mountains and the Macquarie Alliance for Climate\, this public forum brings together community members\, experts\, and elected representatives to explore recent reforms to Australia’s national nature laws (the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the “Nature Positive Plan”). \nThe new nature laws will shape the Blue Mountains for decades to come. Join this forum to ask questions\, seek clarity on commitments\, and engage directly with those responsible for how these laws are implemented across local\, state and federal levels. \nMany people are concerned about what these reforms will mean in practice. This forum creates space to unpack the changes\, understand their implications\, and discuss how they will affect our region and the ecosystems we care about. \nThe session will take the form of a moderated panel and Q&A\, with questions gathered from the audience in advance. Panel participants include: \n\nSusan Templeman – Federal Member for Macquarie and Special Envoy for the Arts\nTrish Doyle – NSW Member for Blue Mountains and Parliamentary Secretary for Environment\, Heritage\, Climate Change and Energy\nMark Greenhill – Mayor of Blue Mountains City Council\nBrad Smith – Policy and Advocacy Director at the Nature Conservation Council of NSW\nAnnette Cam – President of the Blue Mountains Conservation Society\nMartin Mansfield – Community leader with the Australian Conservation Foundation (Greater Western Sydney group)\nPanel Chair: Roy Tasker  – Scientific Advisor\, Planet Ark\n\nEach panelist will give a short opening contribution\, followed by audience questions and discussion. \nBring your questions and your voice. Be part of a community working to ensure these laws protect nature\, support climate justice\, and reflect the needs of present and future generations. \nLodge your question to the panelists when you request your ticket by clicking here. \nEntry is by donation. Reserve your spot now when you donate or if you cannot donate\, through the RSVP below. \nWe look forward to welcoming you! URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/future-of-nature-laws/ LOCATION:Tibbi Whalen Hall\, Level 1\, 81-83 Katoomba Street\, Katoomba\, NSW\, 2780\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://resilientbluemountains.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Environment-Laws-Event-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260517T133000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260517T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T041957 CREATED:20260413T094405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T100144Z UID:10000120-1779024600-1779037200@resilientbluemountains.org SUMMARY:Climate Fresk DESCRIPTION:CL!MATE FRESK\nThis interactive\, transformative\, and scientifically rigorous workshop is built on extensive experience with over 2 million participants globally and the latest social science literature. You should leave the 3-hour workshop with a clear\, optimistic\, and active attitude on the climate issue\, and ideas for how to accelerate the green transition from a systemic perspective in your own life. \nWhat will you do?\nThe first part involves making sense of and connecting graphic cards that take you from the causes of the climate crisis to the far-reaching consequences. The second part involves expressing your emotions when you consider the full impacts of the crisis. The third part shows how you can convert hope into action – firstly as an individual\, then collectively\, and if possible\, for a systemic impact. \nIf you want to move beyond the headlines and mis- and disinformation and truly understand the causes driving the climate and biodiversity crisis\, and their consequences\, this workshop is for you. No scientific background is required — only curiosity\, a willingness to engage thoughtfully with the science\, and a wish to make an active difference in your own way. \nPlaces are limited. If no places are left when you book please use the RVSP to register your interest in attending the next Climate Fresk event. \nHOW MUCH: The cost is $20 per person to cover materials and catering. \nGo to this link for a short video introduction. \n“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact\, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead \nFacilitated for Professor Roy Tasker \n(Find Out More About The Facilitator) URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/climate-fresk/ LOCATION:MCRN Room\, Cnr San Jose Ave and Loftus St\, Lawson\, NSW\, 2783\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://resilientbluemountains.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Climate-Fresk.png ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261018T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20261018T170000 DTSTAMP:20260414T041957 CREATED:20250323T010439Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T053921Z UID:10000039-1792332000-1792342800@resilientbluemountains.org SUMMARY:Regenesis DESCRIPTION:2026 Regenesis Call Out\nShort Story\, Poetry\, Art\, Music and Video Competition\nTheme: Exploring Our Kinship with Nature\nClosing Date 30th June 2026\n \nA collaboration between\nThe Enlivenment Network\n&\nResilient Blue Mountains\n \n \n \nRegenesis Anthology Project\nIn 2026\, we are continuing our collaboration with partner organisations Resilient Blue Mountains and winning prize sponsors to produce the 2026 Regenesis Anthology of short stories\, poems and visual images by local Blue Mountains creatives. This year we are adding 2 more categories: original lyric + music\, resulting in the 2026 Regenesis CD and showing of a 2-4 min Regenesis video.\nThis project reaches out to engage with young people 12 – 18 years\, and adults\, 18 year and over\, with the video category only for 15 – 25 yr olds.\nThe theme for 2026 is ‘Our Kinship with Nature’. In 2025 the theme was ‘Living Sustainably’. In 2024 it was ‘Weaving Connections’\, in 2023 ‘Water’ and in 2022 ‘Regenesis’.\nEach year we end the project with a public event celebrating the winning entries for each category.\nThrough this project we seek to engage our community in exploring ideas of regenesis (regenerative enlivenment)—spreading the seeds of relationality as a new/ancient way of being\, thinking and doing.\nIt’s the shift from extractivist competitive individualism to a relational enlivenment worldview.\n– Project Leads: Barbara Lepani\, David Christie\, Brad Diedrich and Linda Blagg.\nEligibility: Residents of the Greater Blue Mountains Community\nNepean to Lithgow\nSubmissions\nEntries are free – limited to one entry per category- click the Submit button\nCompleted submission form + works\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntext as word docs\nimages as png/jpg\nmusic as mp3\nvideo as mp4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Submit Your Entry\n \nEntry Categories: Youth (12-18 yrs) and Adults (18 yrs and over)*\n• Short Story – up to 1\,000 words in length\n• Poetry – up to 150 words in length\n• Visual Artwork – image of original work in 2D\, 3D\, photograph or illustration\n• Lyric with music— original work\, lyric in text and music in audio file mp3\n• *Video–2-4 mins for 15-25 yr olds in mp4 \n \n Submit Your Entry\n \nWinning Entry Prizes —selected by independent assessment panels of three ‘experts’\nYouth: $250 for the winner in each of the four categories for participants under 18 years of age in 2026.\nAdults: $250 for the winner in each of the four categories for participants 18 years of age and over in 2026\nVideo: $250 for the winning entry 15-25 yr olds\nCelebration of Winning Entries on Sunday 18 October 2026\, 2-4.30pm\n—All prize winners presenting their work\n—Printed Regenesis 2026 anthology of all short-listed short stories\, poetry and art images for sale\n—Regenesis 2026 CD of short-listed lyric + music entries\, available for sale\n—Winning Regenesis 2026 Video shown at event. Other entries published on YouTube. URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/regenesis/ LOCATION:Katoomba Cultural Centre\, Level 1\, 30 Parke Street\, Katoomba\, NSW\, 2780\, Australia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://resilientbluemountains.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Regenesis.png ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR