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SUMMARY:NATURE: FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE
DESCRIPTION:NATURE: FOR OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE\nDate: Sunday\, 26th July 2026\nTime: 5-8pm\nLocation: Dining Room\, Mid Mountains Community Centre\, 7 New Street Lawson \nThe ACE working group in RBM – Resilient Blue Mountains\, and Macquarie Alliance for Climate are holding a follow up meeting on 26 July to show the video of the very well attended 3 May Public Forum on the amended Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Federal law – EPBC. \nThe video will be followed by an update and discussion on further action. If community members cannot attend\, they can watch the 6-7 minute segments on YouTube Nature Laws Video. \nErst Carmichael of the ACE working group said: “We had a knowledgeable Panel comprising Federal MP Susan Templemen\, Mayor Mark Greenhill\, Dr Brad Smith from Nature Conservation Council NSW\, Annette Cam\, Senior Vice President\, Blue Mountains Conservation Society and Martin Mansfield of ACF\, Australian Conservation Foundation. Dr Roy Tasker\, Scientific Advisor Planet Ark\, facilitated the event. The audience response was challenging and very invigorating!” \nDr. Roy Tasker expressed satisfaction at the success of the Forum and emphasised that this was just the start of ongoing activity. So do come along to the 26 July event and add your ideas about the way forward. \n\nThe new President of the BM Conservation Society\, Annette Sartor\, has some further information to share following a meeting with Susan Templeman and Environment Minister Watt and Annette Cam.\n\n\n*For the RBM digital tickets we would also like to include that food and drinks will be available and that people can pay cash at the door if they prefer\, donation zero – $10.
URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/future-of-nature-laws/
LOCATION:Dining Room\, Mid Mountains Community Centre\, 7 New Street Lawson.\, Lawson\, NSW\, 2783\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Resilient Blue Mountains":MAILTO:secretary@resilientbluemountains.org
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SUMMARY:Blue Mountains Sustainability Festival
DESCRIPTION:Blue Mountains Sustainability Festival\n26th September 2026\nCivic Centre Katoomba St\, Katoomba\nFor details  got to bmsf.au
URL:https://resilientbluemountains.org/event/6209/
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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
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