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Welcome to November’s EcoUpdate! There’s a bumper issue to get through this time, so get a cuppa, or something stronger, put your feet up and see what Port Stephens has been up to lately!   Read more

EcoNetwork’s Annual General Meeting 2024 By Alison Rogers, Secretary EcoNetwork. Hosted by the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, it was wonderful to have EcoNetwork’s Annual General Meeting embedded within their Celebrating Birds event. …   Read more

Aboriginal Place for Mambo-Wanda By Kathy Brown, Mambo-Wanda Wetlands Conservation Group. In June this year I wrote an email on behalf of the Mambo-Wanda Wetlands Conservation Group to Port Stephens …   Read more

We started this year’s EcoUpdate with a marine theme, then eucalypts and this time, Bird is the Word! I’m excited to announce that tickets are now available for EcoNetwork’s second Bird Forum.   Read more

Since the referendum, supporters and volunteers have been asking for guidance as to how to continue to support First Nations recognition and justice. Last week, Thomas Mayo, a leading proponent for the YES vote, held the first book launch for his new publication ‘Always was, Always Will be: The campaign for justice and recognition continues’.   Read more

On July 25, international rockstar-engineer Dr Saul Griffith filled City Hall to launch Empowering Newcastle! By Kassia Klinger, author and environmentalist. The Rewiring Australia co-founder born 1974 in south-western Sydney …   Read more

We started this year’s EcoUpdate with a marine theme, then eucalypts and this time, Bird is the Word! I’m excited to announce that tickets are now available for EcoNetwork’s second Bird Forum.   Read more

The Firesticks Mentoring Program in the Hunter region culminated in the recognition of 22 new Cultural Fire Practitioners in 2023. The Port Stephens cool burn program is a partnership between the Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council, Hunter Local Land Services, Firesticks and Port Stephens Council.   Read more

In our effort to decarbonise our world to reduce climate impacts, a raft of new energy projects being rolled out create some concern as to how they may impact our natural environment and wildlife. This is what has been termed the Green vs Green dilemma.   Read more

The Worimi Conservation Lands (WCL) and their operation have always been a bit of a mystery to me, even though I worked for a short time with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in Nels   Read more