Adelaide: Next branch meeting Tuesday 9th June
When: Tuesday 9th June
Time: 7.30 – Please note the new time
Where: Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Road, Enfield. Note the changed venue
Entry fee: Gold coin donation to assist with hall hire.
Read the minutes from the May meeting here and the agenda for the June meeting here.
A flyer listing the ATA SA Branch forthcoming meetings is available here. Now we have a much larger venue, perhaps you’d like to distribute it to others that might be interested in attending.
Thanks to Steve Jenkins for convening this meeting in my absence. Please address any queries about this meeting to wendy@ata.org.au.
Presentation: Ian and Liddy Dolman of Ecolateral: Running a Sustainability Business – Sustainably. The practicalities of setting up and running a retail outlet over the past two years selling a wide range of products related to sustainable living. The positives and the pitfalls. What interests people? How aware have customers become?
There’s also a segment called Who Can Help Me which is a chance to pose questions such as: Where can I buy it? How do I do it? Does anybody know about…?
Now we have more time available, if you have anything of interest to show and tell during this segment, bring it along.
ATA events and news
Future ATA meeting topics
July 14th: Graeme Hopkins: Green roofs and living walls. What are they? How do gardens on roofs and growing vertically on walls regulate internal temperature? How are they used in an urban landscape?
Other events and news
Friday 5th: June Lochiel Park Progress and Prospects. Presented by Phil Donaldson, 4-30 pm, Room P3-20, City East Campus.
Lochiel Park represents appropriate practice in designing water and energy efficient homes and building a sustainable community. The development received the national award for environmental excellence from the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA). lt achieved UDIA Enviro-development certification and is the only SA development to achieve accreditation in ecosystems, materials, water, waste, energy and community. To register your attendance at this seminar please email Rita Mielnik (rita.mielnik@unisa.edu.au) by 4 June 2009.
Wed 17th June: Electric Vehicles and their Renewable Connection – How Australia Can Take Part in the Green Revolution. Presented by the Institute for Sustainable Systems and Technologies, UniSA and the ANZ Solar Energy Society, SA Branch.12.00pm Room J2 Building J, UniSA, Mawson Lakes Campus. Presented by Dr Andrew Simpson. Research Fellow in Sustainable Transport, Curtin University.
RSVP: Elizabeth Csavas 8302 5624 or elizabeth.csavas@unisa.edu.au
Archicentre free seminars. Archicentre has a large and diverse program of free seminars about building design and renovation for energy/water efficiency and other aspects of home ownership throughout 2009 at various locations. For topics, presenters, venues, dates and times check their website www.archicentre.com.au
Regards
Alan Strickland
ATA SA Branch Convenor
alanmarg@cobweb.com.au
ph 0419 813 965
