Wednesday 8th February, from 6.30pm
Town Hall, Rusden St, Armidale
A free public forum will be held in the Armidale Town Hall to bring some speakers and messages from the ‘Restore, Regenerate, Revegetate’ Conference to the broader community. Presented in association with the New England and North West Regional Science Hub and Armidale Tree Group, there will be three speakers, a panel discussion and a live music and visual performance from Dave Eddy’s Festival of Delusion – Nova –anglica.
The presenters:
- Paul Gibson-Roy – the restoration of grassy understorey, the importance of whole-of-ecosystem restoration and the challenges of collecting, growing and establishing grasses and forbs. Paul is Greening Australia’s lead scientist and has pioneered Australian work to re-establish diverse native grasslands.
- Veronica Doerr – landscape connectivity, including how to design effective corridor and connectivity projects from farm to regional scale. Veronica is the leader of the Climate Risks and Resilience Group in CSIRO Land and Water. Her research includes landscape and behavioural ecology as well as climate adaptation.
- Richard Thackway – doing R&R&R well on public and private lands. Lessons from leading individuals who are transforming our world. Richard Thackway is a landscape ecologist and a former Armidale boy. He works with several universities and is based in Canberra. His research has focussed on vegetation description, mapping and monitoring.
Festival of Delusion — Nova-anglica is a new music and digital art project from Armidale musician and composer, Dave Eddy. Nova Anglica is inspired by thinking about the rural, urban and wilderness landscapes and ecologies of New England and how they map out the pre and post settlement histories of habitation and landuse: from agriculture, grazing, mining, settlement and habitation as well as some of the negative consequences like contamination, degradation through to the positive — restoration and rehabilitation. Another dimension to the project is local community input, providing most of the the photos and video used in the show. Contributions have come from Southern New England Landcare, Laszlo Szabo and Sue Fell, Starfish Initiatives Network, Michael Taylor of “The Hill”, Kentucky (NSW), Beth O’Loughlan and David Waugh.
Cost: Free
- 6.30pm – Arrive at the Town Hall for a drink and finger food.
- 7.00pm – Speakers and discussion
- 8.30pm – Intermission for drinks and food
- 8.45pm – Festival of Delusion performance
- 10.00pm Event ends.
A bar will be available on the night and finger food will be served before the event and during intermission.
