"Our Place - Learning about our Bioregion" - Nambucca Valley Bioregional Alliance

Please join us to celebrate our unique bioregion and catchment - Nambucca Valley.

Local speakers and knowledge holders will share about the geology, geography, history, plants, animals and waterways of our Place.

We'd love to hear your stories, ideas and concerns so that together we can share our knowledge and look after our beautiful waterways, hills and valleys.

Bring your love of our Place, and share your information, maps and ideas!

Everyone is welcome!

To join our email list, learn more about the Nambucca Valley Bioregional Alliance (NVBA) and stay in touch, please visit our webpage - https://bit.ly/4gmyPvn

DRAFT WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Sunday 20 September 10am-3pm

Nambucca Community and Arts Centre, 19-21 Ridge Street, Nambucca Heads, NSW

• 10.00am - Welcome to Country - Uncle Gary Williams

• 10.15am - Introduction to the Nambucca Valley Bioregional Alliance Working Group - Luby Simson & others

• 10.20am - Introduction to Bioregioning - Dr Michelle Maloney, AELA

• 10.30am - Our Valley, from the ground up - geology, geography, climate and more - John Schmidt + Marc Percival

• 11.30am - Our plants and animals - Sally Townley, Hank & Sue Bower and Sally Cavanagh

• 12.30pm - Lunch (please bring your own lunch or purchase from nearby shops)

• 1.00pm - Our Living Waterways - Dr Peter French, OzGreen + NVBA Members

• 2.00pm - Understanding our impacts - including water use, energy use, human settlements, mining and chemical pollution

• 3.00pm - Interactive Mapping project - facilitated by the Nambucca Valley Bioregional Alliance working group

• 3.30pm - Close and cuppa/chat

ABOUT THE NAMBUCCA VALLEY BIOREGIONAL ALLIANCE (NVBA)

The Nambucca Valley Bioregional Alliance is a new, emerging network of people working together to build a safe, prosperous and healthy future for our Valley. We'll be hosting more events and workshops across 2027 and beyond - everyone's welcome! Contact us: aela@earthlaws.org.au

"Bioregioning" invites us to connect, learn and work together, to build resilient communities and strong local economies, that can thrive within our unique local ecosystems. Join our growing national and international community!

AUSTRALIAN EARTH LAWS ALLIANCE (AELA)

AELA is the auspice organisation for the Nambucca Valley Bioregional Alliance (NVBA).

AELA is a not-for-profit organisation working to increase the understanding and practical implementation of Earth-centred (ecocentric) governance. AELA works to create systems change, across an intersection of reimagining and decolonising: law, economics, education, ethics and community participation in Australia. AELA's work includes education programs and project support for people, communities and organisations working to create ecocentric and bioregional systems change. We use the Greenprints approach to guide bioregional projects and events.

For more information, visit our website: www.earthlaws.org.au
or email us anytime: aela@earthlaws.org.au