Transition Town Vincent Movie Night - Biochar Shorts: Cities as Carbon Sinks

Can you imagine Perth as a carbon sink? 🌲🌱

Almost 200 years of clearing, draining, developing and paving land for urban use has a resulted in the loss of significant amounts of vegetation, tree canopy, soil carbon and biology. Consequently our living environment is becoming hotter and drier and has been transformed into a major carbon source with increasing water and energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. This is having detrimental effects on liveability and population health. 

Through a series of short documentaries and presentations, join us to find out how cities such as Stockholm are emulating past civilisations and using biochar and other organics in a regenerative, circular approach to help transform their urban soils into carbon sinks. These urban soils have much better water holding capacity, fertility and biology with healthier vegetation and canopy and reduced, better quality stormwater runoff. 

What should a low or zero-carbon neighbourhood look like in Perth? The Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) has been exploring this question with partners the UWA Planning and Transport Research Centre, the Department of Transport and the Department of Planning Lands and Heritage as part of their shared 'Accounting for carbon: planning for low or zero-carbon Perth neighbourhoods.’ 

Dr Julian Bolleter, director of AUDRC will present some of their findings with a discussion following. 

*This presentation coincides with Soil Week Australia

Join us at our monthly movie night to learn and be inspired to take action.

Event Details

The documentaries start at 6.30pm sharp. Please arrive by 6.15pm if possible.

Alcohol is available for purchase at the bar. There will be free popcorn thanks to The Source at The Mezz and free bakery items thanks to Dejaxo Bakery. You can also BYO snacks.

Children are welcome to attend if accompanied by a parent or guardian.

No need to print your ticket.

Transition Town Vincent film nights are run by volunteers. A donation is appreciated to help cover the costs of screening rights.  Learn more at our Facebook page

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