Past events

  • Lara Calder

    Urban co-living ageing with choice Lara will outline the concept of co-living, using built examples of co-living communities and will then hone in on… Read more

  • Amanda Kane

    Love food hate waste The opportunities of food waste from global to local Food waste generates 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions and costs Australia… Read more

  • Helen Carter

    Death by demolition Lost houses and industrial heritage of the Balmain peninsula Join local researcher and author Helen Carter for fascinating insights from her two… Read more

  • Robert Tickner

    Jailing is failing and so is youth detention Time to turn to evidence based alternatives which break the cycle of incarceration The Justice Reform… Read more

  • Pathways to carbon neutral communities

    In partnership with the Balmain Association PANEL DISCUSSIONPathways to carbon neutral communities A carbon neutral community is one that makes no net contribution of… Read more

  • Elizabeth Farrelly

    In partnership with the Balmain Association The Power of Beauty – or what we can learn from Balmain We are richer and freer than… Read more

  • Tim Sneesby

    Community engagement & town planning: putting the public interest back into planning Meaningful engagement with the planning system can be an impossible task for… Read more

  • Georgie Dent

    Early childhood education: pathways to social and economic reform Australia lags the developed world in educational outcomes, child wellbeing, women’s workforce participation and gender… Read more

  • Chris Gambian

    11 August 2022 Nature is for everyone – and needs us all! Chris will make the case for more people – a wider array… Read more

  • Frances Rush

    14 July 2022 Asylum seekers: towards a better future Frances will provide an overview of the work of the Asylum Seekers Centre, the challenges… Read more