The 2026 program

ACAW Opening + COP31 Roundtable

Adelaide Convention Centre

This year, South Australia has a unique opportunity to shape the national conversation,and showcase the leadership already happening across our state.

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Climate Change Mitigation, Coastal Sand Dunes, and Biodiversity

Shelter South of Largs Jetty

Come along to this special hands-on work session on Monday 27th July as part of Adelaide Climate Action Week! Hear from local experts about the importance of coastal dunes systems and community work locally protecting and re

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Where Healthcare Meets Climate Solutions

Lyell McEwin Hospital, Level 2 BL2067 (via Women's Health elevators)

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) presents an exhibition exploring how healthcare can play an active role in mitigating climate change and building a more sustainable future. Showcasing i

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CEO of Earth: Can You Build a Plan to Save the Planet?

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

You've just been handed the top job on Earth. Your mandate: keep global warming within the Paris Agreement's 1.5 - 2°C, protect nature, keep the economy strong, and make sure the transition is fair to everyone. No pressure. In this

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Every drop matters: water-smart homes for climate resilience and ecological health

Pasadena Community Centre

This community talk will explore ways to capture, use, divert and manage rainwater at home for a healthier and more climate resilient urban ecosystem. Learn why keeping water on your property and allowing it to soak into

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Takayna - The Heart of Lutruwita Screening

Union Cinema (Level 5, Union House, Adelaide University City East)

Hosted by the Adelaide University Greens Club and Adelaide University Film Society, a screening of the latest Bob Brown Foundation film documentary on Takayna, Australia's largest temperate rainforest. Location; Union Cinema

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Climate Change: What you aren't being told

Minor Works Building Community Centre

Why was the 2022 IPCC climate change report censored? The full report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2022 was written by scientists and lists both economic growth and human population growth as the major contributors

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Coffee, Climate, Community

The Gator Club

Start the week with a relaxed morning of connection, conversation, and thoughtful food at The Gator Club🐊. Join a welcoming community breakfast designed to bring people together over delicious plant-based offering. Hosted by <a re

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The Beast - exhibit as part of BEGINNINGS exhibition at MOD.

MOD (Museum of Discovery)

The Beast is presented as part of the BEGINNINGS exhibition at MOD. The Beast Exhibit Humans have discovered many strange and seemingly magical ways to harness the natural forces of our

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Tuesday Talk - Zoe Freney in discussion with Tansy Curtin

Art Gallery of South Australia

For Adelaide Climate Action Week join Tansy Curtin, Assistant Director in conversation with Dr Zoe Freney, artist, writer and academic as they discuss the intertwined relationship of artists and the environment. For more in

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Beyond ASRS: Turning Sustainability Reporting into Business Value

Online

Join award-winning sustainability advisory &BLOOM for a practical discussion on preparing for the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) and how organisations can use the process to strengthen governance, strategy and l

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Warm Data Lab - Emergence through conversations

Goodman Building - Lecture Theatre

We live in a world of urgency, crises and finding immediate solutions. But many of the challenges we face aren’t technical, they are relational and systemic. They live in how we meet each other and how we perceive the living systems we’r

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Low-Carbon Concrete and Asphalt in Practice

LGA House

About the event This event is designed for councils, asset managers, engineers, procurement teams and project managers interested in procuring and delivering low-carbon concrete and asp

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ILN Capital Conversations x Climate & Clean Tech Showcase

Sanctuary, Adelaide Zoo

Join South Australia’s most dynamic founders, investors and industry leaders for an afternoon of capital conversations, climate & clean tech innovation, and meaningful connections. Delivered by the Department of State Developme

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Building Resilient Health Systems in a Changing Climate

Function Room 2, Level 5, Union House, Adelaide University East Campus

Health systems are on the front line of climate change. From extreme heat and natural disasters to changing disease patterns and increasing healthcare demand, climate change is creating new challenges for communities and the system

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Where Climate Meets Capital

Braggs Lecture Theatre

Climate Finance: Who pays? What gets funded? Who benefits? and who decides? Trillions of dollars are now being mobilised globally for climate

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Net Zero Futures Policy Forum - Electrification and Community: Powering Together

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

Light refreshments will be provided following the session. Around the world, countries and regions are accelerating electrification and clean energy deployment as a core pathway to net zero emissions. So

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SA Power Networks - Network Innovation Centre Tour

SA Power Networks (Network Innovation Centre)

Join us during Adelaide Climate Action Week for a behind-the-scenes tour of SA Power Networks’ Network Innovation Centre, where the future of energy is being tested, built, and brought to life. South Australia’s wo

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ActNow Theatre Community Workshop Intensive: Making Theatre for Climate Action with Nescha Jelk

Do you want to do more for climate action but struggle to start? Are you interested in theatre that invites community participation? Do you like to have fun? If you've answered yes to any of the above, this is the in

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Build It Together: How Data Centers Can Power the Clean Energy Transition

Braggs Lecture Theatre

South Australia has one of the most advanced renewable grids in the world, making it an ideal laboratory for a new argument about data centers and climate. What would it take to design a data center deal that's good for the grid, good fo

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Climate-Smart Gardening at Adelaide Botanic Garden

Adelaide Botanic Garden, Mediterranean Garden

Step into Climate-Smart Gardening this Adelaide Climate Action Week! Discover how beauty and resilience can thrive side by side in Adelaide Botanic Garden's <a rel="nofollo

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The Great AI Climate Debate

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

Ask ten experts whether AI is good or bad for the climate, and you'll get ten different answers, because the honest answer is "nobody knows yet." Data centres are guzzling electricity fast enough to knock Google off its own net-zero targ

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WEBINAR From Ambition to Action: Measuring, Managing, and Optimising Sustainable Technology (ICT) in a Net-Zero Economy

Online

Part of Adelaide Climate Action Week (ACAW) 2026 As South Australia leads the transition to a ~100% renewable energy grid, a hidden climate challenge is rapidly expanding: the massive energy footprint of our digita

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Webinar: Ecological assessment, impacts and restoration responses to the harmful algal bloom

Online

About this event Part of Adelaide Climate Action Week (ACAW) 2026 This will be a community-focused webinar

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WEBINAR: Unpacking the climate risks to South Australia

Online

What does climate change mean for South Australia — and for you? From hotter days and changing rainfall patterns to more frequent extreme weather, these changes are already shaping how we live, work and plan

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Building your Nature Intelligence

The Exchange

A hands-on workshop for leaders across sectors to apply the TNFD's approach into their practical decision-making. Nature underpins the stability and value of everything we produce, build and finance. Yet it is still barely accounte

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Making Systems Change Happen: Delivering Low-Carbon Buildings in Practice

WSP Office on Level 17

Reducing embodied carbon in the built environment is not just about better materials or better design decisions, it requires coordinated change across the entire supply chain. This session will explore what it takes to move from a

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Webinar: Planning for biodiversity to cool cities and strengthen food systems

Online

Planning for biodiversity to cool cities and strengthen food systems To coincide with Adelaide Climate Action Week, this webinar will explore the critical role biodiversity plays in building climate resilience. As cli

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Gender, Care & Climate

Online

Climate change and disasters place disproportionate pressures on women, who often shoulder increased caring responsibilities while playing leading roles in community recovery and resilience. Despite this, women remain underrepresented in

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The Future of Climate Leadership is Collective

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

Given the complexities of climate change, social ills and environmental crisis, there is the need for a new, more creative type of thinking that can help us tackle the problems that have been created by outmoded worldviews.

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Exhibition Opening: Joeulla Coulthard, Juanella Donovan, and Lisa Khan, Held

The Mill

Details When : Wednesday, July 29, 5-7:30pm Welcome to Country and speeches at 6:10pm Where : The Mill, 154 Angas Street, Kaurna Yarta, Adelaide Co

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Emerging Leaders Expo

MOD (Museum of Discovery)

The Emerging Leaders Expo is the flagship event for youth at Adelaide Climate Action Week. By young people, for young people. Young South Aus

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How can we do this better, together? A community workshop for co-creating SA's Climate Movement Strategy

The ExChange

An interactive workshop with community as part of co creating SA's statewide climate movement strategy Join us for the very first co creation workshop to help shape the South Austral

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In Conversation – Climate readiness to support our gardens to thrive!

Goodman Building Lecture Theatre, Adelaide Botanic Garden

In Conversation – Climate readiness to support our gardens to thrive! Join Professor Michelle Waycott, Chief Botanist, and Dr Leonie Scriven, Deputy Directo

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Preparing for climate impacts on our health: Workshop 1

Middleton Pioneer Hall

Preparing for Climate Impacts on Our Health Climate change is no longer a future threat—it is affecting our health and wellbeing today. From extreme heat and bushfires to floods, droughts and environmental damage, communit

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SA Climate Action Map: Community morning tea

Adelaide University Enterprise and Innovation Hub

Join ThincLab and the Innovation & Collaboration Centre at Adelaide University for a relaxed morning tea with a purpose, as part of Adelaide Climate Action Week. We'll be unveiling the South Australia Climate Action Map — a liv

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First Nations Community Climate Action Day

Yitpi Yartapuultiku

A community led day connecting First Nations people through conversation to inspire climate action, community impact and caring for Country. Led by First Nations voices, the day brings community together, F

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Decarbonising Global Freight with Cargo Airships

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

Over-ocean freight enables the modern world and produces 3–4% of global emissions. With no obvious decarbonisation pathway and increasing demand, something has to give. Could a radical new type of emissions free, ultra-heavy-lift ca

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Growing traditional plants and their uses

Tedder Reserve

Join us at the Flinders Park Community Garden for a hands on gardening experience. Our community garden is a free space where anyone can pick what they need, and meet their local community in a friendly relaxed atmosphe

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Future Ready Schools: A Blueprint for Climate-Resilient Learning Hubs

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

South Australia's public schools sit on some of the most valuable and underused infrastructure in the state — hundreds of sites, rooftops, and grounds embedded in every community. What if they were more than places to learn? Future

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Resilient Community: Climate Action Starts at Home

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

Join us for an afternoon workshop full of practical tips to make your home more resilient. As

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Stronger Together: Women’s voices creating pathways for change

Minor Works Building Community Centre

Learn new insights on the value of bringing a gender equality/justice lens to climate policy, First Nations knowledge and disaster resilience. Meet and connect with A

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Webinar: Coast, Community & Climate

Online

A webinar for Adelaide Climate Action Week exploring community approaches to caring for Adelaide's coastline discussing the importance of community action to protect coastal ecosystems including coastal dunes, seagrass meadows, shellfish

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Leading Through Crisis: Festivals in a New Climate Era

Honeydripper

South Australia leads on climate action, especially when it comes to renewable energy and recycling. For decades we have been home to some of the nation's best festivals. So, for thi

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From Compliance to Competitive Advantage: Practical ASRS Climate Disclosure for SA Businesses

Cowell Clarke Office

From Compliance to Competitive Advantage: Practical ASRS Climate Disclosure for SA Businesses South Australian businesses are entering a new era of mandato

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ACAW Quiz Night

Union House, Rumours Room

In honour of Adelaide Climate Action week, Adelaide University's Geography and Development and Australian Conservation Foundation Community are proud to present to you our Quiz Night! <span s

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National Dive Briefing: SA Algal Bloom and Giant Cuttlefish Update

Online

Join Divers for Climate during Adelaide Climate Week for a national online briefing exploring the ongoing impacts of South Australia's harmful algal bloom and what it means for the future of our marine ecosystems and coastal comm

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Resilient Community: Climate Action Starts at Home

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

Join us for an afternoon workshop full of practical tips to make your home more resilient. As

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Shifting Salts - Future Opportunities for the Dry Creek Salt Fields Workshop

The St Kilda Hotel

The Dry Creek Salt Fields sit quietly at the edge of Adelaide's northern suburbs, a vast industrial landscape that is also one of South Australia's most significant coastal ecosystems. After more than 13 years without a long-term plan, w

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2026 South Australian Climate Leaders Awards

U City

Join us for an inspiring evening of celebration, connection and innovation at the 2026 South Australian Climate Leaders Awards, as part of Adelaide Climate A

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Warm Data Lab - An evening of emergence through conversations

Inparilla, The Wyatt Trust’s meeting place

We live in a world of urgency, crises and finding immediate solutions. But many of the challenges we face aren’t technical, they are relational and systemic. They live in how we meet each other and how we perceive the living systems we’r

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Advancing Climate Justice through South–South–North Cooperation: From Shared Vulnerabilities to Shared Solutions

Online

Session Overview Building on Climate Alliance Pakistan’s previous engagements during Climate Action Weeks 2025 in Sydney, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Rio

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Is Nuclear Power the Solution to Climate Change?

Online

Why is nuclear power still being heavily promoted in Australia despite its clear rejection by the Australian electorate in the 2025 federal election? Online Discussion via Zoom <a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" tar

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Conversations for the Common Good - The Future of Climate

Futures Church South

To think about the future of climate, we may need roots, stars and a sixth sense. This conversation brings together ecology, intuition and space-thinking to explore how we might listen more deeply, imagine more bravely and act with

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Movie Night - Running Out of Time

Human.Kind Studios City

What if one of the most important ways we can help protect the wild places we love is to spend time in them (ideally with friends)? This is what <a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.humankindstudios.com.au/r

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Climate Action Week AgTech Meetup

335 Yundi Rd

AgriTech Meetup Fleurieu Road Trip for Climate Action Week — Friday 31 July A full day across three working properties on the Fleurieu Peninsula, getting into the detail of what climate-smart farming actuall

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A climate of giving

Inparilla, The Wyatt Trust’s meeting place

Giving circles are all about people getting together to fund the change they want to see. These groups of people gather regularly across South Australia and have their own ways of giving money away. This special event brings

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Sustainability in Practice: Lessons from South Australian business leaders on the journey to zero carbon, zero waste.

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

Hear from local sustainability leaders on how they are catalysing South Australia's transition to a climate-resilient, net-zero future - celebrating real progress, unpacking the challenges and discussing the opportunities ahead for busin

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Backyard Biodiversity: Gardening for Wildlife & Climate Resilience

The Precinct

Resilient by Nature: Creating Climate-Resilient Native Habitats Green Adelaide will help you discover how to create a thriving habitat for Adelaide’s native wildlife right in your own backyard! This hands-on

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Planet Talks, Pizza, and Precincts @ Flinders University

Flinders University Bedford Park

At Flinders University, we’re changing lives and the world. This mission is at the heart of our commitment to supporting and shaping a more sustainable society, focused on meeting our collective needs without compromising the ability of

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The Catalyst Lounge: Next-Level Leadership for Integrated Climate Action

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

We have the data, the drive, and the ambition. Across departments and industries, the mandate to accelerate the sustainability journey is already locked in. But the next frontier of climate action isn't about overl

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Climate-Resilient Buildings: Passivhaus Site Tour & Industry Insights

2 Angove Pl, Mount Barker SA 5251, Australia

As part of Adelaide Climate Action Week , the <a rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.passivhausassociation.com.a

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Beyond the Grid: The next decade of decarbonisation

The Conservatory, Ayers House

South Australia is getting close to achieving 100% net renewable electricity generation, one of the most remarkable energy transitions in the world. But electricity is only the beginning. Decarbonising he

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BioBlitz at Byards Road Wetlands

Byards Road Wetlands

We're calling on local families, children and nature lovers to help discover, identify and record as many plant, animal and fungi species as possible in our local area. It's a great chance to get outdoors, learn about local biodive

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Intelligent Organisation: A New Operating Model for Speed, Coherence and Impact

TechCentral

An intelligent organisation that thinks with you, surfaces blind spots, and flags risks and opportunities — while keeping people and purpose at the centre. This session explores how organisations can move beyond static structures a

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Voices for the Future

The Exchange

Are you a young person aged 18-30? Do you want to meet other young people who care about climate chang

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Sustainable Wardrobe

Online

This is a hands on workshop set in the comfort of your own home, designed to teach you better practices to deal with a messy closet, feel better, and take climate action. Did you know that the major impact

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You're not going to get arrested are you?

Mitcham Village Institute

Curious about why people risk arrest for climate action? Meet some of the 40 everyday South Australians who've been arrested at Rising Tide's blockade of the world's largest coal port. The evening will kick off with some warmi

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SwitchFest

Ngutungka West Lakes

🔌 SwitchFest: Electrify, Save & Take Climate Action However you live… you can Switch! Mission Possible, AdaptWest, and Electrify Adelaide are partnering to bring you SwitchFest, a free, practica

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The Forktree Project Planting Day for Adelaide Climate Action Week

The Forktree Project

Join us for a rewarding day of rewilding on the Fleurieu Peninsula and help restore biodiverse habitat in this beautiful coastal landscape. The Forktree Project is working to replace invasive pasture weeds with a diverse mix of nat

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Local Conference of Youth (LCOY) Australia to COP31: Adelaide Youth Climate Consultation

Fullarton Park Community Centre

Are you a young person interested in climate change? Join an LCOY at Adelaide Climate Action Week, a youth-led climate consultation for children and young people across Australia! LCOY Australi

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Energy communities: Democratizing Renewable Energy Sharing

Student Lounge, Adelaide University East Campus

Join us for a practical, forward-looking session exploring how energy communities can democratise access to renewable energy, support local participation, and create fairer, more resilient energy systems. We’ll look at the opportu

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Tunes for Trees

The Cheese Factory

Mount Barker District Council is proudly partnering with unique Adelaide Hills arts venue The Cheese Factory to present Tunes For Trees - two days of incredible live music, where every

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Swamps and Sequestration – the Maslin Creek Reed Swamp

Lot50-Kanyanyapilla (L50K)

How good are swamps at sequestering carbon. That’s both a question? And a statement! Join Gavin Malone, Swamp Steward, in a walk n talk along the edge of a section of the Maslin Creek Reed Swamp. This swamp is the largest r

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Preparing for climate impacts on our health: Workshop 2

Stone & Chalk Adelaide Startup Hub

Preparing for Climate Impacts on Our Health Climate change is no longer a future threat—it is affecting our health and wellbeing today. From extreme heat and bushfires to floods, droughts and environmental damage, communit

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Art For Living Forests Project

Wheatsheaf Hotel

Art for Living Forests Project How can creativity inspire action and help shape a more sustainable future? Join us this August for an inspiring afternoon of live music, visual arts, and environmental conversation at the Art for Liv

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Effective Climate Conversations Training - Adelaide Climate Action Week

Online

In this 2-hour interactive workshop, you’ll build the confidence and skills to talk about climate change in ways that truly connect with people in your life. Through a series of engaging activities, real-life examples, and guided p

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Biodiversity McLaren Vale August Planting Day and BBQ

R & S Budich Property

Where: Corner of Blewitt Springs Road and Pennys Road, McLaren Flat. Look for the yellow flag

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Wagtail Urban Farm Tour

Wagtail Urban Farm went out with a bang in the beginning of 2023. After having to leave the site that they tended in Mitchell Park for 10 years, the gardening bug bit harder than ever! Since then, Carla and Steven have been busily

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Hands Around the Olive Grove (Park16, East Parklands)

Park 16 Olive Grove

Hands Around the Historic Olive Grove is a free, family-friendly community fair hosted by the Protect Our Parklands Grassroots Movement (PPGM), celebrating a treasured living landscape, the historic Olive Grove in Park 1

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Planting Day with Breathe Easy Revegetation

Coote St Car Park

MIDDLETON DUNES planting dayyy……keeeeen🌱🌱 No pre day registration needed, just rock up withya socks up. <span style="color:rgb(

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Interwoven: Stories of the bloom

Old Noarlunga Institute Hall

Join us for an afternoon of art, science, and connection regarding South Australia’s changing coast. Through coastal science, lived experience, and textile art using natural coastal materials, we will explore the current harmf

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All about home solar and batteries

Woodcroft Library

Hosted by an independent energy expert, join our free information session with Q&A. Whether you're curious about adding a battery to your existing solar system, or starting from scratch, get the insights you need to make smarte

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Celebrate Bikes, Community & Climate Action at Motherload with Kidical Mass Adelaide

The Mercury

As part of Adelaide Climate Action Week (Ju

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Climate-Conscious Scavenger Hunt in Adelaide CBD

Adelaide Riverbank Lawns

In collaboration with the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) comes the Climate-Conscious Scavenger Hunt in Tarndanya/Adelaide! FREE COMMUNITY EVENT - SPACES ARE LIMITED Discover the Adelai

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Pacific Climate Festival

Burnside Ballroom

This event has been organised by the Pacific Island Council of South Australia (Pacific Youth Initiative) in partnership with Conservation Council of South Australia. Celebrating Pacific identity, resilience and solutions

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