Seminars

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A series of seminars run throughout the day at The Perth Sun Fair on a wide and varied number of relevant topics.

Below is the timetable for the 2010 Perth Sun Fair Seminar Series. If you are interested on presenting a seminar please contact Leonie Wight Phone (08) 6278 4067 or email: leonie.wight@perthsunfair.com.au for more information.

Seminar One

Time Name and Organisation Seminar Title/Subject
9am    
9.30am    
10am Griff Morris, Solar Dwellings (Director). Designing for our climate - Buying the right block of land and retrofitting existing homes.
10.30am Robin Chapple MLC. Humankind most precious Rock Art in our own backyard needs World Heritage protection.
11am Paul Meleng. Financial Planner (Dip FP). Where is your super invested? Choosing sustainable ethical investments and doing well.
11.30am Robyn Williams. The Transition Decade - Perth Launch. Learn about this national mapping and connecting project and how to get your sustainable action, group or organisation recognised. And celebrate the launch of T10 in Perth with a sip of bubbly! Then have lunch outside on the giant T10 picnic blanket. www.t10.net.au
12pm Lunch Lunch
12.30pm Lunch Lunch
1pm Robin Chapple MLC. ANAWA. Long Term Health Impacts of Uranium Mining in WA.
1.30pm Tony Clark, Chairman, WA Renewable Fuels Association Inc. Comparison of Biodiesel, Vegetable Oil and Blending of Vegetable Oils with petroleum products.
2pm Richard Inwood, National Sales Development Manager, SolarShop Australia. - How solar power works in Australian conditions.
- Solar technologies - understanding the differnce.
- The feed-in tariff explained.
2.30pm Margaret Campbell, Research Officer in Alternative Oilseeds at CLIMA, UWA. 1999 to 2009. Food, Fuel and Fatty Acids.
3pm Shane Parker presenting Greenseekers. Green Jobs for Everyone! Join Shane for a candid discussion about the roots of Greenseekers, and how everyone can have a green job. Business' and organisations are invited along to see how Greenseekers can help them find the right Employee or Contractor for any job. www.greenseekers.com.au is not Just another Job Board! · Green Events - Green Courses -Green Volunteering - Green Contracts and A Green Business Directory.
3.30pm    
4pm    

Seminar Two

Time Name and Organisation Seminar Title/Subject
9am    
9.30am Caralyn Lagrange. 2009 Ch 9 Winner Best Sustainable Waterwise Environmental Project Garden; 2008 Ch 10 Winner Environmental Education; 2007 Winner WA Environment Awards (Individual). Sunburnt Country to Food Forests.
10am Caralyn Lagrange. 2009 Ch 9 Winner Best Sustainable Waterwise Environmental Project Garden; 2008 Ch 10 Winner Environmental Education; 2007 Winner WA Environment Awards (Individual). Food Ecosystems: Starting A Patch From Scratch.
10.30am Caralyn Lagrange. 2009 Ch 9 Winner Best Sustainable Waterwise Environmental Project Garden; 2008 Ch 10 Winner Environmental Education; 2007 Winner WA Environment Awards (Individual). Food Ecosystems: Starting A Patch From Scratch.
11am Griff Morris, Solar Dwellings (Director). Designing for our climate - Buying the right block of land and retrofitting existing homes.
11.30am Dave Moore, Director of SomerVille Ecovillage Holdings. SomerVille Ecovillage - Sustainability through design.
12pm Lunch Lunch
12.30pm Lunch Lunch
1pm Paul Meleng. The Smart Energy Investment Trust (by Australian Ethical).  A real choice for your superannuation or savings.
1.30pm Arnie Hachmann, Owner/Operator of Solar Venti Australia. A complete Run through of the interesting Technolgy that is Solar Venti- Solar powered Fresh and dry air solutions!
2pm Tim Law, Secretary, Renewable Fuels Association of WA - WARFA. From the Fryer to the Freeway - how to run a diesel vehicle on vegetable oil. Tim Law has been running his 1989 Toyota Landcruiser on waste vegetable oil for four years and 70,000km. This has included remote area trips through the Pilbara, Gascoyne, Murchison and Eastern Goldfields. He also drives it each day to work, and will speak about the facts and practicalities of waste vegetable oil as a vehicle fuel.
2.30pm    
3pm John McBain, Secretary Sustainability Practitioners Assn
secy Australian City farms and Community Gardens Network
WA ALP policy committees incl Conservation and Environment; Transport, Planning and Urban Services
One of first registered Grade A biodynamic farmers in WA		 Interacting with our environment sustainably (water,land and forests)
3.30pm John McBain, Secretary Sustainability Practitioners Assn
secy Australian City farms and Community Gardens Network
WA ALP policy committees incl Conservation and Environment; Transport, Planning and Urban Services
One of first registered Grade A biodynamic farmers in WA		 'Waste'2Food - sustainable urban food production
4pm John McBain, Secretary Sustainability Practitioners Assn
secy Australian City farms and Community Gardens Network
WA ALP policy committees incl Conservation and Environment; Transport, Planning and Urban Services
One of first registered Grade A biodynamic farmers in WA		 What is it? How do we change awareness and therby actions to make society more sustainable?

 

Seminar Three

Time Name and Organisation Seminar Title/Subject
9am    
9.30am Paul Wilkes, Vice Chair of Sustainable Energy Now. Powering WA with renewable energy.
10am Richard Inwood, National Sales Development Manager, SolarShop Australia. - How solar power works in Australian conditions.
- Solar technologies - understanding the differnce.
- The feed-in tariff explained.
10.30am Mirko Riha, Inventor. Solar and air managed households.
11am Arnie Hachmann, Owner/Operator of Solar Venti Australia. A complete Run through of the interesting Technolgy that is Solar Venti- Solar powered Fresh and dry air solutions!
11.30am Caralyn Lagrange. 2009 Ch 9 Winner Best Sustainable Waterwise Environmental Project Garden; 2008 Ch 10 Winner Environmental Education; 2007 Winner WA Environment Awards (Individual) Aquatic Food Ecosystems.
12pm Lunch Lunch
12.30pm Lunch Lunch
1pm Steve Lucks - manager Solar Engineering Services /& Steve Grabham - manager Solar Option. Solar - An investment or a costly mistake? The final decision is yours.
How to avoid the mistake.
1.30pm    
2pm Dave Waplington, Chairman of Australian Electric Vehicle Association W.A. Electric Vehicle myths busted! A talk then Q&A time.
2.30pm Dave Waplington, Chairman of Australian Electric Vehicle Association W.A. Electric Vehicle myths busted! A talk then Q&A time.
3pm Richard Inwood, National Sales Development Manager, SolarShop Australia. - How solar power works in Australian conditions.
- Solar technologies - understanding the differnce.
- The feed-in tariff explained.
3.30pm Ken Wibberley. Solar Dwellings (Architect). Introduction to passive solar design.
4pm    

 

 

 

Would you like to present a seminar? Click here to submit your details

Leonie Wight, Fair Project Manager
Phone Fax (08) 6278 4067

Mobile 0404 942 443
Email leonie.wight@perthsunfair.com.au

Jonathon Thwaites, Fair Co-ordinator, W.A. Convenor of the ATA
Mb: 0419 924 355
Email jonathon.thwaites@perthsunfair.com.au

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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