Submissions to object to the proposed quarry at Reedy Creek close on Monday, 9th February. Attached is a proforma you can use and email to Council if you are finding submissions via PD Online confusing. The proposed quarry is highly likely to negatively impact local residents and native animals with Read more
After 12 months of silence the community and Councillors will finally learn about the work Gold Coast City Council officers have been doing on the proposal for a cableway to Springbrook. Lois Levy of Respect Springbrook Mountain Coalition said “Councillors will be asked on Tuesday to decide whether to spend Read more
Gecko Environment Council is pleased to announce our Gecko Talk for May will be ‘Biophilia…more marketing spin or the key to making a beautiful and liveable city? This is a presentation by Philip Follent, Follent Architecture. Philip Follent is a former Queensland Government Architect, former head of the Abedian School Read more
Join Professor Jean-Marc Hero as he takes us on a visual and acoustic froggy experience delving back 350 million years to the age of the amphibians, hopping into the Anthropocene, and introducing the frogs on the Gold Coast today. The frogs are croaking: it’s time to walk country, restore and care Read more
Hosted by Griffith University and Gecko Environment Council A SWELL Fringe event @SWELL Sculpture Festival One dusky evening during SWELL an epic combo of surfers, artists and environmentalists will take over the SWELL Fringe Pavilion for conversations about being authentic custodians of our ocean and creative solutions in a changing climate. Read more
Homes for all – Save our iconic wildlife Join us for conversations about protecting native forests and wildlife in the SEQ Regional Plan update 2023. The draft plan update for our region is out and the clock is ticking down to be a voice for our environment. We recognise that Read more
This month we are joined by Dr Sally Gregory, one MAD (Mature Aged Diver) on a quest to remove dangerous fishing hooks, lines, sinkers and debris from the Tallebudgera Bridge and shoreline. Sadly, hundreds of metres of fishing line and dangerous hooks are left behind by illegal bridge fishing every Read more