This Saturday, 10am at the Walton Bridge Lions meeting place, Jackie Huggins AM FAHA and Ngaire Jarro (nee Huggins) will launch the new book Jack of Hearts. Jackie is well known Aboriginal Australian author, historian, academic and advocate for the rights of...
We are very honoured to welcome Prof Hugh Possingham, the current QLD Chief Scientist as our next guest speaker. prof Possingham is a conservation scientists, and uses mathematical, statistical and economic methods to calculate how conservation zones can be used...
The organizing team is very happy with the outcomes of our strategic workshop last Saturday 26th March. We identified three short, medium and long-term projects that we are now calling for volunteers to help us drive for sustainability in The Gap. These are: 1)...
The Gap Sustainability Initiative (TGSI) was created by a small group of local residents with the common goal to make The Gap suburb more sustainable through knowledge sharing and community actions. In its first year TGSI focused on providing monthly educational...
While recycling is on everyone's mind, and most of us are quite used to recycling plastic, glass and paper into our yellow wheelie bins, many of us are not so sure what to do with the more complex waste products. We have created a handy list for you of where in The...
On Tuesday the 22nd February we will hold our first event for 2022. This will be a fantastic opportunity to inform you about all our activities over the past two months, and get your ideas for our planned strategic meeting on the 22nd of March. See our February 2022...
The Gap Sustainability Initiative emerged in late 2020, and in 2021 focussed on providing educational seminars for the community. The topics of our seminars ranged from waste reduction to energy preservation, carbon footprint, how to facilitate community energy...
Although Brisbane overall is an amazing city, and the most biodiverse city in Australia, there are many aspects unique to The Gap and its surrounding areas. It is surrounded by forested hills and backs onto the D’Aguilar national park. The people who live in The Gap...