Calendar and news

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Current News & Events

For all current happenings please see the Amaroo EEC Facebook Page.

Past Events

​2018

2018 events involving Amaroo EEC included:

• displays at community events (World Environment Day. Duggan Park Open Day, Crows Nest Community Nursery Open Day)

• building commencement of new eco-friendly classroom

• Amaroo Facebook page

• presentation for teachers at the Earth Day Environmental Education Expo held at Cobb & Co Museum

• a partnership program with Cobb & Co Museum for Naidoc week.

2017

2017 events involving Amaroo EEC included:

• a Science Week 'western roadshow', taking programs for students and professional development for teachers on energy and threatened species to schools at Quilpie, Charleville and Mitchell

• a display at World Environment Day celebrations

• approval for the construction of a new eco-friendly classroom

• the delivery of Biarah Burra, a program on Murri cultural awareness and engagement for at-risk secondary students

• the acquisition of a new hybrid-electric vehicle ('Sunny'), together with its own garage and solar panels for charging.

2016

2016 events involving Amaroo EEC included:

• a seminar and workshop for biology teachers in conjunction with the Murray-Darling Basin Authority

• the official unveiling of Amaroo's yarning circle

• a partnership program with Cobb & Co Museum for Naidoc week

• the establishment of an Amaroo EEC P&C Association.

2015

2015 events involving Amaroo EEC included:

• a seminar and workshop for geography teachers in conjunction with the Murray-Darling Basin Authority

• design and delivery of 'Endangered Aussies', a program focussing on endangered species on the southern Darling Downs, on behalf of Conda​mine Alliance
  

• a display at World Environment Day celebrations

• a celebration of Amaroo's 40th birthday (PDF, 933KB)

• the Youth Leading the World Congress in conjunction with Queensland Murray-Darling Committee (QMDC), Catholic Education Office and Householders Options for the Environment (HOPE).

2014

2014 events involving Amaroo EEC included:

• a two-week 'Western Roadshow' in conjunction with the University of Southern Queensland and Queensland Murray-Darling Committee (QMDC), where we visited and conducted programs with high school students on biodiversity and habitat investigations as well as professional development sessions for teachers in St George, Goondiwindi, Injune, Mitchell, Roma and Dalby

• the Youth Leading the World Congress in conjunction with QMDC.