Upcoming Events

One of the best things about being part of the VEFN is coming together to share ideas, stories, skills and good company. Here you’ll find upcoming VEFN events and other opportunities to connect with fellow environmental volunteers from across Victoria.

Finding Melbourne's Nature Ben Cullens (2)

Ben Cullen's VEFN Online Talk:

Finding Melbourne’s Nature

Thursday 23rd July, 7pm

Finding Melbourne’s Nature is a project by ecologist and broadcaster Ben Cullen exploring the ecological life of Greater Melbourne/Naarm through walking conversations recorded in reserves and natural areas across the city.

Over the past year, Ben has completed more than 30 recordings with Friends groups, conservationists, ecologists, Traditional Owners and community members connected to urban nature and conservation. Each person picks a reserve that matters to them. 

These conversations explore what lives in these places, their ecological histories, threatened species and communities, what needs protection, and how people became involved in caring for the natural world. The project also looks at urban restoration and the role local communities continue to play in protecting and restoring biodiversity across Melbourne.

Finding Melbourne’s Nature is currently online as a podcast series with weekly episodes, alongside a broader writing project based on the recordings and stories gathered across the city.

More information and episodes can be found at findingmelbournesnature.com

Join us for this presentation to find out more!

Details:
Thursday 23rd  July
7pm

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Meeting ID: 432 109 836 088 6
Passcode: bk7bQ2Jk

David De Angelis and Jane Petch's online talk

Jane Petch and David De Angelis' VEFN Online Talk:

A new resource to guide frog monitoring by citizen scientists in Melbourne Water's catchment management area

Thursday 6th August, 7pm

Jane and David will talk about a newly developed online frog monitoring planner and accompanying handbook, intended to guide community groups and individuals who are interested in undertaking regular, more focused or longer-term monitoring of frogs as part of Melbourne Water’s Frog Census. The monitoring tool and handbook have been informed by comprehensive technical guidance, which will also be made available for groups and individuals who are keen to find out more about developing projects and using different monitoring methods. Along with the online tool, Jane and David will touch on core calling times for the frog of Melbourne, considering hygiene and habitat protection measures when monitoring, and additional methods that can be used to monitor frogs, tailored to specific species or questions.

Jane is a Water Watch Coordinator with Melbourne Water, responsible for managing the Frog Census program. Jane is passionate about environmental education, encouraging members of the community to contribute to ecological monitoring, and promoting community awareness and advocacy for the protection of frogs and their habitats in Melbourne Water’s catchment management area.
 
David is an environmental educator and consultant with particular interests in the conservation and ecology of frogs and reptiles. He is the current President of Frogs Victoria, maintaining involvement with La Trobe University’s Wildlife Sanctuary, assists with teaching biological survey techniques at Holmesglen Institute, and is a leading member of the Field Naturalist Club of Victoria’s Fauna Survey Group.
 

Join us for this presentation to find out more!

Details:
Thursday 6th August
7pm

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Meeting ID: 444 302 509 625 209
Passcode: oP2GF7Tb

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