Thursday Talks start again in February 2022

COVID-19 restrictions have caused postponement of so many interesting talks this year. The ANBG Theatrette is not available for Thursday Talks this month, and neither is Telstra Tower. Thursday Talks that were scheduled for November are being re-scheduled for dates next year.

One of our early speakers next year is Dr Sophie Lewis, ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment. Sophie will talk about climate change, and human influences on past, present and future extreme climate events in Australia, as well as asking are our recent extremes a sign of a new normal and how bad could it get?

Precision landscape regeneration will be Professor Justin Borevitz’s topic which will include methods in eucalyptus foundation species to rebuild agro-ecosystems, methods for boosting soil carbon with microbes and the role Australia can have for world’s planetary health and resilience.

We will also hear Dr Penny Olsen talking about rebuilding a population of Norfolk Island Morepork, and Con Boekel, local conservationist, talking about potential extinction of birds of the inner north, and the potential implications for the urbanization of the Lower Molonglo.