The mission of the North-West Environment Centre is to inspire a new perspective on our relationship with the environment and each other so that we may all act to create a socially harmonious and ecologically sustainable future.
Our Current Projects
Community Supported Agriculture Women In Sustainable Environments Network Hunter Group Volunteer Sea Spurge Control
We need you! Become a member! It couldn't be easier, just fill in and email the membership form (or snail mail the pdf to our postal address) and pay by EFT to BSB 037 002 Acc: 209720. Please add the reference of your name + "for membership" and email ricardo@bordernet.com.au
and be part of creating a sustainable future!
Coming up at the Penguin Sustainable Living Centre:
COMING UP! The August working bee (7th August) will be:
Creating a Stupendous Berry Patch! We'll be erecting some bird
netting on the donated roof frames, preparing the ground and planting
out our berries, all donations of canes and cuttings will be very much
appreciated, bring food to share, and we start at 10!
This happens the first Saturday of every month! Always amazing! Never dull! In
September we're going to have a spring planting-athon. ARE YOU READY!?
From the Cob oven workshop on 12th June:
What a wonderful character Costa is (presenter of the SBS show "Garden Odyssey"), and what a wonderful day we had! We had a huge feast for lunch - thanks to all who came. The garden is starting to take shape, with the addition of garlic and calendula's planted with the help of Costa. We certainly agree with the quote that he has an "all-consuming passion for plants and people: Costa knows how to find the best in both of them, and takes great pleasure in bringing them together".
Our First Organic and Sustainable Living Festival at Penguin was a great success! We hope it will live up to the previous festivals of the Tasmanian Organic Farmers and Gardener's Association....
A big thank-you to all those volunteers who helped - it truly could not have been run without you!
WISEN - Women in Sustainable Environments Sadly, we have finished our WISEN workshops. The last workshop on cheese making with Diane Rae from Grandvewe Cheeses was enjoyed by everyone as you can see below! Further workshops on the theme of sustainability will now occur via the Penguin Sustainable Living Centre - stay tuned for details! 
If you would like a copy of the 30 minute video of the action from our Small Animals for the Table workshop, please contact Robin rkrabbe@westnet.com.au
And to find out what's been happening with the WISEN project, click here.
Produce to the People!
In the first week, 11 kilos of apples, 5 kilos of pears, 12 kilos of tomatoes, lettuce, zucchini, cucumbers, 1 kilo of rhubarb, and bunches of parsley were delivered to the Salvation Army, in the second week they received 5 kilos of tomatoes, 15 kilos of apples, 5.5 kilos of squash, 4 kilos of beetroot, 13 kilos of zucchini, 4 kilos of carrots and some capsicums, beans and cucumbers!
Be a part of this exciting new project, funded by the Community Capacity Building Grants Program of the Tasmanian Department of Premier and Cabinet. This project aims to provide fresh produce to people in need from backyard surpluses and from a community garden at the Penguin Sustainbale Living Centre.
Read all about the latest news at: http://producetothepeopletasmania.wordpress.com/
A few ways to get involved:
Share your bounty: If you live in Penguin, Burnie, Wynyard or surrounding areas and have a garden that produces more fruit and vegetables than you can eat, please email producetothepeople@ymail.com to register your garden or fruit trees for harvest or to find out where your closest drop off point will be. Chat with your neighbors and friends that may have excess produce or be interested in the work we do. If you're a wanderer, we'd be happy to give you flyers if you feel comfortable leaving them on doorsteps where you can see vegetable gardens or fruit trees. Join our newsletter: You'll get periodic updates about major happenings with Produce to the People.
To get involved or for more information, contact Penelope Dodd on 0409 484 152 or email producetothepeople@ymail.com
New Coastal Weed Strategy for Circular Head Area
This was open for public comment until the 22nd January 2010
The NWEC has just released a Rice Grass and Sea Spurge Control Strategy for the area between
Woolnorth Point and North Point, Stanley. This area includes the highly valued Robbins Passage Wetlands.
To download a copy of the Community-based Weeds Strategy, click here (6.9 MB).
Penguin Organic Growing Centre - now the Penguin Sustainable Living Centre
There is a lot starting to happen with developing the Centre as a hub for Sustainable Living, stand by for more details!
To download the discussion paper for the Centre, click here (1.66 MB).
To become involved in the Centre, please contact the NWEC's President, David Henderson at D.H.Henderson@utas.edu.au
Recent Newsletters
Apr - Jun (0.88 MB) Jan- Mar 2010 (1.6 MB)
December 2009 (1.6 MB)November (665 KB) October 2009 (554 KB)
September 2009 (834 KB) August 2009 (1.55 MB) July 2009 (0.76 MB) June 2009 (1.2 MB)
May 2009 (0.4 MB) April 2009 (0.35 MB) March 2009 (0.4 MB) February 2009 (0.65 MB)
About Us
In a nutshell, the NWEC is a volunteer-based, not-for-profit, community organisation interested in positive solutions to local and global social and environmental challenges.
Please click on these links to view our Constitution (0.08 MB), our strategic learning framework (0.6 MB)
and our 2008 annual report (4 MB) and 2009 annual report (1.6 MB).
Contact Us
Our postal address is PO Box 999, Burnie Tasmania 7320
Alternatively, you can email the NWEC President, David Henderson at D.H.Henderson@utas.edu.au or phone 6429 1334
For information about the Community Supported Agriculture Project, contact Robin Krabbe rkrabbe@westnet.com.au or phone 6438 1454
