Clearwater

The 5th Healthy Cities: Working Together to Achieve Liveable Cities Conference was held in Geelong from 6-8 June 2012. Clearwater attended and presented at the conference. Key note speakers inspired the attendees using case studies and sharing personal experiences.

A few to note include:...

The Water Sensitive Cities 2012 Study Tour group, comprising of 18 young water professionals from across Australia, have now completed the overseas leg of their trip. The group travelled to Singapore, the UK, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands to develop their knowledge of integrated water management and to draw out relevant learnings that can aid Australia in moving towards a Water Sensitive City.

We caught up with Nicole Sexton, Senior Planner Strategy and Sustainability from Barwon Water, who attended the Study Tour. Nicole said the following;...

Clearwater would like to welcome Jackie Bowe to the team as Training and Development Coordinator. Jackie will be responsible for the development, marketing, evaluation and continual improvement of Clearwater training courses and tours. She has over eight years experience in capacity building and stakeholder engagement in natural resource management across rural and urban communities in the northern tablelands of NSW...

The official launch of Darling Street was held on Tuesday 5th June. Over 40 people braved the extreme weather conditions. It was attended by local residents, Melbourne Water, councils and stakeholders. Speakers included Professor Rob Adams, Director of Design and Culture from the City of Melbourne who opened the event. Councillor Cathy Oke then thanked and acknowledged all the parties involved. Finally David Ryan, Acting Manager of Waterways from Melbourne Water, reinforced the importance of multi-benefit projects like Darling Street which contribute to greater liveability...

Scholarships for the 2012/13 round of the IWC Water Leadership Programare now open. Applications can be made on-line until 30 June 2012...