Green Roofs and Green Walls for Brisbane
Sidonie Carpenter , is Vice President of Green Roofs for Healthy Australian Cities.
She is the key speaker at Green Roofs and Green Walls for Brisbane, a presentation over 1.5 hours at the Griffith University EcoCentre, from 6pm to 7.30pm on Monday, June 18 .
The lecture will be preceded by a free sausage sizzle from 5.30pm
Sidonie has returned to Australia following a two month fellowship study visit to North
America to collect latest information on green roofs and wall developments that are a sensible response to climate change. and relevant to Australia’s nascent green roof industry.
Sidonie’s study fellowship was awarded by the Melbourne based International Specialised
Skills Institute, funded by the Pratt Foundation, and supported by Brisbane Architect, Geoffrey
Pie, Landscape Logic, Multiplex Australia, Mirvac Australia, The Plant Specialists and landscape architect Richard Jones.
She runs her own Brisbane based business, Sidonie Carpenter Landscape Design and Horticulture. Sidonie studied for an arts degree at the University of Queensland
(majoring in architecture and town planning). She also holds a graduate diploma in
landscape architecture from Queensland University of Technology, and a Certificate of Urban Horticulture, she is a member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Design and Managers.
BOOK YOUR PLACE WITH:
Geoff Wilson, President, Green
Roofs for Healthy Australian Cities,
32 David Road, Holland Park 4121,
Phones: 07 3411 4524 or 0412
622 779. Email:
Geoff@nettworx.info
Website:
www.greenroofs.wordpress.com
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HI,
It’s really good to know about this. Looks really interesting!!!
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