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Green Day Out Colin Law Into the Deep at Crane Creek Catchment Scorecard Update PlatypusWatch Update Austinville Landcare goes to Lowood GCCA Newsletter #4 MAY 2011 Welcome to our latest Newsletter. Remember – our role is to provide a completely independent umbrella organisation that helps groups obtain grants, organizes special programs such as PlatypusWatch and the Catchment Scorecard, and assists groups to manage their money so they don’t need to become incorporated or spend time on accounting and administration. In a bid to get closer to the individual groups we will be inviting a group to each of our two monthly committee meetings to better understand their aims, activities and issues. GREEN DAY OUT The Association is again a major sponsor of the Green Day Out which is being held…

Gold Coast Environmental Participants Celebration Party Catchment Scorecard Update! Grants for Community Groups to help protect the Environment Using Professional Grant Writers GCCA Newsletter #3 November 2010 Gold Coast Environmental Participants Celebration Party It’s been a big year and much has been achieved by Gold Coast environmental volunteers and their supporters. However many of us work in our own little patch and are unaware of the bigger picture. The Gold Coast Catchment Association and Gold Coast City Council are organizing a major get together of all of us who are involved in environmental work. Members of Land for Wildlife, Landcare, Bushcare and Beachcare, Voluntary Conservation Agreement participants, Private restoration company and council workers, and other organizations who support environmental volunteers. Come and join us for a relaxed afternoon; meet like…

Publicise your Group at the Green Day Out Catchment Scorecard Update! Platypus watch update Using Professional Grant Writers Tree Planting and Information Day Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive this email please unsubscribe. GCCA Newsletter #2 JUNE 2010 It has been a productive time since the last Newsletter. There has been a flood of new members and a steady flow of new group additions to the website. Remember that you can control your own website by adding or editing content whenever you want. Simply contact info@watergum.org for a password. The majority of the Platypus Watch surveys have been conducted, and very excitingly we have logged the 1st results of the Catchment Scorecard on the catchment map in the website. Remember, the Association is simply an umbrella for each…

Planning Update Catchment Scorecard training ready to go! Website Update Platypus watch GCCA Newsletter #1 March 2010 Welcome to the Association’s first official newsletter! Our fundamental goal is to assist groups who are carrying out on-ground environmental management and restoration work to help improve the quality of the Gold Coast’s Catchments. So if you are working on the beach at Kirra or in the hills at Beechmont, our aim is to help you, help the environment. The committee has been very busy. We have had productive planning sessions with Gold Coast City Council; we have developed a set of Goals for 2010 and updated the website; we are continuing our work with the Catchment Scorecard and have introduced a new initiative called PlatypusWatch. This newsletter will be sent out regularly…