Keep Toowoomba Cool Campaign Launch
Join us for the official launch of the Keep Toowoomba Cool Campaign.
We will be joined by expert guest presenters to inform us about the latest evidence and information about how we can plan our neighbourhoods and cities to be as resilient as possible in the face of increasingly hot summers.
Guest presenters confirmed so far include:
Professor Catherine Pickering, Griffith University
Professor Catherine Pickering is an expert in plant ecology, climate change, alpine ecosystems, recreation and urban ecology, protected area management, use of native plants, community gardens and using social media for conservation. She leads a large research group focusing on applied issues relating to human-nature interactions including projects and collaborations in Australia, USA, South Africa, Nepal, Bhutan, Argentina and Portugal among others. Currently she teaches in Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, Botany and Conservation Biology. She has held a range of research leadership positions including Deputy Head of School, Research, Discipline Head for Ecology and Evolution and lead HDR Convenor within the School of Environment and Science. Prof Pickering has received multiple awards for her teaching, HDR supervision and community service. This includes the 2021 Griffith University Research Excellence Award for Research Supervision, in part in recognition of the Systematic Quantitative Literature Review method used by researchers in more than 1,300 publications.
Deanna Borland, Energetic Communities
Professor Melissa Haswell, Queensland University of Technology
I conduct research and teach environmental health, climate change, sustainability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health at the University of Sydney and at Queensland University of Technology. I have led many research projects and authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications in the fields of infectious disease epidemiology and control, pathogenesis and carcinogenesis associated with inflammation, toxicology, environmental health and wellbeing, climate change, HIV/AIDS prevention, psychosocial and community empowerment, mental health and social and emotional wellbeing.
155 Herries St,
Toowoomba City, QLD 4350
Australia
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