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Canberra, the Nation’s Bush Capital, was planned by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, just over 100 years ago as a city in in its landscape. This landscape planning approach provided the context for protecting its environment. However, urbanism pressures have and continue to adversely affect our environment. In an attempt to find ways to address this, we will consider which initiatives help or hinder regenerative capacity the Bush Capital, considering community health and wellbeing; landscape qualities; AI, human rights, ecosystems and the natural environment; and recent major planning changes.
Speakers
Mary Mudford, ACT Government and Ngunnawal Woman
Dr Penelope (Pene) Mathew, ACT President and Human Rights Commissioner
Adina Leu, Executive Branch Manager, Data, AI and Digital Records Branch ACT Government
Karen Hutchinson, CEO Australian WaterTrust
Dr Michael Mulvaney, Ecologist
Andy Lowes, Community member, ACT & Region Catchment Management Coordination Group, Chair UMCN
Catherine Keirnan, Fellow Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, ACT Rural Land holder, community volunteer and consultant
Ben Green, Executive Group Manager, City and Environment Directorate, ACT