Climate Future Labs: Nature’s future is in your hands

Greening Australia and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning have been working with a range of organisations to develop guidelines for community groups and agencies to build Climate Future Plots and improve the resilience of plants in your neighbourhood to climate change. Climate Future Plots are areas of revegetated and restored land that include plant genetics from different climates, making our natural environment more able to adapt to a changing climate. This means that, as the climate changes, these plant communities will be better equipped to change with it.
The workshops will provide you with knowledge of how to plan revegetation under a changing climate, including working out what your future climate will look like, and how to select the appropriate species and provenances to plant.

Workshops – When & Where:
Benalla 
Thu., 13 February 2020, 10am – 3pm
Book - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/climate-future-labs-natures-future-is-in-your-hands-tickets-86075495123  
 
Horsham 
Mon., 24 February 2020, 10am – 3pm
Book - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/climate-future-labs-natures-future-is-in-your-hands-tickets-86064771047  
 
Ballarat 
Wed., 26 February 2020, 10am – 3pm
Book - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/climate-future-labs-natures-future-is-in-your-hands-tickets-86061280607  
 
Melbourne
Tue., 3 March 2020, 10am – 3pm 
Book - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/climate-future-labs-natures-future-is-in-your-hands-tickets-91097808999
 
Note - two other workshops that will be held in Bendigo and Melbourne in February are already booked out. 
 
Timetable at workshops: 
(Please bring you laptops to undertake interactive activities at workshops)

• 10am - Arrive and introductions (morning tea);
• 10:30am - Overview of the Climate Future Plot guidelines, and how to use them;
• 11:15am - Understanding Victoria’s future climate, and how this will impact native vegetation;
• 12noon - Lunch (provided);
• 1pm - Determining your climate analogues and how to choose species and provenances for revegetation (computer activity);
• 2pm - Discussion: How to implement Climate Future Plots, what is involved in establishing Climate Future Plots and what is their ongoing monitoring and management;
• 3pm - Finish and opportunity to network.

More details
Contact Sacha Jellinek (Greening Australia) via sjellinek@greeningaustralia.org.au