North West
Environment Centre

Looking to learn a new skill and/or share some of your own? This section aims to highlight some of the many different ways people of North West Tasmania are using crafting knowledge & knowhow to enrich the lives of others at the same time as helping to keep even more stuff from being buried in landfill or maybe just being creatively engaged in the now with other like minded souls....

This section aims to highlight news & events related to nourishing the land and our own bodies... The Homemaker Swap - NW TAS Saturday 5th September Swap at Lanigan’s 265 Rocky Cape Rd Rocky Cape 10-12 Culture Club - Fermentation Workshop 12 September 2026 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Venue: United @ 43 an inclusive community hub and all-abilities accommodation located at 43 Goldie Street, Smithton, Tasmania, operating out of the Smithton Uniting Church An initiative of Smithton Sust

CENTs / SIMBI Trade Day at RESEED on 10 October and at Live Well Tasmania on 21 November

Written by Michael Harries President of the North West Environment Centre (NWEC) Tasmania is regarded as one of the very few countries, or in our case states, that generates 100% of its electricity through renewables. Not quite true as we have a gas fired power station but let’s park that problem for now. To achieve 100% renewables all but one of Tasmania’s great rivers and several smaller rivers had to be dammed. Add to that many hundreds of kilometers of high transmission l

Sustainability Matters What's on June 2026