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With spring less than a month away, it's a great time to celebrate our wonderful environment.

At UWA's Enviro Fest, on the Oak Lawn this Wednesday (10 August), staff and students can learn how to save power and water, hear expert opinions on climate change and the carbon tax, see how bees live and work together, sample honey and fair trade tea and coffee and even help plant a garden.

An initiative of UWA Sustainable Development (within Facilities Management) and the Guild Enviro Department, Enviro Fest will stretch over an elongated lunch hour, between 11.30am and 2pm, to enable almost everybody to come down and take part.

Murray Rogers, a horticulturalist who has worked at UWA for 25 years, will take a tour of the Crawley campus and talk about drought-resistant plants, native gardens and some ancient species. Book your place with Trish Howard .

Students and researchers will lead a Q&A session on climate change from 1pm and another on carbon pricing from 1.30.

Live birds-of-prey shows will be held throughout the day. You can also take a sneak peak at a python and bob-tail lizard with Millenium Kids.

There will be plenty of opportunities to have your say on sustainability issues on campus, including whether UWA should pursue Fairtrade accreditation. Sample the Science Library's Fairtrade coffee while you hear about fair conditions for farmers and traders in developing countries.

Activities include turning recycled materials into art, trying your hand at propagation and learning how to make a worm farm.

Get on down to the Oak Lawn - and start making a difference.

For information visit EnviroFest 2011 .

Media references

Lindy Brophy (UWA Public Affairs) (+61 8) 6488 2436
Trish Howard (Sustainable Development) (+ 61 8 6488 7540)