FIDO has registered with Containers for Change, you can now donate proceeds from your recycling directly to FIDO. You can find FIDO as an option in Containers for Change, when you edit your Payment methods. FIDO Member number is C11544124 To donate your proceeds from recycling: Open your Containers for Change member page and login. Click Continue reading
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Introduction to K’gari – Audio Conversation Summarising K’gari
Using some current AI technology from Google, specifically NotebookLM, we have been able to generate an Audio summary so that more people can learn about K’gari. Please excuse the American accents and miss-pronunciation of K’gari, the AI isn’t clever enough to do Aussie accents and traditional languages yet.
Cooloola Bioblitz 2024 for FIDO
Zela Bissett reports Over the weekend August 2- 4 a team of dedicated experts and citizen scientists gathered at the Rainbow beach Community Centre for a Bioblitz. What exactly IS a Bioblitz? A BioBlitz is an intense period of biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within a designated area. Groups Continue reading
The John Sinclair Memorial Lecture 2024 with guest speaker Dr Bob Brown
Saving life on Earth will take civil insurrection On the 15 June 2024, Dr Bob Brown delivered a rousing oration on the environment, politics, society and activism. The latest science charts massive storms, sea level rise, fires and extinction yet the corporate foot is on the accelerator and the absurdity of growth economics prevails on Continue reading
Saving K’gari: The Campaign to save an island by John Sinclair
John Sinclair had completed writing his book before his death in February 2019, the manuscript was edited and published in June 2024. The book was launched at the John Sinclair Memorial Lecture by Bob Brown on 15 June 2024. “John Sinclair stands tall … as one of the great environmental achievers of his time. This Continue reading
MOONBI 140
The FIDO publishing team have finished compiling and editing MOONBI 140 which is available now. Download MOONBI 140 Table of Contents for MOONBI 140 President’s Report Team Leadership Thoughts on FIDO’s Future directions What is a Bioblitz? My Brother John The Pandanus Problem Project Work Paper of Weeds: Utilising the weeds of K’gari K’gari’s Dingoes Continue reading
The John Sinclair Memorial Lecture 2024 – Guest Speaker Bob Brown
Honouring the outstanding contribution Dr John Sinclair AO made to conservation, this years lecture will be delivered by renowned environmentalist Dr Bob Brown. ‘Saving life on Earth will take civil insurrection’ The latest science charts massive storms, sea level rise, fires and extinction yet the corporate foot is on the accelerator and the absurdity of Continue reading
FIDO 2024 Planning Workshop
FIDO are kicking off the new year with a planning workshop to organise our activities for 2024. If you are interested, you are welcome to join the FIDO Committee in Nambour at 10:00AM on 10 February 2024. For full details please get in touch by email (fido @ fido.org.au)
FIDO now a registered charity
December 2023 FIDO received a welcome Xmas present. After many tries FIDO is now registered as a charity. This will allow us to get access to a larger pool of grant funds and if we achieve tax deductible status we will be able to accept donations and the donors will be able to claim the donation on Continue reading
K’gari conference Djaa-Ngarawinj (Land and Sea) report November 9th and 10th 2023
On November 9 and 10, FIDO members attended the K’gari conference at the Fraser Coast campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast. At this two-day event, our own Peter Shooter presented a session on the Pandanus restoration programme that FIDO has been running with Isaac Neisler and his team. The conference hosted a number Continue reading