Are you longing for deeper connection with yourself, your community, and the land? In this circle, we’ll look at some of the ways we can come back into connection as we meet the challenges of these times. You’ll learn a practice to nourish your heart. We’ll talk about ancestors, and what it might mean to ... Read more
FREE High Tea for Seniors to Prepare for Bush Fire Season Book your place today (02) 4751 3033 or bmbushfire@sncc.org.au@bmbushfireresilience Places are limited to 20 people. All venues have accessible parking. Please advise any essential dietary requirements when you RSVP. Blue Mountains Bush Fire Resilience is an initiative of Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Co-operative Ltd. This ... Read more
The Living Future Insitute of Australia is part of the global movement revolutionising the built environment with buildings, infrastructure and community spaces that are more than green, but regenerative. We would like to invite Blue Mountains community members to a free public talk on biophilic design - the practice of connecting people and the natural ... Read more
From the original indigenous custodians, then the colonial explorers, to the 1930s bushwalkers, to today's visitors: how have people regarded and connected with the Blue Gum Forest. Historian Andy Macqueen and ecologist Wyn Jones will explore these questions and ask - "90 years since the forest's reservation - does it matter?" FREE EVENT but RSVP ... Read more
The Mid-Mountains Garden Festival has been an annual Spring celebration of beautiful gardens in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney since 1984. It will celebrate its 36th Festival in 2022 on 10-11 September and 17-18 September. The Festival raises much-needed funds for the students at Hazelbrook Public School, bringing the school, broader community and like-minded ... Read more
A celebration of Spring: a huge variety of flowering native plants for sale, guided walks in the Reserve, native bee talks, demonstrations of propagation by seed and cuttings, wood turned items, advice on Australian plants.
A one day boutique festival of folk music and dance from around the world with an amazing line up including Narrownecks, Vocal Edge, Murtaza and Rahim Damoon, Cat &n Clint, Craig Woodward, Raduga Trio, Paskalia Balkan Boogie, Alan Healy and more. Tickets $15-$25.
Drawing on Parker Palmer’s work on circles of trust, this event holds space for men to connect and to feel connected: to other men, and, just as importantly, to oneself. This is foundational to a deep-rooted sense of belonging and community: medicine in an era of runaway male depression, loneliness and suicide. In circle, the ... Read more
A heart opening and deep listening experience… You are invited to share with us a cup of sacred cacao from Colombia. – Deep relaxation – Heart opening – Releasing stress and tension from body and mind. This is a great opportunity to get in touch with oneself and become more self-aware and grounded delighted with ... Read more
Toko Pa Turner wrote about the hunger we feel for connection in an age of screens and isolation: "The word ‘community’ is used often to describe the mashup of folks who have been thrown together by geography and milieu. But there is another version of the word which conjures an image of living in intimate ... Read more
Make a one-minute film, from storyboard to finished product in one day, using your smart phone or tablet. Then see it on the big screen at the Blues Shorts Festival. Come along with an idea that relates to "family" - however you see it! Andrew Gelao from KFM Media will be coaching you through the ... Read more
A celebration of Spring: a huge variety of flowering native plants for sale, guided walks in the Reserve, native bee talks, demonstrations of propagation by seed and cuttings, wood turned items, advice on Australian plants.
The Festival of Resilience recognises that Dharug and Gundungurra Traditional Owners have a continuous and deep connection to their Country and that this is of great cultural significance to Aboriginal people, both locally and in the region.
Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
The Festival of Resilience is a partnership between Resilient Blue Mountains and the Blue Mountains City Council.
Seed funding for the Festival of Resilience has been provided through the NSW State Government Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund.
