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FARMERS AND COMMUNITIES WHO ARE BEATING SALINITY - INVITATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW MUSEUM PROJECT
Kylie Elston is an assistant curator with the New Museum Project at the Western Australian Museum and she is researching stories concerning the environment and agriculture in Western Australia. Her current focus is the future of agriculture in WA and how farmers and communities are addressing issues of sustainability. In particular, she is seeking examples of farmers and communities who have been particularly successful, determined or innovative in tackling salinity.
This information will inform content for the New Museum about how human activity has impacted on the environment and how decisions being made today will determine the future of our environment and natural resources. Kylie is also interested in how technology is changing how farmers approach sustainability and farm management.
If you are tackling salinity in your region and have information that can assist, please telephone Kylie Elston on 9212 3733 or email kylie.elston@museum.wa.gov.au
You can find out more about the New Museum Project at www.museum.wa.gov.au/new-museum
Celebrate WA’s amazing biodiversity through the camera lens.
Grab your camera to share in almost $25,000 of cash prizes! Enter our Chevron Focus Environment competition for your chance to win great prizes! Winning students and their schools will receive a cash prize. Students might also have their winning entry published in a special edition of The West Australian’s ED! Magazine on Tuesday, November 7.
How to Enter
Grab a camera, get outdoors and start photographing WA's biodiversity - it could be as simple as some spring wildflowers or a neighbourhood magpie! Include a short caption with your photo and submit it all online.
To enter, you must submit:
Kylie Elston is an assistant curator with the New Museum Project at the Western Australian Museum and she is researching stories concerning the environment and agriculture in Western Australia. Her current focus is the future of agriculture in WA and how farmers and communities are addressing issues of sustainability. In particular, she is seeking examples of farmers and communities who have been particularly successful, determined or innovative in tackling salinity.
This information will inform content for the New Museum about how human activity has impacted on the environment and how decisions being made today will determine the future of our environment and natural resources. Kylie is also interested in how technology is changing how farmers approach sustainability and farm management.
If you are tackling salinity in your region and have information that can assist, please telephone Kylie Elston on 9212 3733 or email kylie.elston@museum.wa.gov.au
You can find out more about the New Museum Project at www.museum.wa.gov.au/new-museum
Celebrate WA’s amazing biodiversity through the camera lens.
Grab your camera to share in almost $25,000 of cash prizes! Enter our Chevron Focus Environment competition for your chance to win great prizes! Winning students and their schools will receive a cash prize. Students might also have their winning entry published in a special edition of The West Australian’s ED! Magazine on Tuesday, November 7.
How to Enter
Grab a camera, get outdoors and start photographing WA's biodiversity - it could be as simple as some spring wildflowers or a neighbourhood magpie! Include a short caption with your photo and submit it all online.
To enter, you must submit:
- a photograph with a title that represents an aspect of the category in which it has been entered.
- a caption of 25 words or less places the photograph into the context of the category for which it has been entered.
- The photograph and caption are equally important.
It’s easy to enter! - < >: Find out about WA’s unique species, the threats they face and how people can help.< >: Grab a camera and spend some time developing your photography skills.< >: Get outside and capture the diversity of our state’s plants, animals and landscapes.< >: Compose a captivating caption that highlights the biodiversity story of your favourite photo.Focus on: WA’s native species.
- Focus on: WA’s habitats and ecosystems.
- Focus on: Sustainability in WA.
Prizes
Winners and their schools will share in almost $25,000 of cash prizes!
Prizes will be awarded for each category in the following age groups: Years K-2, 3-6, 7-10 and 11-12. In addition to being considered for these prizes, the Lyn Beazley Encouragement Award will be presented to up to five students with a disability or learning difficulty.
All finalists will go into the running to win the prestigious Harry Butler Award, presented to one outstanding entry every year that uses the medium of photography and words to raise environmental awareness and understanding.
A selection of the winning entries will be published in The West Australian on Tuesday November 7, 2017.
Competition Rules
Entries close Friday September 22. - Entry is FREE.
- Entry is open to primary and secondary students in WA schools.
- Entries must be submitted in the following subject categories to be valid:
- Focus on: WA’s native species.
- Focus on: WA’s habitats and ecosystems.
- Focus on: Sustainability in WA.
- Judges are unable to accept:
- Photos from outside Western Australia.
- Photos featuring plants or animals that are not native to Western Australia.
- Captions that are famous quotes or poems.
- More than two entries per category per person.
- Entries must be the student’s own original work.
- No joint entries will be accepted.
- Images included with your entry must be scanned as an image file, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif (PDFs cannot be accepted) and uploaded via this website. No alternate methods of entry will be accepted.
For Teachers
The Chevron Focus Environment competition is suitable for primary and secondary students, and links to the WA Curriculum: Science, Media Arts, English and HASS.
About Chevron Australia
Chevron Australia is proud to continue its support of the Chevron Focus Environment competition as a way of raising awareness among students about protecting and managing the environment.
For more information about Chevron Australia visit www.chevronaustralia.com.
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