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On August 16 in the cinema at Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU, the Australian Conservation Foundation Canberra Community Group in partnership with the Conservation Council ACT Region, will host a seminar on the experience of First Nations people and environmental justice.
For more than forty-thousand years, First Nations people have lived on and cared for this land sustainably. Now, as we face irreversible environmental damage, an extinction crisis and the consequences of climate change, it is vital that we listen to the experiences of the traditional owners.
First Nations people are the traditional and long-standing custodians of the land we live on, yet they are disproportionately affected by the detrimental environmental effects of 200 years of colonisation.
We need to stand with First Nations people fighting for environmental justice and listen to their knowledge so that we can learn to live more sustainably and care for our local environment.
Register now to hear from Dr Virginia Marshall (Wiradjuri woman, AuSI Advisory Board member and Research Associate, Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance and the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society), Dhani Gilbert (Wiradjuri woman, activist for climate and indigenous rights, and student of Biodiversity at ANU) and Richie Allan (Ngunnawal Kamilaroi custodian and Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation (TOAC) Cultural Director), on their experiences as First Nations people and how this relates to the fight for environmental justice.
Tickets are limited and you can register here.
For more information, visit the Conservation Council ACT Region event page.