
November 2007	National Research Flagship	Water for a Healthy Country

The MDBC International River Health Conference

Over 1,000 students and teachers from across Australia gathered in the Nation's capital in October for the 2007 MDBC International River Health Conference, and the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship joined in to inspire our next generation of environmental leaders. Based on the kids-teaching-kids concept, the conference is one of a very successful series of similar events run by Aaron Wood, the 2007 Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year Award winner, aimed at providing hands on, student-centred learning to bring about a cultural change in the way we perceive our natural environment and the industries they support. The Flagship staff ran a two-day activity day around Canberra's Lake Ginninderra with staff from the University of Canberra. Students made short films with a sustainability message, constructed mini-catchments, and threw tennis balls at each other (to mimic rainfall) all in the name of fun and science.

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Message from the Director

Novel new membrane could cut CO₂ emissions and purify water

MDB water assessment project in final stages

$50M Research Alliance tackles urban water sustainability

Tracking how groundwater goes with the flow

Research into water impacts on plantations leads to world-first policy change

Planning landscapes of the future

Economic assessment of acquiring water for environmental flows in the Murray Basin

Eastern Australian drought connected with El Nino

WA team makes a big splash in groundwater management

It's so good it's been bottled

Monitoring leaky landscapes

Thinking Water and Climate: Hydrological Consequences of Climate Change

What's in Our Water: The significance of trace organic compounds

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