The Gap Sustainability Initiative

While our July event had to be cancelled due to COVID the committee of The Gap Sustainability Initiative (TGSI) used the time to reach out to relevant agencies and networks. This included The Brisbane Sustainability Agency. We discussed our three projects and explored options of working together. One idea was whether the Brisbane Carbon Challenge could be rolled out with The Gap as the first suburb-wide implementation site. We also discussed whether the Oxley Creek transformation master plan could provide a blueprint for the necessary steps to bring Enoggera and Fish Creeks back to full health.

Our team also supported the big SOWN and Habitat Yooralla Street Bushcare Group planting event. It was amazing to see so many people come and help, with 3000 plants finding a new home. We will also support the next planting event by Men of The Trees at Paten Park on the 30th of July.

We are also meeting with representatives of the local schools to understand their current efforts in environmental and sustainability and explore how the community could assist them to become leading agents of change.

We are supporting citizen science projects including the Platy Project by the University of NSW in collaboration with ACF, which collects Platypus sightings; and the University of Queensland’s Native Bee Citizen Science Project, which studies the behaviours of native bees and encourage everyone to participate.

Our next community forum will be on 16th August 7.30 pm at Taylor Range Club. Mr Stephen Porter AO will be our guest speaker and explain how Marist College Ashgrove planned and implemented an extensive water and energy saving project, and the outcomes those investments are generating today.

The subsequent project working group event will be on the 20th of September, and we encourage teams to meet in between the bimonthly workshops to move their project agenda along.

Community Christmas Tree Keeps on Giving

In 2020,The Gap She Shed’s Crochet Group crafted a Christmas Tree from over a thousand multi-coloured Granny Squares. It welcomed visitors to the Annual Christmas Markets in 2020 and 2021 and was also on display at the Gap Village Shopping Centre and the The Gap Football Club.

The original concept for the tree was to display it then unpick and use the squares to make blankets for those in need. In 2022, it is being transformed and the blankets are being donated to Emmanuel City Mission, a sanctuary for the homeless and vulnerable of Brisbane. The Gap She Shed’s Crochet Group meets every Wednesday 10-12 at the Scout Den, 76 Riaweena Street, The Gap. New members and beginners

The original 2020 Christmas Tree The Gap She Shed Crochet crafters Margie Crowley,

Jeanette Seils, Maureen Bowtell and Christine Wilson are always welcome.

Wool donations are welcome. In the past, donations have been used towards crochet buntings and large poppy installations for The Gap RSL sub-branch, ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day ceremonies.

The Gap She Shed is a social group of women which provides a platform for friendship, company, learning, skill and creativity. Full details of upcoming events and membership can be found on our Facebook page and on our website. Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/thegapsheshed Website: https:// thegapsheshed.wixsite.com/home