In June, the Small Creek team was delighted to win the Award of Excellence in the Land Management category at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Queensland Awards.
Read the jury citation and more here.
Read moreReflections on RISE
Muanivatu settlement, Suva, Fiji. Image: RISE.
RISE - A New Challenge
Recently, Amalie joined an international team working on an action-research program at the intersections of health, environment, and water and sanitation.
Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environment (RISE) is trialling a new water sensitive approach to water and sanitation management in 24 informal settlements across Makassar, Indonesia and Suva, Fiji.
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Read moreOur Friend Jack Made a Film...
Jack Mullaly, self-proclaimed Crazed Founder of Ideanthro, was commissioned by the Water by Design team at Healthy Land and Water to make a short film about our community co-design process for Small Creek.
Filmed on a glorious Queensland winter afternoon, during a tour organised by the River Basin Management Society, it shows the water running through riffles and meanders into large wetlands, planting starting to establish, and community infrastructure including a new cycle connection.
Read moreMy Favourite Acronym
A happy, but very stunned mullet, sharing the moment with Shaun Walsh, my old friend and now fellow Fellow (and AILA National President) and David Uhlmann (AILA Queensland President).
Earlier this year I received the completely unexpected honour of being named a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. So yes, I am now officially a FAILA!
Read moreSharing Small Creek
2017 International Festival of Landscape Architecture, Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney
It's always a pleasure to share our Small Creek journey.
Last week, Amalie delivered a keynote presentation at the Stormwater Queensland conference, and then spoke at the International Festival of Landscape Architecture in Sydney.
Thanks to AILA at SWQ for inviting me!
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