Canberra Green Drinks
This listing was last updated by the Canberra organiser on: 2024-02-18
Green Drinks Canberra is a monthly event for socialising and professional networking, created for those interested in environmental sustainability and eco-efficiency.
Green Drinks is your must-attend monthly hub for meeting other people doing important things, and learning about other events happening around Canberra.
Above: photo of Edwina Robinson speaking at June 2018 Green Drinks Canberra event
Date rule: the second Tuesday of each month.
Venue: King O’Malley’s Irish Pub, 131 City Walk, Canberra (meet at the long tables in The Arcade: look for signs with the Green Drinks Canberra logo)
RSVP: Not required, but handy as a memory-jogger. [Use our Eventbrite listings to RSVP].
Cost: Free entry, pay for own drinks.
Start time: 5:30 pm until whenever. Arrive at a time that suits you.
Sixty Second Soapbox: At 6:00 pm, we pause the room's freeform conversations for the Sixty Second Soapbox. Each person, if they choose, will have the opportunity to speak for up to 60 seconds (mercilessly enforced!) This is a great way to share information about upcoming events, to find collaborators for projects, or to share interesting news.
Guest talks: Each Green Drinks Canberra event features a guest speaking about their field of expertise. This talk begins shortly after 6:00 pm, and lasts approximately 10 minutes, with time for audience Q&A afterwards.
Mailing list: Join our monthly email newsletter. (We promise we will not spam you).
This is an event for environmentally-minded Canberrans who meet for a monthly drink. An excellent way to:
• meet like-minded people
• make friends and contacts
• learn about interesting projects / organisations from around the Canberra area
• discuss and collaborate on projects
• stumble upon 'eureka' moments
Essentially, the aim is to be a social think-tank with the environment as the common denominator. Green Drinks are agenda-free and non-politically aligned (read more). Individuals from businesses, not-for-profits, government, academia, and community groups welcome, as well as those with personal projects!
Primary contact channel is via our email mailing list. Be sure to join it! We are also on Facebook and Eventbrite.
To contact the organiser with a question/request not covered by this page, email greendrinkscanberra@gmail.com (inbox checked only once per month).
Future events:
- Tuesday 12 March 2024 - Eventbrite - Facebook - Daria Teodorowych ('better building practices')
Past events:
- 8 November 2022 - 30 attendees - first Green Drinks Canberra in three years, following a bushfire and COVID-19 gap
- 10 December 2019 - 30 attendees - guest talk: Andrew Glikson ('beyond climate tipping points')
- 12 November 2019 - 15 attendees - guest talk: Will Raymont (home energy efficiency adviser)
- 8 October 2019 - 25 attendees - guest talk: Steve Lade (ANU Fenner School, discussing resilience)
- 10 September 2019 - 25 attendees - guest talk: George Wilson (honorary professor, ANU Fenner School, discussing kangaroo population management)
- 13 August 2019 - 10 attendees - guest talk: Ralph Ogden (Program Manager - ACT Healthy Waterways)
- 9 July 2019 - 35 attendees - guest talk: David Alexander (ACT Government, discussing ACT’s transition to net zero emissions)
- 11 June 2019 - 15 attendees - no guest talk due to illness of speaker
- 14 May 2019 - 20 attendees - guest talk: Shannon Panuska (CIT Environmental Monitoring and Technology student)
- 9 April 2019 - 25 attendees - guest talk: Ida Kubiszewski (Associate Professor - Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU)
- 12 March 2019 - 20 attendees - guest talk: Tommy Cheesman (CEO - Future Superfoods, discussing crickets and other edible insects)
- 11 December 2018 - 20 attendees - guest talk: Catherine Ross (ANU Fenner School PhD student, discussing bettongs as ‘ecosystem engineers’)
- 13 November 2018 - 15 attendees - guest talk: Catherine Keirnan (ACT Government, discussing Canberra's Living Infrastructure Plan)
- 9 October 2018 - 35 attendees - guest talk: Hal Judge (ACT Greens, Canberra: Sharing City)
- 11 September 2018 - 20 attendees - guest talk: Matthew Armstong (puppeteer, talking about "Real Big Malcolm" and "Real Big Tony" political street puppets)
- 14 August 2018 - 25 attendees - guest talk: Catherine Townsend (ACT Government architect)
- 10 July 2018 - 20 attendees - guest talk: Lily Dempster (founder of The Neighbourhood Effect, talking about behaviour change)
- 12 June 2018 - 35 attendees - guest talk: Edwina Robinson (Executive Officer of SEE-Change, talking about cohousing)
- 8 May 2018 - 12 attendees - guest talk: Stuart McMillen (cartoonist, discussing communicating environmental ideas with comics)
- 10 April 2018 - 12 attendees
- 13 March 2018 - 15 attendees - guest talk: Dave Burnet (ACT Manager, Ozharvest)
- 13 February 2018 - 10 attendees - guest talk: Antonio Mozqueira (Manager of Climate Change Policy, ACT Government)
- 12 December 2017 - 15 attendees - guest talk: Maria Filardo (architect)
- 14 November 2017 - 20 attendees - guest talk: John Blackburn (defence and national security systems consultant, climate change focus)
- 10 October 2017- 20 attendees - guest talk: Summer Edwards (sustainable fashion expert, Tortoise & Lady Grey)
- 12 September 2017 - 15 attendees - guest talk: Emily Campbell (engineer, ANU Fifty/50)
- 8 August 2017 - 20 attendees - guest talk: Loren Howell (Yangoora Close, speaking about plastic-free living)
- 11 July 2017 - 16 attendees - guest talk: Kevin Dodds (General Manager, Research: ANLEC R&D)
- To see earlier dates, check archive.org's snapshots.
Green Drinks Canberra: Inclusive. Informal. Freeform. Friendly. Monthly. Networking.