Sharing mentions of the Festival of Resilience in the media.
Published in the Blue Mountains Gazette 21 September 2022: By Damien Madigan One of the silver linings of coming through difficult times has been Blue Mountains residents and businesses helping each other and building local connections. As a researcher in community resilience, Blue Mountains Councillor Sarah Redshaw is familiar with the importance of knowing our … Read more
Published on the Blue Mountains Gazette online 12 September 2022: The ardent environmental efforts of Mt Irvine’s Allen Hyde are being lauded in a new book by a former Sydney Morning Herald journalist. Allen Hyde, 74, has founded the Rainforest Conservancy with a small grant from Blue Mountains Council and is restoring rainforest in the … Read more
Published in the Blue Mountains Gazette 14 September 2022: HOW do I start a community garden? Is zero waste really possible? How would we manage if our roads were cut off by natural disaster? What could a wellbeing economy look like in the Blue Mountains? These are some of questions that will be explored at the … Read more
Published in the Blue Mountains Gazette 7 September 2022: It has been a tough few years for everyone. Fires, floods and lockdowns. The Festival of Resilience team are drawing on a strong and vibrant community to hold a five-week festival of headline and crowdsourced events celebrating the resilience and spirit of the people of the Blue … Read more
Published on the Blue Mountains Gazette online 18 August 2022: Dedicated Blue Mountains locals are making a little bit of money go a long way in the name of community resilience. Bachelor of Anthropology student, Tina Marie Sheil is one Mountains resident donating thousands of hours of professional skills to develop a new community-led festival … Read more
The Festival of Resilience recognises that Dharug and Gundungurra Traditional Owners have a continuous and deep connection to their Country and that this is of great cultural significance to Aboriginal people, both locally and in the region.
Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
The Festival of Resilience is a partnership between Resilient Blue Mountains and the Blue Mountains City Council.
Seed funding for the Festival of Resilience has been provided through the NSW State Government Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund.
