CQU is a significant contributor to the second annual Ecoliving Expo, presented by Livingstone Shire Council and Greening Australia Queensland on Sunday, August 27, at Yeppoon Showgrounds.

CQU Associate Professor Ken Purnell is a key speaker, addressing 'Climate change & the implications for Natural Resource Management & Water resource management'.

CQU's Ben Kele ('Decentralised housing & sustainable water options', pictured above) is also on the speakers' forum program and Professor David Midmore ('Waste to Wealth and Wellbeing') is on the workshop program.

CQU's first-year engineering students will present their project on common and not-so-common sustainable and environmentally friendly energy generation methods, one of which will be wind generation.

Another Ecoliving Expo speaker, Jennifer Simpson (from USC, pictured below) will speak on 'Water Wisdom: Supply options for the future' and will deliver a presentation at CQU Rockhampton the following Monday.

Ms Simpson will present 'From waste-d-water to pure water', the same title of her self-published book, on Monday, August 28, from 11am to Noon at CQU Rockhampton, building 29 G.05. The presentation will also be videoconferenced to Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay and Queensland University of Technology.

Details about the Ecoliving Expo are available from Elizabeth Schroeder on 4923 7542 or via eschroeder@qld.greeningaustralia.org.au.