Community Solutions

Clients

Community Solutions clients include large and small companies, government agencies and community groups. We have experience in a range of areas (see below) and also form collaborative teams to bring in particular expertise for our clients. In 2005 and 2006 we have worked with Nina Harding of Nina Harding Mediation Services: www.ninaharding.com and Colma Keating of Dinkum Results, Western Australia, and in teams led by SGS Economics & Planning P/L and by Tasmanian Land Conservancy.

Community Solutions undertakes projects for organisations working in the areas of the environment, women's and consumer/community issues. The partnership was established in 1993. Our client list over recent years shows the wide range of work undertaken in these areas for non-government and government clients. Community Solutions enjoys current membership of the Ethical Investment Association, Australasian Pacific Extension Network and Australian Women in Agriculture.

Recent Projects

2007 AND/OR ONGOING

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
Judy was a member of a project team led by Jackie Ohlin of Urbis JHD, which prepared a report on the barriers to and opportunities for increasing the participation of women and young people in agriculture, fisheries, forestry and natural resource management industry sectors and the organisations which represent those sectors. The project also entailed identifying a range of potential strategies for industry and government to support the improved participation of women and young people in food and fibre industries.

Humane Society International (Aust)
Preparation of National Heritage nominations for various natural areas.

Land & Water Australia
Since May 2006 Judy Lambert has been the national R&D Coordinator for the 'Defeating the Weed Menace' programme.

Nature Conservation Council of NSW
Community Solutions, with Jane Elix Consulting, has recently completed the facilitation of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment component of the Hotspots Fire Management pilot project.  Hotspots is assisting landholders and public land managers in managing fire both for the protection of life and property and to ensure healthy, productive landscapes in which biodiversity is protected and maintained.  Judy continues to work with the Hotspots team to assist in developing an ongoing program.  For details and photos about Hotspots follow this link HOTSPOTS

2006

Blue Circle Southern Cement, Berrima
Consultation and training, and community liaison (with Nina Harding Mediation Services) - ongoing since 2004; transferred to Jane Elix Consulting.

Blue Circle Southern Cement, Maldon
Community liaison and facilitation (with Nina Harding) - ongoing since 2004; transferred to Jane Elix Consulting.

Boral Asphalt
Consultation training and facilitation, and community liaison (with Nina Harding Mediation Services).

Cradle Coast NRM Committee
Facilitation of a national workshop defining the Ecological Character of Australian wetlands

Greening Australia
Facilitation of Exchange native vegetation knowledge service introduction and related conference workshop.

Humane Society International (Aust)
Preparation of National Heritage nominations for various natural areas.

Institute of Environmental Studies (UNSW)
Design and presentation of graduate short-course in Community Participation.

Land & Water Australia
Judy Lambert is the national R&D Coordinator for the 'Defeating the Weed Menace' programme.

Marrickville Council
Development and facilitation of a series of community meetings as part of the preparation of a new Urban Strategy for the area (in a consortium led by SGS Economics & Planning)

NSW Health
Development and delivery of training programs for newly established Area Health Advisory Councils (Jane Elix with Colma Keating, Dinkum Results)

University of New South Wales
Facilitation and mediation of agreement by student organisations on operating in a post-VSU environment (Jane Elix with Nina Harding)

WWF
Australia Facilitation of community-based environmental management planning for Roebuck Bay, WA.

The Salvation Army
In collaboration with Nina Harding Mediation Services, Jane conducted a very sensitive case-management of the relocation of retired Salvation Army Officers and their families from their retirement village to allow for upgrading works on the village.

Baulkham Hills Shire Council
Jane facilitated 'Community Planning and Community Outcomes' meetings, 2007.

2005

Boral Clay and Concrete
Consultation training and facilitation (with Nina Harding)

Department of Environment and Heritage
National Conservation Incentives Forum - workshop facilitation

RES-Southern Cross Wind Energy
Community Liaison and project advice

River Murray Catchment Water Management Board
Capacity Building Guide (with Lucy Sharman)

LEADR
Coaching (with Nina Harding)

University of Technology Sydney
Law lecture

Western Australian Department of Employment and Consumer Protection
Community Engagement Project (with Colma Keating, Dinkum Results)

2003-2004

Australian National University
Facilitation – Social Learning for Sustainability

Boral
Winter Environment Forum – facilitation

CSIRO
Ord-Bonaparte project – debrief facilitation

Greening Australia
Planning Facilitation

Land and Water Australia
Grassy Box Woodland Publication Workshop

Land and Water Australia
Valuing Biodiversity Workshop – Facilitation

Local Government Sustainability Workshop
Facilitation

Natural Heritage Trust funded project
Grassy Box Woodland – with a diversity of project partners including government agencies, a university and a Non-government environment organisation

Pfizer
Health Projects – facilitation

Pfizer/Schizophrenia Foundation
Best Practice Forum – facilitation

St John Ambulance
Review and consultations (with Nina Harding)

Total Environment Centr
Water Workshop – facilitation

WWF Australia

(a) Threatened Species Recovery Planning Forum – planning and facilitation

“We have worked with Community Solutions on a number of occasions over a ten year period. Jane and Judy's considerable experience in community-based conservation processes has enabled us to focus on the end point of each project in the knowledge that the path to that end point was in expert hands.” (Nicola Marcus PhD, Program Leader-Species, WWF Australia, 11 April 2005)

(b) Roebuck Bay (WA) Shorebird Values Mapping Project and follow up workshop – Values Mapping, see link for details.

“Over the past three years we have worked with Community Solutions to help us develop community based guidelines for the management and protection of Roebuck Bay. Having worked with CS elsewhere, we were confident they could assist us in this ambitious project that involved many divergent views, competing interests and a unique cultural diversity. There were two deciding factors in our choice of Community Solutions: they bring a willingness and flexibility to successfully engage Aboriginal people and processes, and their ability to enable people to develop their own solutions in the spirit of understanding and respect”. (Tanya Vernes, Program Officer, Integrated Landscape Management, WWF Australia, Jan 2007)

(c) EPBC Unit Review

University Of Technology Sydney
Coaching