Wollangarra Outdoor Education Centre
WOEC’s The Reengaging Young People in Conversation project strongly believes in reconnecting young people aged 14-22 with the environment. Their programs such as ‘Meeting the Mountains’, ‘Helping the Mountains’ and ‘Adopting the Mountains’ focus on conservation and offer the opportunity to get amongst the mountains, live simply and to see environmental issues as exciting challenges to the way we live, rather than negative threats to our future.
The Sapling School project is a hands-on environmental education program for children aged 3-5, their families and carers, and has been running since 2019. Delivered onsite at the Convent, the project invites children and families to connect with the natural world and actively care for their environment through a love of learning and sustainability. The sessions include singing, storytelling, gardening activities and the opportunity to experience nature, actively participate in organic gardening processes and learn about their environment through play.
Nature Foundation: Kids on Country
The Kids on Country 5 day ecology camp for five young Aboriginal people project is strongly focussed on building positive working relationships and partnerships with the Aboriginal community, through connecting young Aboriginal people to nature and Country. The project is designed to improve wellbeing, teach life skills, build self-esteem on country and spark further interest in nature science for Aboriginal young people aged 12-18.
South Gippsland Landcare
The pooper scooper project works towards raising awareness on how Dung Beetles can improve the quality of water flowing into Corner Inlet by reducing the amount of cattle dung entering the creeks and rivers on the west and northwest shores of the Inlet.
South Gippsland Landcare aim to educate the community, including farmers on the importance of Dung Beetles and how to release both winter and spring active Dung Beetle colonies on farms. Resources will be made available to the community and a field day held.
Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation
Broadening the reach and impact of a Kitchen Garden with a Rare Fruit Tree Orchard at the Adelaide Botanic Garden is a project that aims towards growing a new orchard for teaching and sensory experiences.
The orchard will display unusual and fascinating fruits not commonly cultivated in Adelaide or South Australia and will not only be a visual focal point within the Kitchen Garden, but a hub for lifelong learning and experiencing the exotic.
Break it down & the Community Food Table projects were founded in 2014 and successfully initiated a cycle-based food waste collection and recycling project that involved local secondary school VCAL students. The program continues to be maintained by students and 2021 will see the project incorporated into the Community Food Table project.
Students will focus on establishing a small fundraiser packaging and selling compost to the community for a minimal fee and a plant and seed swap table within the grounds of the Community Garden.
