Dung beetle breeding brings schools together
The Dung Beetle Project, which has seen the schools establish a dung beetle breeding centre, has been funded by $15,000 from Landcare Tasmania and donations through the JM Roberts Charitable Trust.
Vote for your favourite Junior Landcare group and win!
This year, seven Junior Landcare groups are being recognised for their amazing contribution towards raising awareness of Landcare and implementing Landcare practices within their community.
Meet the mighty dung beetle
They may be small and have a penchant for poo, but the dung beetle is one of nature’s greatest recyclers.
Hunter Valley schools get on track with Landcare projects
The ARTC grants program invited Hunter Valley and regional New South Wales schools neighbouring the freight rail network to pitch their environmental ideas for funding. ARTC recently announced a total of nearly $30,000 worth of funding would be provided to deliver the exciting school projects and promote safe rail behaviours.
Primary school students participate in large scale project to restore threatened ecological communities
After learning about the environment and importance of conservation in a classroom setting and on campus, 42 Year 6 students from Douglas Park Public School accompanied by three teachers, took their understanding to the next level by participating in a planting day organised by Landcare Australia and South32 Illawarra Metallurgical Coal.
Bitou bush swarmed by students from Shearwater School
Like a cloud of grasshoppers, a group of 50 students from year 9, Shearwater School, swarmed into the last patch of bitou bush, at the Byron Shire Chemical Free Landcare (BSCFL) site, at the south end of New Brighton Beach in NSW.