Thousands of Victorian students at over 200 schools and youth organisations from Altona to Yackandandah, will be getting ‘hands on’ with inventive projects that help to educate children about sustainability within their local environment.
Members of the Gregory River Landcare Group in Queensland arrived at the Gregory River to set up camp then headed to Burketown to discuss with students at the Burketown State School the importance of Landcare management and outdoor activities.
Tony’s Junior Landcare is a village of home schooling families with a common goal to learn about nature through exploration.
Connecting young people with the fauna and flora in their region is the focus of a junior Landcare event.
Bush tucker gardens, nature trails, nest boxes, and an arboretum are just some of the exciting Junior Landcare projects currently underway in New South Wales and Western Australia.
Creating simple play opportunities in the natural environment is the basis of nature play. This concept goes hand-in-hand with what Junior Landcare is all about: enabling and encouraging children to care for their environment through outdoor learning.