With Australia’s changing climate we need to adapt to our altering conditions. This is challenging but also possible for humans through behaviour change and infrastructure change (too advanced?) but not quite so easy for our precious wildlife. While water is considered renewable as it functions as part of a water cycle, changing conditions make our water supply vulnerable.
We’re going to investigate insects! Explore your outdoor surroundings to see if your habitat is home to bees and other beneficial insects. Use the field guide to help you get the buzz on bees and other local insects.
We’re going to identify animals in their habitats by exploring either your backyard, schoolyard, a local park or some other natural place. Investigate your surroundings to see which animals are sharing the local habitat with you. Use the field guide to help you identify animals in your community.
The Woolworths Junior Landcare Grants program launched in 2018 and has already engaged more than 400,000 students and supported over 4,900 primary schools and early learning centres to help get children hands-on with caring for the natural environment. Woolworths also supports the Junior Landcare Learning Centre to help educators across the country run Junior Landcare projects that link with curriculum and framework outcomes.
During summer, temperatures of 35-40 degree are not uncommon in Lorn, NSW. The extreme summer temperatures would affect the plants in the school garden, causing them to dehydrate and die, especially on weekends or during school holidays when regular watering was unavailable.
Not content with seeing their beautiful garden being destroyed, the school set about solving their watering issues by creating an aquaponics sensory garden, using a Junior Landcare grant from the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC).