One of the longest-running Junior Landcare groups in the country, Wooragee Junior Landcare in Victoria started at the same time that Wooragee Landcare was formed more than 30 years ago – by people who were passionate about children and the environment.
Fourteen-year-old Django Westmoreland from Goolwa, South Australia, loves the natural world, especially birds and their environments.
Since 2018, the creek running along the edge of St Michael’s Lutheran Primary School at Hahndorf has been transformed into a thriving ecosystem thanks to students stomping weeds, picking up rubbish and restoring native plants along its banks.
Landcare Australia and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning are partnering for a fourth year for the 2021 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants.