Junior Landcare
Junior Landcare is about encouraging young people to actively play a role in ensuring the safe future of our environment. Landcare activities can be easily integrated into a range of topics within your school or be a part of other youth group activities.
On this page, you can find out how your school can particiapte in Junior Landcare, and find resources that can be used in the classroom or community group.
What is Landcare, and how can my school participate?
Landcare is the activity that groups of people do to care for our land and water. Some groups are on farms, some in schools, in cities or care for beaches. Landcare includes a wide variety of activities, depending on the local environment and problem and what the local group wants to do about them.
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Junior Landcare Grants Program
Schools, organizations involving children or youth, and local landcare groups are eligible to apply for grants of up to $1000 dollars.
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Landcare Puppet Shows
The Hunter Region Landcare Network presents its hugely popular and entertaining Puppet Show which can be hired for your community event, or you wish to create your own show
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How to make a Frog Pond
This Fact File will help you create conditions to encourage local frogs to visit and thrive. Once you’ve built the pond, just sit back and wait for the locals to hop by and croak ‘thanks’! This is a great project for children to do in their very own backyard.
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The Water Watcher is a newsletter of Hunter-Central Rivers Waterwatch and is produced and distributed to subscribers quarterly. Previous versions of the newsletter are available online. The program encourages community projects and provides support and activities for community groups, including schools [find out more]
