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This presentation outlines a step-by-step approach to establishing a bush care group and how support can be harnessed through the power of Landcare. It will highlight the benefits of rehabilitation projects, engaging local government and corporations to support and sponsor urban bush care work, the need for environmental funding as well as challenges that need to be overcome, such as gaining trust and credibility, ensuring goals are met, and budgeting and evaluation
The ACT’s urban Landcare community is rich, with over 70 community-led groups, several government agencies, and over 6000 volunteers. Landcare ACT and the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment ACT have been working on ways to raise awareness among the broader community regarding the huge variety of urban Landcare work in Canberra and to highlight the various benefits of Landcare both to individuals and society as a whole. Through a range of case studies from Landcare ACT and members, speakers Karissa Preuss, Maxine Cooper, and Miranda Gardner showcase the range of opportunities and benefits of Landcare in an urban setting — including financial, ecological, health and wellbeing, knowledge and skills, and disaster resilience/recovery. They go on to examine the model that has evolved for Landcare in the ACT to make this possible, one which relies on multi-sector partnerships to enable government and community to work together. Presenter: Karissa Preuss, Miranda Gardner, Dr Maxine Cooper Powerpoint slides: Health, Wealth and Resilience - Benefits of Urban Landcare from the ACT Experience
An article in the Biophilic Cities Journal introduces a new (guiding) rule for urban greening: the 3-30-300 rule. The article makes for interesting reading - you can find it in the Urban Landcare Library - and it's already being discussed by NSW local governments. Do you think the 3-30-300 rule is workable in Australia's urban areas? What role could urban Landcare play in helping to implement the 3-30-300 rule?"
The Greater Sydney Landcare Streamwatch program is working to overcome patchy water-quality monitoring by empowering communities from the ground up
The Fairfax Landcare Community Group Award celebrates an outstanding community group that is working towards sustainable land use or is undertaking on-ground action to protect, enhance or restore an area on behalf of the community
Driven by a mission to promote a more sustainable approach to land management, Landcare is a nationwide coalition of community groups supporting hundreds of environmental projects across Australia. Both rural and urban, its Landcare, Junior Landcare, and Coastcare volunteer groups and programs provide benefits beyond the environmental, serving as a valuable source of community cohesion and connection and physical and mental wellbeing