Invite your mates to join Landcarer for a chance to win $500 for your landcare group or network. The New Year is around the corner, what better way to kick it off than with a little extra money for your organisation? The competition is simple. Comment on this story for every three people you have invited, writing their names and something fun or witty about them or landcare! It could be a funny story, or a bad environmental joke. Our judges will pick one comment as the winner. The more t...

Calling all Educators of science, sustainability and Junior Landcare! You're invited to join like-minded educators for a lively and engaging professional development forum on Junior Landcare, taking place on 23 November 2021 at 4pm AEDT.  We want to hear your thoughts on how we can improve the Junior Landcare Learning Centre. Landcare Educator, Sam Harrison, will host this professional conversation on Zoom. You will earn a PD Certificate for your participation.  ...

A common theme expressed by educators is that children often experience a disconnect between the food they eat and its origins.  Food production is very important to us here at Junior Landcare and to help children understand the origins of their food, we have developed two new ‘Grow Your Own’ learning activities, which have just been uploaded in the Learning Centre. First, we developed a ‘Create Your Own Chips’ activity sequence (because what kid doesn’t like chips!?!).  This series of act...

With Spring Springing in the temperate parts of Australia it’s time to celebrate the season! Pollinator Week 2021 is 13-21 November. On October 19 educators joined Sam Harrison, a Labcoat Learning Educator and Landcare Facilitator, in a professional development webinar.  They delved into the wonderful world of plant pollination and learned how it takes place - some of it was very supprising! There were even live bees and butterflies on display! Discover the pollinator activities in the Jun...