Participants in a unique weed mask-making workshop learnt about invasive weeds as part of the Lorne Sculpture Festival. Organiser of the workshop and artist Ange Leech said the unique activity encouraged participants to engage in coastal conservation through creativity. “This creative workshop encourages community awareness about weed removal, and it’s a fun way to offer an [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Embracing the art in coastal conservation
Posted in Art and sculpture, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Environment, Environmental Education, GORCC, Indigenous plants, Uncategorized, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged community, conservation, education, environment, environmental weeds, flora, healthy coast, Lorne, weeds on October 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Community Conservation Network forges ahead
Posted in Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Community, Community, Environment, GORCC, Indigenous plants, Managing the coast, Uncategorized, Volunteers, Weeds and native vegetation, tagged biodiversity, coast, collaboration, communication and engagement, community, connections, conservation, education, environment, environmental weeds, healthy coast, projects, protecting the coast, volunteers, weeds on October 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Have you heard of the Otway Community Conservation Network (OCCN)? We have blogged about the group before, just after it formed (check out the previous blog here). Below is a video introducing the OCCN: The group has been moving ahead in leaps and bounds since they first came on the scene, working to reduce the [...]
Look out for wonderful wildlife
Posted in Coast, Coastal biodiversity, Fauna, GORCC, Uncategorized, tagged fauna, GORCC, Great Ocean Road Coast Committee, Jirralinga, native wildlife, protecting the coast, Surf Coast, volunteers on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Surf Coast community is being urged to be take simple steps to protect native wildlife and to know what do when they come across an injured, sick or orphaned animal. Native animals can be injured, orphaned or killed as a result of human activities or natural disasters and around 7,000 native animals are treated [...]
