Urban Nature Stewards: Living cooler, greener and wilder for nature
Event description
Join us and become an Urban Nature Steward by learning how to support and care for nature at home, and across your urban environment.
Our cities and urban places have become important habitat for many of our Australian native species. There are things we can all do to live more harmoniously with local species and enrich our lives at the same time.
This five week course will connect you with people in your local area and communities, share environmental concepts and techniques that are relevant to our urban context, inspire and empower you with environmental knowledge, and motivate you to try new things and set goals with urban nature in mind.
Course topics include:
- Making wilder urban places
- Steps to being an urban nature steward
- Promoting urban biodiversity with local native species
- Cooling our urban spaces and why its important
- How plants and gardens can be used to cool your home
- Gardening for wildlife and for food
- Ways to get involved in community efforts
- How to plan your place or a community initiative
Course details:
When: Wednesday evenings
Duration: Five weeks (week 4 will be a field trip with details to be confirmed in Week 1)
Time: 6-8pm
Where: Trott Park Neighbourhood Centre
Cost: $25 per person
Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity
