Sustainability Week: Supporting Nature in the Urban Jungle

Many biodiversity and conservation efforts are focused on areas of land that still hold tracts of native species; but what about the native species that live among those of us who rent or live in apartments and dorms?

This workshop presents realistic strategies and methods for engaging with conservation work with native species in urban spaces.

Join the Nature-Based Resilience and Nature-Based Climate Solutions research cluster at the Melbourne Biodiversity Institute, to learn about and strategise all the ways you can most strategically engage with native species conservation and nature-based resilience in the city. Whether it be Landcare, community gardens, engaging in land return to First Nations people, or learning which species would benefit from particular plants or structures on your balcony – we all have a part to play in connecting with Country on Country’s terms. Come with a mission and leave with a plan.

Participating in Green Impact? Complete these toolkit actions by attending (teams/individuals):

• Sustainability Week 2025: You have attended an event as part of Sustainability Week (30 points!)

• UOM080/UOM-I48: Familiarise yourself with common urban biodiversity myths presented in the Playbook for Urban Biodiversity.

• Explore the actions under the 'Biodiversity' theme filter

• UOM016/UOM-I08: You have attended an event run by the Sustainability Team

• UOM011 & S019/UOM-I02 & UOM-I03: You have shared your involvement in Sustainability Week via social media and/or interacted with one of the Sustainability Delivery Team's communication channels

• UOM018/UOM-I07: You have written an article for the Green Impact newsletter based on your participation in Sustainability Week.