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Environmental News
'L4Y Forum' Newsletter 2010 Term 2
What are you doing to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity? Are you doing tonnes of stuff for Tunza month? Are you pondering actions for World Environment Day for Many Species on One Planet for One future? Are you doing something in the minutes in between or living in the moment, perhaps all of the above.
Here's a few ideas to get your biodiversity bursting forth!
L4Y Forum Newsletter 2009 Term4
Support for Environmental Education Programs is
being offered through the LANDCARE FOR YOUTH PROGRAM facilitated by
Trees In
Newcastle(TIN) and supported by Lake Macquarie Landcare Inc and Lake
Macquarie
City Council. This newsletter The L4Y forum will be coming out
several
times a year to provide some ideas and resources for your Learning for
Sustainability journey.
Landcare For Youth -L4Y
This year Landcare For Youth (L4Y) funding was granted to the Lake Macquarie Landcare Network by the Environmental Trust. Trees In Newcastle is delivering the three year project targeting all ages of youth from preschool to University to become more involved in on-ground projects and developing a youth based network across the city.
Are you involved in a youth based group that would like some support to develop and implement an on-ground project? Do you have some youth that would like to take a leadership role in their school or community? Contact TIN for a chat so we can lend a hand, it doesn't cost the earth and it may well save the planet.
Beautiful Birthday Banners abound
Thanks to an Australia Post- Landcare Asutralia grant TIN now has some beautiful Banners to let everyone know where we are
AABR in the Hunter
Several months ago (March 2008) a meeting was held by a group of local bush regenerators to formally discuss how they might act to resolve a list of issues common throughout the bush regeneration industry. Issues such as the urgent need for more resources in ecological restoration, retention of skilled people in the workplace, pay & conditions, competency standards and training were high on the list.
It was agreed that an independent organisation
Annual General Meeting Agenda
It's that time of year when some constitutional changes are put forward and a new Committee is up for election. The Agenda is available to inform and inspire your TIN participation in the democratic process