‘Kids… Make a Difference… in Your Backyard’... Join us at Landcare Day in the Gardens.
A call for organisations and schools to participate in Landcare Day in the Gardens.
Landcare Day in the Gardens 2010
‘Kids… Make a Difference… in Your Backyard’
Where: Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens, Tropical Sun Lawn
What: Landcare Day in the Gardens is to provide opportunities for everyone to showcase different ways individuals, young and old can conserve, protect and enhance our environment / world
This year’s theme ‘Kids… Make a Difference… in Your Backyard’ is to engage children (of all ages!) in fun, interesting activities on sustainability practises and environmental themes, and to showcase the amazing contributions school children already make to our environment. We hope these ideas will then be used by children and their families in their own backyards.
We would love to have you and your organisation join us at Landcare Day in the Gardens. We are asking organizations, schools and individuals to be involved by developing a display that showcases their own activities, and in addition provide activities/displays suited for engaging and inspiring children and their families to learn new ways of looking after the planet by making changes in their own homes... For example… Create an interactive or tactile display, run games or activities that children will enjoy being involved in that will have an environmental message.
Some activities already planned include… Water weed identification, Bird watching surveys, No dig gardening, Weaving cubbies, Sustainable Fishing game, The Water drop game, Backyard pets on show (puppies, kids and chickens), Composting workshops, Mini-beasts, Recycled Art and a Mini Movie Theatre showcasing Environmental DVDs.
For more information call 49527300 or 0409750453 or confirm your participation to Maya Harrison at the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens by August 13th
Email maya.harrison@mackay.qld.gov.au
Fax: 07 4952 7333
Contact: Maya Harrison
Phone: 49527300
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