Campaigns
Landcare Week 2011
The Landcare Week campaign is held during the first full week of September each year. In 2011 the dates were Monday September 5th to Sunday September 11th.
In 2012, the campaign date is Monday September 3rd to Sunday September 9th.
Landcare Week is the annual awareness raising activity of the Landcare movement. The purpose of the campaign is to assist groups around Australia build resilience, create awareness in their community and encourage participation.
These groups are varied in nature and many do not include Landcare in their name but are still captured under the Landcare banner due to them being individuals or groups of volunteers who tackle environmental issues at a local level. Thus Landcare and Coastcare also include many farmers embracing sustainable farm management, ‘friends of’ groups as well as Bushcare, Rivercare, Coastcare, Junior Landcare and many other voluntary environmental organisations.
The Landcare movement need volunteers to help with a variety of activities including weeding, tree planting, revegation projects, building nest boxes for habitat, litter removal, building walkways, fauna and flora surveys, photography, web site support, writing newsletters, assistance with applications for funding and much more.
Landcare Australia provide groups with a Landcare Week Event Kit to help them promote their local environmental projects and encourage people in their community to volunteer and get invovled.
Landcare Australia promote the group activities and encourage people to volunteer with advertising, promotions and media campaign.
Groups are encouraged to register their events and seek media opportunities including sharing their Landcare story using social media.
Groups can email their events to: events@landcareaustralia.com.au to be posted on our website. (Please give as much notice as possible to avoid missing out on these postings)
More information about the 2012 Landcare Week campaign will be announced soon.
Yates Junior Landcare Watermelon Challenge
The 2011 Yates Junior Landcare Watermelon Challenge is under way! Kids across the country have planted their watermelon seeds and are all trying their hardest to grow Australia’s heaviest watermelon. The competition is open to individuals, families, schools and youth groups, and offers kids a fun and exciting way to learn about the environment, how plants grow and where food comes from. Please visit www.juniorlandcarechallenge.com.au for more information.
