Melbourne Water litter prevention toolkit

Melbourne Water have developed a litter prevention toolkit to spread the “Bin it or Bring it Home” message and prevent litter from entering our waterways. This toolkit incorporates insights from local councils, litter advocacy, community and animal welfare groups, highlighting the urgent need to understand how urban littering affects our waterways and the biodiversity that […]

Eltham Copper Butterfly – endangered species

The nationally endangered Eltham copper butterfly (ECB) is a small butterfly with bright copper colouring on the top of its wings, and an amazing story. Thought to be extinct in the 1950s, it was rediscovered in the 1980s and is totally dependent on a three-way relationship between the Notoncus ant and sweet bursaria plants to […]

Putting rakali on the map in Melbourne

This online map pulls together all rakali records for the greater Melbourne region sent to Atlas of Living Australia in the last 30 years. The map is a project of Dr Kylie Soanes and her team at the University of Melbourne. You can report a sighting of rakali via the Australian Platypus Conservancy website to contribute […]

Australian Platypus Conservancy website

The platypus is one of the world’s most remarkable animals. The Australian Platypus Conservancy is working hard to unlock some of the key scientific mysteries which still surround the species, and also conducts a wide range of conservation programs and environmental education initiatives. Check out their website for lots of useful information about platypus and rakali, report […]

Bush tucker plants

A bush tucker garden is a great way to embed cultural perspectives into a school and have discussions about the native plants that provide food, fibre and medicine. Nalderun’s list for central Victoria

DUMAWUL (Djaara) educational resources

DUMAWUL is the education arm of Djaara and is growing a wonderful bank of educational resources and activities. Access their evolving website to see what’s on offer, view or buy the beautiful seasonal calendar or sign up to their mailing list.

Yaram Yaram Bayikina (Bendigo Creek Reawakening)

Yaram Yaram Bayikina (Bendigo Creek Reawakening) is an exciting two-year project between March 2026-March 2028 with a vision to ‘change people’s hearts and minds to take united action, so that in a generation’s time Bendigo Creek will be a healthy, connected and nurturing place.’ Fifteen River Detectives schools in the Bendigo Creek catchment are playing […]

Culture Is Life website

The website’s education page has teaching resources developed by a collective of First Nations educators and young people to inspire educators to creatively embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, peoples and cultures in their classrooms. Guides include teachers notes to accompany popular media such as the Back To Nature and Australian Wars documentaries on […]

Sustainable Farms – enhancing dams resources

Dams are well-known features of farming landscapes. They are also valuable natural assets. ANU’s Sustainable Farms project works with farmers, land managers, NRM agencies, industry groups and Landcare towards a common goal: healthy farms, healthy farmers and healthy profits. They offer a range of great resources: a farm dam poster, life in a farm dam activity sheet, […]