Junior Landcarers tell their StoryThe Our Land: Our Future project involved school students from five primary schools in South East Queensland who have learnt about their local environment through junior landcare activities and implemented environmental initiatives within their own school grounds and the wider community.
PlaceStories allowed the children to document their interaction with the environment and communicate their experience with a wider audience.
Justin Ward, Landcare Queensland Project Coordinator said, “The children thoroughly enjoyed the process of making these PlaceStories and learnt a lot about local environmental issues in the process. The Our Land Our Future PlaceStories offer real hope for the future of our precious natural resources as they reflect the passion and enthusiasm of today’s young people in caring for their environment.”
“The Our Land: Our Future, project has been made possible with the support of a Natural Resource Awareness Grant from the Department of Environment and Resource Management. These grants concentrate on raising awareness about natural resource management issues and communicating the successful land management initiatives that are taking place across Queensland”.
“Web-based PlaceStories has provided the perfect platform for the students to share their story and hopefully inspire other children to become involved in protecting our natural assets, shaping a future generation of landcarers”.