Water for Wildlife
We are excited to launch our new Junior Landcare Learning Centre early next year with a library of learning activities to help inspire Junior Landcarers to be active empowered and aware.
Here is a sneak peek at an activity that will help wildlife in times of extreme heat.
Adelaide seniors and unemployed volunteers tackling toxic weeds at Taperoo beach
Adelaide seniors and unemployed volunteers tackling toxic weeds at Taperoo beach clean-up crew set to represent state on national stage
Primary school with just 10 students saving critically endangered Blue Mountains flower
Alarmed by the critically endangered status of the Megalong Valley bottlebrush, a flower only found within a 10 kilometre range of their school, the students at Megalong Valley Public School have taken it upon themselves to protect the native species.
Meet Mary! Junior Landcare’s Education Program Manager
Mary joins the Landcare Australia team as the Junior Landcare’s Education Program Manager
World Soil Day 2019 – Stop Soil Erosion, Save our Future
World Soil Day on December 5 this year focuses on Stop Soil Erosion, Save our Future.
Curious Kids: how do ripples form?
The workshop was designed to help families negotiate succession for their farms and other rural family businesses Fifty-three people from 36 families attended a one-day workshop in the North West NSW town of Walgett where they were given insights and practical skills about succession planning for their farms and other rural family businesses. The North […]
Innovations in Soil Health
Developments in microbial technology have become increasingly significant in sustainable land management. And an innovative business out of NSW’s Mid North Coast is focusing on cutting edge research driving best agriculture practice across the industry.
Traditional Owners Caring for Country
The founding of the Oak Valley Rangers in October 2018 holds acute significance for all the people of Oak Valley community and Maralinga Tjarutja who always had a vision of Traditional Owners employed to manage the land that has always belonged to them.
Dung Beetle vs Climate Change
As the industry struggles with the increasing pressure and ramifications agricultural practices have on climate change, one Manjimup farmer is turning to the winter-active exotic dung beetle, Bubas bison, to help implement a carbon positive approach.
Free webinar to help find the right digital tools for your group
Have you ever looked into digital tools to help your group’s work only to be completely confused by everything on offer? Do you struggle to keep up to date with the technology you’re already using – and sometimes wonder why you’re even using it? Sometimes it can feel pretty challenging trying to cut through the […]
Looking to the future of agri practices
Wynyard producer Michael Nichols cultivates quite the diverse crop. Based in Sister’s Creek, nearly 200kms northwest of Launceston, Redbank Farm rotates potatoes, onions, carrots, processing peas, buckwheat, pyrethrum, poppies, mustard, wheat, canola, beef steers and plantation radiate pine saw logs. And to keep atop of his crops, he employs a mixture of state-of-the-art agri practices […]
Restoring biodiversity within the vineyards
In 2014, McLaren Vale viticulture industry faced a confronting reality. Over 7000hectares of the Willunga Basin was under vine with a mere 6 per cent of native vegetation remaining. While exotic plants such as roses, almonds and olives thrive in the fertile soil, their abundance has seen creeks choked, native plants suffocated, and indigenous fauna forage elsewhere. […]