Holdfast Bay Sustainable Living Guide | Join an Environmental Volunteer Group

Council Projects

Interpretive Indigenous Garden

Council in conjunction with LifeLinks, is developing an Interpretive Indigenous Garden that displays local plants and provides information on how residents can incorporate the ... more »

Environmental Volunteer Program

In the early 1990’s a small of group of coastal residents began restoring the coast line through revegetation and weed control. The dedicated group became known as the Holdfas ... more »

WaterWise Communities

From Friday the 15th of January 2010 Holdfast Bay residents, businesses, schools, churches, sporting and recreational facilities will be able to register for ‘WaterWise Commun ... more »

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Join an Environmental Volunteer Group

Community groups are planting seedlings,revegetating, weeding and restoring ecosystems across the country. Find a group and join in!

Since European settlement the Australian landscape has undergone significant change as a result of land clearance and other forms of degradation. Such disturbances are still happening today and even though we have designated protected areas, these continue to be subject to range of environmental issues such as erosion, weed invasion, and salinity.

A membership and involvement in a not-for-profit environmental volunteer group will help fund and support both the planting of local seedlings and restoration of ecosystems through such things as weeding and monitoring.

How to do it now!

Find a not-for-profit group in your community. Here's a start:

The City of Holdfast Bay also offer specialised training for Bushcare, you can call Council for more information.

Why this action is important?

Natural Resource Management (NRM) is the critical battleground for Australia over the next 50+ years. We face challenges ahead with a declining natural environment, dying river systems, salinity, soil acidification, invasive species and soil loss. In addition, and making this harder, are more severe weather patterns (climate change) such as higher temperatures and scarce yet heavy rainfall. So it's time to join up and help out those front line groups implementing appropriate NRM practices across the country. Working at the local level can also help raise awareness and contribute to global change. Even if our contribution feels small we, as a collective community, can make a difference.

Environment

By contributing to environmental projects and initiatives as part of an Environmental Volunteer group we can assist in restoring and protecting our unique environments. Over the past 200 years we have seen degradation of these environments but we are now seeing a move towards protection and stewardship.

A large quantity of restoration work within Australia is undertaken by volunteers. Without their contribution we would not have restored as much as we have.

Wellbeing

By volunteering with the environment we are giving something back. We are instilling a sense of pride in ourselves and our community. The feeling of planting a tree and watching it grow, whilst providing habitat for birds and insects, is invaluable. Volunteering with the environment provides us with the opportunity to connect with our natural environment, cultural heritage, and each other.