AUSTRALIA RCE GIPPSLAND WEBINAR 1 RCE Gippsland in south-eastern Australia has spent the last six months undertaking developmental work with regard to future steps. This work follows the successful delivery of five Sustainable School Expos over the past few years, where Gippsland children showcased their sustainability innovations as keynote speakers. In returning to our UN platform, we are now mapping the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to envisage how they can be best applied in our work going forward in a post-coal region. Our future aspirations involve prioritising the SGDs that will best serve our region and the young people in it, who seek opportunities to re-envisage their future. Presented by: Dr Monica Green RCE GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY COVID-19 has meant a move from hands on, outdoors styles of excursions to the development of online learning resources to support students in remote learning, including the development of virtual tours and excursions. In order to support staff with various personal or family needs the ability to work from home has been transitioned. There are 25 Environmental and Zoo Education centres across NSW and during COVID-19 they have engaged in high levels of collaboration and resource sharing. A social media campaign that focused on the wellbeing of everyone during this crisis was highly successful and aimed at connecting people to nature. Presented by: Ms Vicky Whitehead and Mr Steven Body RCE TASMANIA EfS Tasmania is involved in implementing the Waverley Community Skills Cafes project, designed around inter-generational skill sharing between older and younger members of Waverley community. Initial community projects included a family barbecue with craft activities and ‘cardboard boat building workshops’ until COVID halted community interactions. The initial instinct was to pause the project however community need was significant. The project was adapted to focus on outcomes of children’s health, wellbeing and language development, the two goals of the project. The adapted initiatives (learning and play resources for children and recipe cooking boxes for families) could be implemented in family’s homes. Presented by: Dr Sherridan Emery and Dr Kim Beasy 7
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