Canberra Grammar School visit

On the hilltop at Duralla

A whopping ninety three Year 10 Geography students from Canberra Grammar School attended tours of the Mulloon Institute’s Home Farm and Duralla properties in May for a field investigation into the issues of environmental sustainability and to learn about the Mulloon Rehydration Initiative.

Their educational aims were to learn about: the application of human environment systems thinking to understanding the causes and likely consequences of the environmental change being investigated; the application of geographical concepts and methods to the management of the environmental change being investigated; and, the application of environmental economic and social criteria in evaluating management responses to the change.

Viewing a newer leaky weir installed at Duralla

Split into two groups, they visited Peter’s Pond (an established leaky weir), newer leaky weirs at Duralla (as a comparison to Peter’s Pond), and the hilltop contours at Duralla. While the tours were short and all field-based, students were able to really experience being out in the landscape. 

One teacher commented that the tour was “absolutely relevant, as we are teaching a unit on Environmental Change and Management and regenerative farming is at the forefront of sustainable land management.”

We will be welcoming them back later in the year when the other half of Year 10 come along for the same tour.

PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL TOURS

If your Landcare group, organisation or school are interested in a similar workshop or a tour of Mulloon Creek, please contact us via info@themullooninstitute.org

The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. The initiative is also assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust.