We’ve just completed our first in-person event for Restore the Bay. So, I asked Pete Lamshed to video my introduction as this helps explain a lot more about the project. We developed Restore the Bay because the methodology creates the most effective channel towards protecting our Bay. I’m privileged to have partners who work across the world. Their work is in empowering local communities for conservationWhy is animal conservation important? Animal conservation is important, because animals are the only mechanism to create biodiversity, which is the mechanism that creates a habitable planet for humans. Without animals, the energy from today’s plants (algae, trees, flowers etc) will eventually reach the atmosphere and ocean, much of it as carbon. The quantity of this plant-based waste is so More and sustainable development. But mostly this is with less developed and remote nations. Strangely, these modern conservation principles and techniques remain alien to our own communities, so to understand, it can help to ‘learn by doing’. This is why attending one of these events can be useful. Especially if you have an eagerness to learn more while contributing to changing the way we value and look after our Bay.
Don’t miss our next and final event for this critical phase of the project!
First, a BIG THANK YOU to those of you who have participated so far. I’d like to invite you to our second and final event on 21 June. We’ll even provide lunch! If you think you can make it, please sign up here:
Introduction to Restore the Bay so far!
What we achieve in these sessions
We did three online workshops but the first of our in-person events was at St Kilda Ecocentre. The room was packed and everyone was furiously busy in conversation. Yet we still managed to finish early and most people stayed back to socialise. It was great fun.
Here we aimed at progressing our collection of community data, connecting ecosystemHow ecosystems function An ecosystem is a community of lifeforms that interact in such an optimal way that how ecosystems function best, is when all components (including humans and other animals) can persist and live alongside each other for the longest time possible. Ecosystems are fuelled by the energy created by plants (primary producers) that convert the Sun's heat energy More features to community values. This critical part of conservation planning is often ignored and leads to poor decisions. The process, which is community co-designed, enables a way to unlock the power of nature-based solutions and is a step towards giving our community a real say in our Bay’s future.
