{"id":682,"date":"2023-08-20T01:39:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T01:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.eraus.com.au\/?page_id=682"},"modified":"2023-10-02T22:18:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T22:18:38","slug":"planting-the-seed-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eraus.com.au\/index.php\/planting-the-seed-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting the Seed Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Helping schoolchildren to create a living classroom.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We believe that giving students first-hand experience to improve biodiversity helps them understand how they can protect our environment, now and into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ERA, in partnership with not-for-profit Eco Warriors Australia, helps run the Planting the Seed (PtS) program.\u00a0 The PtS program gives school students hands-on experience in revegetating areas of degraded or damaged native vegetation.\u00a0 Students also learn about the cultural heritage values of the plants and animals at their site and in the local area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our PtS program teaches students how to collect local native plant seeds, propagate and care for seedlings, prepare sites for planting, use native plants to revegetate sites and maintain sites after planting to ensure success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students use simple data collection tools to monitor revegetation success, and to record wildlife that the native vegetation attracts (“citizen science”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please see our FAQ<\/strong><\/a> or contact us<\/strong><\/a> if you or your local community group would like to get involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The PtS program is innovative in several ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n