Community Environmental Education

Community Environmental Education Programs to groups such as Girl Guides, Scouts, Probus groups, Interest groups and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) groups can be offered at a range of suitable locations.

Recent groups include:

  • 1st/8th Blackburn Scouts learnt about the importance of keeping our local waterways and environment unpolluted. They listened to a presentation, walked to a nearby creek to see this in action and received activity books to take home with them. 
  • Homeschooling and families of preschool-age children enjoyed a celebration of Mem Fox's classic book 'Possum Magic'. We learnt about the possums that call Whitehorse home, read the story and went for a bushwalk to see if we could find some sleeping possums. The children made a possum mask to take home.
  • Adult participants in the Box Hill Institute Adult Migrant English Program participated in outings where they enjoyed the opportunity to expand and practice their vocabulary in a bushland setting with a guided walk. Previous themes have included Australian plants and animals in Whitehorse and history, leisure and management of the City of Whitehorse. 

Please email Enviro.Ed@Whitehorse.vic.gov.au to discuss the needs of your group.