Practical Solutions
Making outdoors a habit can be easy if you know how. Here is a list of simple ideas to try, adapt and add to, and many of them you can do right in your own backyard. These groups and activities are suitable for kids of all ages, so join your children and get outdoors!
Activities
- Climb a Tree
- Play street cricket
- Ride a bike
- Go for a bushwalk
- Walk the dog
- Go swimming
- Do some gardening
- Camp in the backyard
- Watch the sunset
Groups
- Community Gardens - help provide fresh produce and plants, neighbourhood improvement, a sense of community and connection to the environment.
CommunityGarden.org.au - Family Nature Clubs (Western Australia) - help families get together and enjoy the beautiful state of Western Australia and each other's company, and encourage kids to enjoy the benefits that unstructured outdoor play can bring.
NaturePlayWA.org.au - Girl Guides - is open to all girls and young women and aims to enable them grow into confident, self respecting members of the community.
GirlGuides.org.au - Green Gym - is a program, mainly operating in Victoria, that engages people (ages 30-70) in practical conservation activities to benefit participants' health and wellbeing, as well as the environment.
ConservationVolunteers.com.au/GreenGym.htm - National Green Jobs Corps - is an Australian Government training program for people aged between 17 and 24 years that provides young people with a combination of work experience, skill development and accredited training to ensure they are ready for employment in emerging green and climate change industries.
deewr.gov.au/njgc - Junior Landcare - encourages young people to play an active role in ensuring the safe future of their environment.
JuniorLandcare.com.au - Nippers - enables children to become confident and have fun in a safe beach environment. For Nippers, the beach is the classroom.
sls.com.au/nippers - Scouts - provides young Aussies, aged 6 to 25, with fun and challenging opportunities to grow through adventure.
scouts.com.au
