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Celebrating student empowerment and environmental leadership today at Hanging Rock, Macedon Ranges.

Today’s Kids Teaching Kids student education conference was opened with a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony from Aunty Sonia Weston-Hume and son Daniel from the Bunurong Land Council.

This conference is held on Bunurong Country. Earthwatch Australia acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which this program takes place, and pays respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present. We recognise that sovereignty over these lands and waters was never ceded.

This program is funded by the Victorian State Government.

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We will be celebrating student empowerment with Earthwatch Australia with four upcoming local conferences, running throughout the month of September!

Starting off with a bang is the Kids Teaching Kids Bass Coast Conference.

Today we are celebrating student empowerment with our first Kids Teaching Kids student education conference of the month!

Kicking off the day are our amazing student MCs! Seen here welcoming students from schools across the Bass Coast region and prepare for an incredible day of peer learning and embracing environmental leadership. Stay tuned to see what the students get up to throughout the day!

This conference is held on Bunurong Country. Earthwatch Australia acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which this program takes place, and pays respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present. We recognise that sovereignty over these lands and waters was never ceded.

This program is funded by the Victorian State Government.

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Wonderful to see student empowerment and peer teaching in action at our Distinctive Areas and Landscapes program for 2022!

Exciting news! We have five Minecraft videos included on the platform this year. Teachers received Indigenous designed digital skills training provided by Indigital passing on these skills to students to craft their local natural environments alongside the Parramatta and Georges rivers. Jump onto our NSW schools' workshop pages, watch their Minecraft fly through videos, and see how these students have used the Indigenous knowledge, language and stories they have learnt to protect fresh water and Heal Country for future generations. A massive thank you to Indigital and Dharug Elder Aunty Corina for sharing their knowledge to inspire these schools!

Image: scene from Chipping Norton Public School’s Minecraft world.

We acknowledge the Dharug, the Traditional Custodians of the land this School resides on, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

Thank you all of our sponsors, participants and education partners who have made this conference possible Collingwood Children's Farm Melbourne Water Coles Greater Western Water Lendlease Hume City Council

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We're so proud to welcome Costa Georgiadis Official as a speaker for our Kids Teaching Kids 2021 Conference! He spoke about his connection to nature to inspire our students for their environmental action legacy plans!

Follow along using the hashtag to see all the action.

Thank you all of our sponsors, participants and education partners who have made this conference possible Collingwood Children's Farm Melbourne Water Coles Greater Western Water Lendlease Hume City Council

Are you tuning into our Kids Teaching Kids 2021 conference?

Day 1 is all about understanding and celebrating our natural environment, and who better to chat to than Costa Georgiadis! As an environmental educator and the host of Gardening Australia on ABC TV, Costa is all about a holistic approach to gardening, the soil, and the soul.

Learn more about Kids Teaching Kids via our website: https://bit.ly/3xcgvyd

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Thank you all of our sponsors, participants and education partners who have made this conference possible Collingwood Children's Farm Melbourne Water Environment Protection Authority Victoria Coles Greater Western Water Hume City Council Living Links

We could not be more excited to officially launch the Kid's Teaching Kid's 2021 Conference!

Today is Day One of our two day conference. We are thrilled to see our conference schools from across Australia, coming together to unite their learning and inspire environmental change. We cannot wait to see what our students achieve throughout these conference days.

We would like to thank all of our sponsors, participants and education partners who have made this conference possible Collingwood Children's Farm Melbourne Water Environment Protection Authority Victoria Coles Greater Western Water Hume City Council Living Links

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We're loving the involvement of your wonderful students! We're looking forward to your work over Day 2!

Less than 1 month until the Earthwatch Australia's Kids Teaching Kids 2021 Virtual Conference! To keep up to date on the conference and all things Kids Teaching Kids, please follow Earthwatch Australia .

Our program has motivated more than 146,000 students since 1999 to research important environmental and sustainability issues and bring about real positive change. Our two day conference, running November 23-24, will bring 31 schools across Australia together to unite their learning and inspire environmental change.

We aim to raise awareness and drive action on local and global environmental issues, bringing youth and school communities together to solve common challenges and help the next generation of leaders who will take collective responsibility for our future.

To learn more about our Kids Teaching Kids program and our upcoming annual conference, click here: https://bit.ly/3APm9Xi

Don't forget to follow Earthwatch Australia for all Kids Teaching Kids updates.

Last week to enter: Coles Sustainability4Schools Competition -

Last week to enter: Coles Sustainability4Schools Competition

Last week of the competition! - Has your school entered yet?

Bronze sponsor of the Melbourne Kids Teaching Kids Conference – Coles is rewarding sustainability in the school yard by giving primary schools across Australia the chance to win one of 100 outdoor benches made from 98% recycled plastic.

It’s not too late to enter! All you have to do is submit an application explaining in 400 words or less how your school is committed to protecting the environment. To download the application form and find out more about the competition please visit www.coles.com.au/sustainability4schools

Applications close this Friday at 5pm AEST.