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Caring For Our Bays

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25.01.2022 If you missed the amazing Winter by the Sea webinars and workshops, watch the recordings here (click the image). Topics include; sharks, whales, marine pests, local environment groups, sub-Antarctic wildlife, reefs, cultural heritage, digital storytelling, seagrass, rockpools, beaches and more! Thank you Parks Victoria and Coastcare Victoria for keeping us all engaged with the sea this winter ... #winterbythesea

24.01.2022 Just in case you haven't heard, the Victoria Government are now asking for feedback on the proposed #ContainerDepositScheme! The proposal suggests "a ten-cent refund for cans, small bottles, and cartons - similar to container deposit schemes elsewhere in Australia. Cans, small bottles, and cartons will get the refund because they’re the sort of drinks you buy when you’re away from home. They’re also the most commonly littered." Visit this link to have your say: https://eng...age.vic.gov.au/container-deposit-scheme #victoria #victoriangovernment

24.01.2022 We are so excited to be helping Remember The Wild run a FREE workshop tomorrow night for the @nslfestivalaus This workshop is for business owners or employees who are looking to do more for their local environment. Learn about the #BusinessesCaringForOurBays program and how it can help you to take easy actions for the bay! Hear from participating businesses Port Phillip Ferries and Live Eco and delivery partner B-Alternative Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/...businesses-caring-locally-t #bcfob #portphillipbay

23.01.2022 We absolutely love working with businesses that help look after our bays! That is why we are so excited to be joining Connected to Port Phillip this coming Tuesday to talk about the Businesses Caring For Our Bays program. These businesses are saving money and attracting new customers while caring for their environment. At this live workshop, get creative with your own ideas and hear from B-Alternative, Port Phillip Ferries and Live Eco. ... #businessescaringforourbays #PortPhillipBay

21.01.2022 New video release - A Practical Guide to Beachcombing! Whether you visit the beach every day on your daily walk or you are going for the first time, beachcombing is a great way to connect to nature and to discover the wonders of the intertidal zone. In this video, Naomi will give you an introduction into beachcombing so that you can identify some of the living things you might find at the beach, from drilling snails, filtering bivalves and shark eggs!... This video was produced by Remember The Wild at Clifton Springs, Victoria. Additional footage was sourced from the Victorian Fisheries Authority and contributors Paul George and Matt Tank. #beachcombing #explorenature #cliftonsprings

17.01.2022 Would you like to use a waste minimisation guide to plan your community event, farmers market, wedding or festival? If yes - please consider contributing to this survey and help create it! Head to the post below and click the link to submit your feedback

17.01.2022 Here is a sneak peek into one of the prize packs we are giving away to winners of the Wetland Wonder Competition This #caringforourbays pack includes: - 8 x A1 size posters of our local bay heroes... - 6 x A3 stickers for your bins at home or school - 3 flora and fauna booklets - a complete set of #ramsar Connie's Cards. To enter, head to the Facebook event tagged above or visit the Bellarine Catchment Network website: http://www.environmentbellarine.org.au//wetland_wonder_com #threatenedspecies #competition

16.01.2022 Today we have another story from Caring For Our Bays #citizenscientist Heather "I believe that preserving our natural environment is the most important issue in our world. In the 1950's, people who dropped litter were called litterbugs, a term that was coined in America. It was always impressed on us that littering was a crime. There was never any doubt that we were the cause of the problem. ... When the Caring for Our Bays litter monitoring program was initiated in 2017, I was keen to help as a Litter Monitor. The program offered a chance to be part of the solution by demonstrating the huge volume of litter, identify the type and source, and offering ideas on how to prevent the litter getting into our Bay. It also focuses attention on what choices we make in our consumer driven society. There can be some surprises when you find something like the Calvan Chip packet washed ashore or a very old beer bottle. These finds tell us that any litter can stay around for years in the environment. Everyone can now participate with clean-ups and use Apps to collect data." Thank you Heather for your passion and for your ongoing commitment to keeping our bays clean! #caringforourbays #portphillipbay #litter #volunteer

14.01.2022 Discover the treasures of Swan Bay with our very own Angie and Rebecca! Swan Bay provides important habitat for many Ramsar listed birds, including the Red-necked Stint, however this habitat is impacted by everything that we do on the land and in our suburbs. By taking part in our community events, you can learn how to protect and care for this special habitat too. Thank you Parks Victoria for highlighting the value of Swan Bay and allowing us to help showcase it!... #caringforourbays #swanbay #ramsarwetlands

12.01.2022 We love our local #Ramsar wetlands, internationally important sites for migratory birds. Geelong is lucky to host 4 Ramsar wetlands including places like Swan Bay and Lake Connewarre. This #WetlandWebinarSeries will showcase these globally significant locations, their cultural and environmental value, what is currently putting them at threat and how residents and land owners can protect them. Thank you Bellarine Landcare and Trust for Nature for hosting these webinars ... Click the event below to register to the webinar events!

12.01.2022 Another great reason to attend our workshop tonight as part of the National Sustainable Living Festival

09.01.2022 What are microplastics? Where do they come from? What is their impact on our marine life? Can they impact our health? To help answer these critical questions, Alice Forrest and Grumpy Turtle Creative have created a great free ebook to help you learn about microplastics and how to cut them out of your life. This ebook has easy, achievable ways that we can all act to reduce microplastics entering our waterways, bays and oceans and why we need to take action on this issue.... Thank you for putting this together! Download it here: https://www.dropbox.com//MicroplasticMassiveProblem_Ebook.

08.01.2022 Exciting new resource release We have been working very hard to develop resources for grade 4-6's to help get them away from their screens and learn how they can actively make a difference. This new resource features activities to teach kids how they can easily reduce their waste at home, at school and in every day decisions that they make.... These resources are available for any parents, teachers or youth leaders. Simply email [email protected] to request a copy of this resource or any of the others (biodiversity, climate change, litter and water, wetlands and introduced pests). #wastereduction #zerowaste

07.01.2022 Friday volunteer highlight This highlight features Karin and Anne, who regularly clean up around St Leonard's Pier. Thank you for all of your hard work! "The other day I was watching the the dolphins at Portarlington pier giving a wonderful display of nature’s wonders. Caring For Our Bays has given me the opportunity to be engaged in a community program and to make a difference for the environment. Anne and I work together to pick up litter at our designated hotspot (St Leo...nards Pier). We enjoy the social side, plus the visible difference after a clean up. We appreciate being part of a group of like minded people and the educational aspect of it. The bonus is seeing wild creatures on our door step and we hope that the ongoing litter program will be a success to provide a safer and cleaner environment in and around the bays. Being a volunteer is a fun and rewarding experience, here all age groups can participate in making a difference." Thank you #citizenscientists Karin and Anne! #volunteer #caringforourbays

07.01.2022 Don't miss our FREE business workshop at the National Sustainable Living Festival tonight (Tuesday) and hear how you can attract new customers and reduce business costs while having a positive impact on Port Phillip and Corio bays, your local environment and community! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/businesses-caring-locally-t #bcfob

06.01.2022 We love #PortPhillipBay for so many reasons. The beautiful animals and plants that rely upon it, the stunning scenery and the endless joy gained from it are just some reasons. We also love the small things. The fresh smell and the soft sound of waves crashing onto the sand. The sounds of birds and the slow changes in the evening sunlight. This brief video captures that perfect time of day when the bay starts to wind down. What is your favourite thing about the bay?... #caringforourbays

05.01.2022 We are excited to launch another video in our environmental action video series! In this video, Angie will talk about the wonders of seagrass meadows, how you can get out there and discover them and why they are important. Find out how you can get involved in your local group to start learning about this majestic ecosystem. This film was produced by Remember The Wild at Swan Bay, a part of the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park in Queenscliff.... #ramsar #wetlands #seagrass #swanbay

04.01.2022 You all know that we love #PortPhillipBay! Find out why in this free online webinar about the true treasure of Victoria. #Webinar

04.01.2022 Volunteer highlight! This week, please put your hands together for more of our amazing #citizenscientists; Stephanie, Olegas and Chobe. "We are a home educating family who have always lived an extremely dedicated conscious existence to limit our own environmental impact, here in Geelong West. At the end of every year we discuss ideas about how we want to take on the following year. And one of the discussions at the end of 2018 was to become involved in a volunteer community... project & then we came across ‘Humans in Geelong’ Instagram page. It ticked many of our boxes, outdoors, contributing to our community and environment, along with becoming ‘Citizen Scientists’ created opportunity for us to experience further aspects of our home education lifestyle via life experiences. Olegas was 15, and Chobe, was 10, both avid lovers of our oceans and a consciousness of their responsibility in the cycle of this life. We made a commitment to each other and to CFOB to participate for 12 months. Our 12 months came up at the beginning of 2020 and with a resounding ‘YES’, we have all committed to another 12 months. Each of us have become extremely invested in our work and the small area at Burnt Point. We have witnessed land animals, aquatic animals, animals of the air as the journey through their seasons and change. We have witnessed our rubbish pick up ebb and flow depending upon the fishing seasons, we have learnt an incredible amount in this short period of time and genuinely feel deeply humbled to participate as Litter Stoppers volunteers for CFOB." Great work team,thank you for keeping our local #ramsar wetlands clean! #volunteer #citizenscientist

03.01.2022 Join others around Victoria and Spring Clean Your Patch! Last year, hundreds of people from around Melbourne joined Beach Patrol to Spring Clean The City. Those volunteers picked up 2,218 drink bottles and cans, 1,107 coffee cups and lids, and 658 plastic straws, an amazing effort. Now everybody can join in! Help clean up the problem of single use plastic on Sunday the 18th October! ... Gather the kids, family, household or friends, and collect the litter in your local area. Head to the link below for more information on how to participate #beachpatrol #springcleanyourpatch

02.01.2022 What impact can one community of volunteers have in 3 years? Take a look! This data summarises the amazing efforts of our volunteers and partners over the past 3 years. The entire Caring For Our Bays community has helped us achieve these massive figures and has shown us how our efforts are making a difference. ~ 38,000 items of litter collected... ~ 50% of the total was comprised of cigarette butts ~ 3,556 volunteer hours ~ 87% decrease in litter at our 15 hotspot sites To read the full Caring For Our Bays report for 2017-2020, head to our website: www.environmentbellarine.org.au/cb_pages/cfob.php #caringforourbays

02.01.2022 New resource release! We have just released another remote learning pack focusing on introduced pest animals and plants which we call ''the ferals''. This module will teach grade 4-6 students how to identify weeds in their local area, will get them to understand the impact of releasing animals like rabbits and cats into the wild and get them thinking about how we protect our native species and areas. To access this pack, email @.. ... The team at Fishcare Victoria Inc. have generously contributed some of their fantastic resources to this module including a workbook and colouring in pack on marine pests called ''invaders of the bay''. You can also check out their new amazing Virtual Classroom where students can learn about invasive marine species and their impact on #portphillipbay! Register for a free lesson with them here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/