Cooks River Rescue

Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Cooks River valley, the Wangal, Cadigal and Gameygal of the Eora nation. We accept and respect that Aboriginal cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land and waterways belong to Aboriginal communities. We acknowledge that these are of continuing importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living today.

Overview

This program develops environmentally literate students to lead changes that positively impact the Cooks River, focusing on the issues and actions that can be championed by school students to address stormwater pollution.

The program is open to all stages, classes or environmental groups. It is structured in three parts:

1. An online unit with a sequence of activities and resources delivered via a Google Classrooms site.

2. An incursion to conduct a guided stormwater investigation and initiate a stormwater action plan.

3. Support to carry out your students’ school stormwater action plan to positively impact the Cooks River.

This program is a partnership between the Cooks River Alliance and the Georges River Environmental Education Centre and is made possible thanks to funding from the Federal Government Communities Environment Program.