ABORIGINAL COUNTRY AND SUSTAINABILITY

Learning Intention: We will be learning how Aboriginal people connect to country and manage the land sustainably.

Being sustainable means taking what you need and making sure that you give back what you can.

The way forward is to take as nature gives and that is the practice of Aboriginals. One of the most effective ways here is to return to the Earth’s original food calendar; that is hunting food in season. Aboriginals would only hunt enough animals to feed themselves and would not waste any part of the animal. They would not hunt particular animals during their mating season, to ensure that the species continued to reproduce and survive. Species of animals did not become threatened by these traditional sustainable hunting methods.

Aboriginal Australians are recognized for their historically sustainable cultivation of the land by hunting what was in season, making sure that there was food and water left for the animals and caring for the land.

YOUR TASK...

This is the final two weeks of term.

Use this fortnight to complete any activities that you have not done from lessons 1, 2 and 3!

******If you have finished everything, choose an activity from the GREEN DAY page to celebrate Sustainablity.

OR

You also might like to enter the THREATENED SPECIES BAKE OFF COMPETITION. Go here for more information and here as well. There are two videos below to give you some ideas and the poster from this year's competition.

FOR ALL ACTIVITIES, TAKE A PHOTO OR VIDEO AND UPLOAD IT TO YOUR SUSTAINABILITY FOLDER IN SEESAW.