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Australian Government program encouraging schools to take a whole-system and whole-school approach to sustainability

The Environmental Trust is an independent statutory body established by the NSW government to support exceptional environmental projects that do not receive funds from the usual government sources. The Trust is empowered under the Environmental Trust Act 1998, and its main responsibility is to make and supervise the expenditure of grants. The Trust is administered by the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW).

The Trust is chaired by the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment. Members are the Director-General of DECCW and representatives from the Local Government and Shires Associations, the Nature Conservation Council and NSW Treasury.

Objectives
The objectives of the Environmental Trust are:

•to encourage and support restoration and rehabilitation projects
•to promote research into environmental problems of any kind
•to promote environmental education in both the public and private sectors
•to fund the acquisition of land for the national parks estate
•to fund the declaration of areas for marine parks and for related purposes
•to promote waste avoidance, resource recovery and waste management (including funding enforcement and regulation and local government programs)
•to fund environmental community groups
•to fund the purchase of water entitlements for the purpose of increasing environmental flows for the State's rivers and restoring or rehabilitating major wetlands.

Greening Australia's Florabank website contains a host of information about native seed - for people interested in restoring native vegetation, and for seed colectors and seed users. The resources include three interactive webtools to assist people in planning and carrying out restoration - Species Navigator, Seed Collection Advisor and the Native Vegetation Management Tool. In addition, there are a range of useful references which can be downloaded, a directory of native seed suppliers and collectors from around Australia, and an online forums about native seed. Florabank connects people with native seed science to improve restoration results.

A network of Landcare groups in the Junee area.

The Small Farms Network is a free support service for people who live on or manage rural and peri-urban land on the south coast and southern highlands of NSW. Members in our Network range from full time farmers/producers, to residents who visit their property on the weekend and live in Sydney.

A network of Landcare groups in the Junee area.

In the Upper Murrumbidgee there are currently 17 Landcare Groups tackling problems that degrade our environment and reduce productivity. These issues include weeds, declining water quality remnant vegetation management and soil erosion.