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Fisherman catches on to ocean plastic

Fisherman catches on to ocean plastic Meet commercial rock lobster fisherman Gary Ryan. Gary is in the process of removing plastic from his pots in order to address the issue of fishing marine debris in our oceans. You may have seen him on the ABC News talking...

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What is a Nurdle?

It was September 2017 where the word Nurdle first entered my vocabulary. I was doing some internet research on cotton bud marine pollution and found Scotland’s environmental charity organisation FIDRA website. They run the ‘The Cotton Bud Project’ tackling...

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Orange-bellied Parrots mainland release

The migratory Orange bellied Parrot is critically endangered and very close to extinction in the wild. Less than 50 are left in the wild and the OBP National Recovery Team are doing all they can to save this beautiful little parrot. One of the actions they are...

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Inspirational landholder conservation stories

If you ever feel disheartened about the state of our environment you may feel hopeful to know that all around the countryside landholders are doing amazing things to conserve nature. Such as farmers who re-plant parts of their land, fence off waterways and look...

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Drought Crew helping farmers

A series of videos created for the Glenelg Hopkins CMA that highlight the great work of the Glenelg Hopkins CMA Drought Crew. Funded through the Victorian Government, the Drought Employment Program provided financial support to those affected by drought. The...

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Surfers partner with conservation

In 2016, Corangamite CMA formed a new partnership with Surfing Victoria with the aim of encouraging surfers involvement in conservation. They established a number of new initiatives to encourage the involvement of the surfing community in environmental projects.
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The surfers who re-vegged Bells Beach

The Corangamite CMA give small grants to community groups working in the natural environment. One of these grants is the Coastal Small Grants fund and one of the recipients of this fund is a group called SANE (Surfers Appreciating the Natural Environment). SANE...

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Percy the Perch

Nothing like a cool costume to catch your attention! I worked with Lucy Cameron from Glenelg Hopkins CMA to produce this short Pozible Campaign video. And, it worked; the GHCMA raised the funds (and awareness) they needed. All credit for the costume and script goes...

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TWINNING is WINNING

First Ladies was asked to document the final workshop of a series of workshops that brought together participants of the Waterway Management Twinning Program. The finished video shares the stories and experiences of the 2016 graduates of the program. What is? The...

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