Green Lab, where the natural world is your laboratory.
Green Lab is a youth led citizen science and action program designed by 500 young people concerned about the need to protect trees and increase tree canopy in urban landscapes across Perth, Western Australia. With Traditional Owners, climate scientists, poets, artists, historians, community stakeholders and government, kids will increase our love of trees, increase our tree canopy and the ecosystems they support.
For 22 years Millennium Kid teams have been planting trees and caring for local bushland across Western Australia.
In 2017 – 2018 our teams surveyed over 500 kids through workshops with City of Stirling, Town of Victoria Park, City of South Perth, City of Cockburn, Perth Garden Festival, AAEE Science Festival and Kids Teaching Kids at Baldivis Children’s Forest. The result? Kids are anxious about climate change, and know that our cities are heating up. Some Perth councils having only 10% tree canopy, but 60% carpark and roads.
Kids Want;
- a cool city
- tree-lined streets,
- places for wildlife; and
- bushland.
They want these precious places protected forever. They want them for future generations to enjoy. These young people created their vision for the next 50 years.
With Kids at the helm, Green Lab was born, a new Millennium Kids program in collaboration with Trillion Trees, where young people will lead a campaign to help you get to know your trees, and cool the city, in partnership with local Councils, ERMC, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, and tree lovers.
Green Lab Workshops, Green Lab Hub Days and Citizen Science Speakers will be available for school and community groups through the Green Lab program. Educators will be able to access a Green Lab curriculum repository to support learning beyond the Lab and Kids will monitor urban canopy in the Perth metropolitan area and watch it grow.
Green Lab was selected for the Climate Leaders Challenge campaign supported by StartSomeGood and Future Super, - Australia's first fossil free superannuation fund.
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