We have designed our impact goals knowing that before we can achieve action, we first need to lay the foundation that fosters the conditions needed for change to occur.

To create sustainable and thriving communities.

Our Mission :

increase wellbeing

- People spend time connecting deeply with nature.
- People are more connected with nature.
- People have increased wellbeing (make them feel happier, more content, calmer, more positive or more satisfied).
- People are more confident.
- People are more motivated.
- People feel heard.
- People feel valued / recognised / acknowledged.
- People learn about the ‘9 wellbeing tools’.
- People discover new interests or activities they enjoyed.
- People understand more about themselves and/or their personal values/aspirations.
- People learn new knowledge about youth services in my area.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about nature connection and its impact on wellbeing.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about mindfulness and its impact on wellbeing.
- People are more connected with their community.
- People attend events
- People volunteer.
- Employ regional young people.
- Provide work experience opportunities for regional young people.
- People now consider a career in STEM.
- People are more motivated to budget and invest.

build capacity

- People learn new skills or knowledge about the environment.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about rivers.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about trees and plants.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about waterbugs.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about birds.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about animals.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about insects.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about Gumbaynggirr culture.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about Gumbaynggirr language.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about bush tucker.
- People learn new skills in bushwalking.
- People learn new skills in kayaking.
- People learn new skills in paddleboarding.
- People learn new skills in high ropes.
- People are more motivated to live sustainably.
- People learn new skills in sustainable living.
- People learn ways to live sustainably.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about planting trees and tree care.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about mulching trees.
- People learn new skills or knowledge about weeding.
- People learn new knowledge about sorting waste
- People learn new skills or knowledge about reducing waste
- Learn ways to reduce waste.
- People complete first responder mental health training.
- People learn ways to prepare for an emergency.
- People train in water quality monitoring
- People train in macroinvertebrate monitoring.
- People are more motivated to protect rivers.
- Sister river health groups utilise our resources.
- People learn the ‘10 ways to help the rivers’.
Engage regional people, youth. older people, women, ASTI people and/or LGBTQIA+ people as volunteers, participants and on our steering groups.

TAKE ACTION

- Divert waste from landfill at major events (L).
- Have conversations about how to sort waste correctly.
- Commit to changing one waste habit.
- Have conversations about the ‘10 ways to reduce waste in your home’.
- Have conversations about the ‘10 ways to reduce waste in your workplace’.
- Event staff and volunteers complete ‘rethink event waste’ training.
- Have conversations about the ‘10 ways to help the rivers’.
- Regenerate riverbanks (m).
- Collect and communicate river health citizen science data (datasets).
- Have conversations about the ‘5 things to do to be prepared’.
- Download emergency apps on their phone.
- Distribute grab’n’go bags and wind-up radios .
- Plant native trees and plants.
- Remove invasive weeds.
- Have conversations about the ‘5 bad weeds’.
- Have conversations about threatened species.
- Build and install insect hotels.