Krista from Rainforest Rescue came to school to talk to the students about the environment, threatened species, Australian rainforests and climate change. She talked about deforestation and the loss of habitation for orang-utans in Indonesia, the decreasing numbers of cassowaries, native Australian birds, these birds can only be found in Australia in the wet tropics North of Byron Bay. The classes donated $75 to rainforest rescue and the school was presented with a ‘Certificate of Appreciation’. The students found the presentation very interesting and it was a great way to use their English and help the environment at the same time.
The school was also joined by Victoria from the Echo newspaper who took some photos, interviewed Krista Bernard and Montse Aumatell our Catalan student for a story that will hopefully appear in next week’s echo. Thanks to Andrea Darvill for organising the talk.
What you can do:
If you want to volunteer contact The Big Scrub Rainforest Landcare Group on (02) 6687 1143.
Visit the website and make a donation: www.rainforestrescue.org.au
Email: info@rainforestrescue.org.au or see Siobhan at school for more details.
The Big Scrub was once the largest expanse of subtropical rainforest in Australia extending over 75,000 hectares between Byron Bay, Ballina and Lismore, and today less than 1 percent remains.
The Big Scrub is the most diverse ecosystem in New South Wales supporting 38 threatened species of flora and 61 species of threatened fauna; planting rainforest to restore the Big Scrub is vital to their survival.
