This annual environmental art project invites primary school aged children from the Shire of Mundaring to research and promote positive environmental messages in our community, whilst providing creative opportunities for young artists. This year’s theme is Caring for Country.
Caring for Country
It is important for children to actively connect with and care for, the place in which they live, learn and play. Doing so involves respectfully exploring and understanding First Nations perspectives, in particular, the Whadjuk people of Noongar boodja. Learning about Noongar culture provides positive opportunities for children to become socially and environmentally responsible citizens.
This project aims to investigate Noongar practices of sustainability and how they may help to address some of today’s largest environmental concerns such as climate change, bushfires and drought. By building awareness of sustainable land management students can learn how to play their own role in positively Caring for Country.
ONLINE EXHIBITION
We were thrilled to receive almost 800 fantastic entries from 13 schools in the Perth Hills this year, with Bakers Hill Primary School, Chidlow Primary School, Glen Forrest Primary School, Helena College, Helena Valley Primary School, Mount Helena Primary School, Mundaring Primary School, Parkerville Primary School, Pickering Brook Primary School, Sawyers Valley Primary School, Sacred Heart Primary School, Silver Tree Steiner School, and Treetops Montessori School taking part, as well as a number of independent entries.
View each group’s entries by clicking the links below.
WINNERS
Congratulations to the sixteen winning entries below which have been transformed into banners for display in the Mundaring Rose Gardens (Corner Nichol Street and Great Eastern Highway Mundaring) from Thursday 25 November.
EDUCATION resources
Carol discusses what Caring for Country means and Indigenous practices of sustainability.
In this video Carol demonstrates a quick design that references information she has shared with us about Caring for Country.
ACT BELONG COMMIT CARING FOR COUNTRY IS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY
