First Nations young people are playing a leading role in climate action, in Australia and around the world. For example, Seed Mob is Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network, with a vision for a just and sustainable future with strong cultures and communities, powered by renewable energy.
First Nations peoples have cared for Country for many thousands of years -Aboriginal Australians are the oldest living culture in the world! This has created very deep knowledge of local lands, waters, plants and animals.
The following links can help you learn more:
The Australian Museum created this resource on how can we all help Care for Country through traditional burning practices, to sustainable farming and renewable energy.
Whose Country? If you are not a First Nations person, or if you are not already connected with the First Nations community where you live, you can start by finding out who are the Traditional Custodians of the lands you live on. Then, you can search online for knowledge that First Nations peoples have shared about the local area and its history, plants, animals and seasons.
Who is Country? by Sara Kianga Judge, a is a Neurodiverse Walbunja-Yuin woman born and grown up on Burramattagal Country.
Fire management on Country, by Rachael Cavanagh, a Minyungbal woman, Mother and Cultural Land Practitioner and has worked in land management for 20 years.
What can we learn from Indigenous Australians and their 60,000 years caring for country? a 30-minute documentary by the ABC.