Environmental Education Mentors What is an Environmental Education Mentor? Connecting with a mentor is one of the most important components of the Kids Teaching Kids journey. It gives students a real-world context for their learning and allows them to work alongside adults as equals, sharing ideas, knowledge and hopes for the future.  Mentoring can be a rewarding experience for the mentor as well. You get the opportunity to connect with future generations and seeing their enthusiasm for what you do can be very uplifting. It is also an avenue...

Employee Engagement We are citizen science program development experts. Interested in a staff engagement experience that makes a positive difference to the planet? Our unique approach to staff engagement helps individuals connect directly with nature and with business-relevant sustainability research.  One employee, One project, One planet, Infinite impact. A corporate partnership with Earthwatch not only benefits your business goals, but engages and upskills your employees. Our corporate programs immerse employees in environmental...

Ways to Fundraise   Fundraise for the Earth Challenge yourself to do something amazing, and help raise money to protect our natural world. Fundraise for endangered species Earthwatch Australia has partnered with Edge Pledge to help people raise funds for the planet’s endangered species. Edge Pledge is a challenge-based fundraising platform that raises money for species on the brink of extinction. Help save Australia’s unique wildlife – and push the edge of your comfort zone –by making a pledge to save endangered animals, like the koala, the manta ray, and the swift...

Our Partners George Alexander Foundation Earthwatch partners with the George Alexander Foundation to award Student Challenge Fellowships. The Student Challenge program is part of Earthwatch’s education programs, and aims to inspire senior high school students to pursue careers in STEM, and specifically environmental conservation by working alongside a research scientist in the field for a week. Through this partnership and other scholarship programs for students and teachers, Earthwatch Australia is inspiring the next generation of environmental leaders and...

Our Partners Mitsubishi Development Mitsubishi Development and Earthwatch Australia have partnered to deliver a $450,000 research program called ‘Understanding Queensland’s Blue Carbon Resource’. This partnership was established to assess the condition of wetlands and prove their value in mitigating climate change. By collecting data in wetlands from Mackay to the Daintree, scientists are measuring the capacity of mangroves to store and sequester carbon emissions over three years and to understand the impact of wetland health on carbon sequestration. This adds to...

Our Partners Coca Cola Australia Foundation Earthwatch Australia is funded by CCAF to deliver a first-of-its-kind marine pollution and wetland management program in the Lower Gulf of Carpentaria. Together with Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (CLCAC) and recycling experts Plastic Collective, Earthwatch will train 20 CLCAC Indigenous Land and Environment Rangers and 30 community volunteers to help deliver the Wetlands not Wastelands program over three years from 2020 onwards. Driven by science and delivered by the local...

Our Partners Mitsubishi Corporation The Great Barrier Reef, the largest living organism on the planet, is facing annihilation due to a culmination of factors including rising see temperatures, disease, acidification, crown of thorns and now macroalgae. Recovery of the Great Barrier Reef is a partnership between Earthwatch Australia, James Cook University, and sponsored by Mitsubishi Corporation’s Global Coral Reef Conservation Project, to provide scientifically robust ways to help reefs recover in the wake of the increasing ecological disturbances they are facing. This program...

Our Partners Amcor The partnership with Amcor was established in 2001. The collaboration focuses on marine debris, a global problem about which not enough is known. Amcor saw an opportunity to contribute to increasing the data available to help understand what drives this complex issue. Earthwatch worked with scientists to create a bespoke program for Amcor staff, where they spend two weeks volunteering and contributing to marine debris research in various hotspots around the world. Participants note that the expedition has changed their lives personally and professionally...

Our Partners BHP Since 2009, Earthwatch has worked with BHP, the Australian Government through Parks Australia and the Australian Biological Resources Study to deliver Australia’s largest nature discovery project, involving specialist taxonomists, indigenous communities, rangers and landowners, teachers, students and BHP employees.  Bush Blitz aims to document Australia’s biodiversity, as understanding biodiversity is fundamental to conserving it. The program also connects communities, landowners, teachers, students, BHP...