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Your donation protects waterways and biodiversity by empowering young environmental leaders and the teachers who guide them.

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Empower the next generation to protect our waterways, biodiversity, and future

Healthy waterways and thriving ecosystems don’t happen by chance, they’re protected by people who care, understand and take action. Earthwatch Australia empowers primary and secondary students to become environmental leaders through hands-on learning, citizen science, and real-world conservation projects.

Your donation helps equip young environmental leaders and the educators who guide them with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to protect our waterways, ecosystems, and biodiversity.

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Your tax-deductible donation will be used where it's needed most, ensuring maximum impact, empowering the next generation to protect our planet.. Together, we can ensure that knowledge turns into action, and action leads to lasting impact.

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$30

Equip a Young Environmental Scientist

Provides a student tools for water testing, biodiversity monitoring, or wetland investigations.

$60

Support Pollution Reduction in Local Waterways

Supports a student‑led waste audit, plastics removal, erosion assessments and wetland action projects.

$250

Train a Water & Nature Ambassador

Funds a student to participate in a Kids Teaching Kids program or Mizuiku Water and Nature School, learning how water, ecosystems and biodiversity connect.

$1000

Support an Entire School Community

Enables a full school cohort to access Earthwatch school programs, creating community-wide environmental stewardship.

Why Environmental Education Matters

Environmental challenges like water pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change require informed, proactive solutions.

Through school-based environmental education programs, students gain:

• Practical experience in water quality testing and biodiversity monitoring
• Skills to lead sustainability and conservation projects
• Confidence to drive community and environmental impact

Koalas as a ClimateWatch indicator species

An indicator species is an organism whose presence, absence, or abundance reflects a specific environmental condition. Koalas are an essential indicator species for ClimateWatch, selected based on advice from our Science Advisory Panel, because their presence and abundance reflect critical environmental changes caused by climate shifts. As a native species, they meet key selection criteria, including being indigenous.

Programs Your Support Makes Possible

Year 4-6

Mizuiku Water and Nature School Program | Surf Coast Kids Teaching Kids

Inspiring primary students to become Water Ambassadors through hands-on learning, peer-to-peer engagement and action projects.

Year 10-12

Student Challenge

Our Student Challenge program empowers students to design and deliver solutions to real-world environmental issues through hands-on, in-field scholarships. Participants work alongside scientists, engaging in scientific fieldwork, gaining valuable conservation insights.