How can you help?
Biodiversity at home
You can make a difference in and around you home.
In the backyard
You can make a difference in your own backyard. Start by:
- planting your own bush garden;
- growing plants that occur naturally in your area to create a backyard environment for local vegetation and animal life;
- contacting your council for a list of local native plants to grow and noxious weeds to remove;
- not having cats;
- making and using compost rather than fertilisers;
- relaxing in and enjoying your garden.
In the kitchen
You can make a difference in your own kitchen. Start by:
- keep a compost bin handy for all your food scraps
- use the drain for water only - not oils or solid matter
- sort your rubbish - recycle bottles, cans, plastics, milk cartons and paper
- use string shopping bags instead of plastic ones;
- make sure all of your taps turn off fully, to save water wastage;
- use a fly swat instead of fly spray, to avoid harming other insects
- turn off lights and electrical appliances when they are not being used: to save power
While these are small steps, they still have an impact on biodiversity. You can also get involved in biodiversity conservation in many other ways, such as bush regeneration and landcare groups.
