"What we take for granted might not be here for our children." - Al Gore, An Inconvenient TruthDo you have a passion for the environment? Do you get annoyed when you see people use a plastic shopping bag to carry only one item? Do you recycle your paper? Do you turn off the tap when you brush your teeth? If you answered yes to any of these questions our new Environmental Training and Awareness Program could be the next volunteer program for you!
We are excited to offer a new program for volunteers who would like the opportunity to work in New Zealand at the GVN Headquarters and help heal the earth and minimize the effects of global warming. Volunteers will have the opportunity to work in the Wellington office alongside our ecology specialists Dr. Dan Rollinson and Toby Malcolm. Dan and Toby will help to give you an insight into the issues that not only affect the native New Zealand ecosystem, but the whole world. You will have the chance to develop your own ideas to educate and raise awareness of climate change and environmental issues and promote ways people can reduce their carbon footprint as well as preserve native flora and fauna.
As well as your work in the office, you will spend several days a week working alongside volunteers within the New Zealand Nature Program (www.volunteer.org.nz/newzealand). On these days you will have the opportunity to aid local organisations in their work: getting first hand, on-the-ground experience in New Zealand's own conservation and environmental restoration efforts.
Examples of projects you may expect to work on include:
Replanting native forests and restoring degraded dune ecosystems
Monitoring and control of introduced predators for the protection of native wildlife
New Zealand Fur Seal monitoring at several sites in the lower North Island
To volunteer in New Zealand and find out more visit: http://www.volunteer.org.nz/newzealand/heal_the_earth/
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