Naturehood Watch: Celebration, discovery and action helping 1000 local species

Our project will be led by the team at Port Phillip EcoCentre, including teachers, scientists and volunteer wildlife experts who are mapping plants and animals across council boundaries. Through the project we will:
1. Make an EcoCentre-moderated Facebook page to share local wildlife sitings
2. Produce beautiful "local species" clips and posters, suitable and free for schools, Early Learning or residents
3. Work with Councils, arborists and community to create/install approximately 50 of: nestboxes, pollinator gardens, tree habitat for hollow-dependent species
5. Five events and community trainings to monitor butterflies, bees, birds & bats - recruiting 20 official Naturehood Monitors

We'll host awe-inspiring nature experiences, plus provide health and parkland amenity benefits through Naturehood Watch. 1000 species are recorded in our local suburbs - 3x Melbourne Zoo, hidden in front of us! Research shows high biodiversity in cities corresponds to human health and wellbeing. If our families can't name much beyond "possums and pigeons" we're missing both wonderful experiences, and the opportunity to help threatened pollinators and species that make Melbourne special. This project will empower everyday locals to be wildlife ambassadors, create and monitor beautiful habitat. We'll link habitat corridors, and create new/ connect existing nature-lovers & wildlife warriors.