Natural Resources Awareness Grants
Grants of up to $5000 (excluding GST) are available to community natural resources management groups for the development of small projects that promote the importance of natural resources. Grants of up to $10,000 will be considered where projects are a genuine collaboration between two or more organisations.
Grants are for one year only and this year’s theme is ‘Reducing our carbon footprint’.
They are not intended to fund core, on-ground natural resource management activities. Projects should be educational and of general interest, and should encourage people to become involved in natural resource management activities during World Environment Day on 5 June 2010.
The department will support Natural Resources Awareness Grants by promoting projects to the media before and during World Environment Day.
Suggestions for Natural Resources Awareness Grant projects
Community natural resource management groups could form partnerships with other like-minded community groups, schools, businesses or local governments to promote the importance of our natural resources and encourage people to get involved in looking after them. Here are some suggestions:
- tree planting to sequester carbon
- write and perform a play about natural resources, healthy catchments and how they relate to a low carbon future
- present a series of workshops or seminars to businesses across a region on the value of natural resources in reducing our carbon footprint and to the wealth of the community
- stage a photographic competition to depict a neutral carbon footprint through good natural resource management practices in action or a healthy environment
- profile an Indigenous perspective on natural resources and a low carbon lifestyle
- create a community garden to grow vegetables, reducing the carbon footprint by reducing the need for transport
- community awareness-raising of how to reduce the carbon footprint, e.g. provide a list/brochure of the types of products currently in the market which can lower people’s carbon footprint
- develop an online database to assist car-pooling and promote it
- manage local natural resources wisely and promote a low carbon lifestyle through use of end of trip facilities, e.g. bike lockers
- develop a natural resources trail along a creek or river with signs naming significant trees and explaining how they are important in reducing our carbon footprint.
Important dates
- Closing date for applications—18 Dec 2009
- Assessment of applications—Jan 2010
- Deadline for projects—5 June 2010
- Submission of project report—5 July 2010
Applying for a grant
Applications close Friday 18 December 2009.
Mail your application to:
The Coordinator
2010 Natural Resources Awareness Grants Program
Department of Environment and Resource Management
GPO Box 2454
Brisbane Qld 4001
- Application form (PDF, 507K)*
- Guidelines for applicants (PDF, 166K)*
* Requires Acrobat Reader
Last updated: 16 October 2009