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2012 Melbourne Water International Kids Teaching Kids Conference 14-16 October    

The Melbourne Water International Kids Teaching Kids Conference has SOLD OUT.

Education is the key to lasting project success and a tangible cultural change in the way we view and manage our environment. The International Kids Teaching Kids Conferences held around Australia for the last 12 years, and the Melbourne Water Kids Teaching Kids Conferences for the last 5 years have engaged with the younger generation in how they view the catchments, rivers and the sea and how they see management of our catchments, rivers, oceans and coasts into the future.

The 2012 Melbourne Water International Kids Teaching Kids Conference will for the first time bring the International Kids Teaching Kids conference to Melbourne, to build on the excellent program developed in partnership with Melbourne Water over the last 6 years.

This event will allow students not only from Melbourne, but also from across Australia and the world to look at whole of catchment issues and ideas. Students from around the country and the world will bring local stories about their environments to the conference, after many month of research and planning with expert mentors. This event will also allow for the development of cross-state and cross-curriculum materials, processes, presentation materials and networks of professionals and teachers interested in water education and or natural resource management in general. The dates chosen 14-16 October 2012 see it align as a potential partner event for National Water Week.

Objectives

The objectives of the 2012 Melbourne Water International Kids Teaching Kids Conference are:

  • To build on the existing successful Kids Teaching Kids program to deliver a comprehensive education peer-teaching program
  • To increase water literacy within schools and the greater community across Australia
  • To establish a solid understanding of the threats to the health of our waterways with a view to their protection by all who live near them
  • To provide young people with the opportunity to decide how they will be heard, now and into the future

Please see Important Information for more details

Download the information flyer for 2012 Melbourne Water International Kids Teaching Kids Conference 14 – 16 October,