How much time can you spare?
Volunteer for conservation - every minute counts
15 minutes…
- Pull out a pest plant from your garden
- Report a whale or dolphin sighting or stranding
- Buy your cat a collar with a bell, so native birds are warned to steer clear
- Report illegal fishing
1 hour…
Plant native flowering plants to attract birds and bees
- Build a 'wētā hotel' for your garden
- Plant native flowering plants to attract birds and bees
- Go for a short walk and pick up rubbish along the way
- Plant a native tree
1 day…
- Help out on a planting day organised for your neighbourhood
- Help with a beach clean up
- Take some awesome photos on conservation land that can be used to promote conservation
- Make homes for lizards in your garden
Volunteers renovating an historic building in Central Otago
1 week…
- Become a campground warden
- Become a hut warden
- Assist Department of Conservation rangers with the maintenance of a historic building
- Join your kids on a school camp or trip to a conservation area
1 month…
- Help a conservation community group with their funding proposal
- Enter the data collected during a BioBlitz survey run by your local council
- Help out building a new mountain bike track
- Explain about blue penguins to others who gather at dusk to watch them come ashore
1 year…
- Collect native seeds and propagate them for your own garden or for restoration projects
- Join the committee of a local conservation group
- Breed mice or meal worms to feed birds at your local bird rescue centre
- Join a local restoration group
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