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Create space for nature

Get outdoors and connect with the wild world around you. Whether you’re planting for pollinators, propagating seeds, or protecting furry friends and their homes — every action helps our wondrous planet thrive.

Save a species with your wild ideas

Eastern Barred Bandicoot Release at Woodlands Historic Park with hands holding it
Eastern Barred Bandicoot Release at Woodlands Historic Park. / Source: Conservation Volunteers Australia / Photo: Andrew Roberts

Choose an animal close to your heart. Learn what’s threatening its survival and imagine new ways to help. Through Conservation Volunteers Australia, you can take action to restore and protect ecosystems on land and under water. This hands-on organisation empowers you to think big and care for nature. 


Provide safe nests for local wildlife

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Landcare Australia- Junior Landcare / Source: Landcare Australia / Photo: Landcare Australia

Give birds, possums and microbats a safe place to call home. With so many native animals losing their habitat, nest boxes offer vital shelter to raise young. Landcare Australia’s Junior Landcare program helps children to learn about the natural environment and how they can take action to care for nature. With Junior Landcare they can learn where their food comes from, explore First Nations perspectives on caring for Country, and recycling to prevent plastic polluting our oceans.


Champion your favourite animal

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Victorian Environment Friends Network – supporting community groups to protect native plants, animals and special places across the state. / Source: Victorian Environment Friends Network / Photo: Victorian Environment Friends Network

Join a local wildlife conservation group and help protect Victoria’s native plants and animals. Connect with like-minded volunteers and get involved in hands-on efforts to care for country, species and special places across the state. The Victorian Environment Friends Network supports hundreds of community groups working together to create space for nature.


Protect backyard wildlife and keep your cat safe at home

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Keep your cat safe at home. / Source: Envato / Photo: Envato

Discover how keeping your cat safe and happy at home helps native wildlife to flourish. Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife is a joint initiative led by RSPCA Victoria and Zoos Victoria. They share practical tips to help cat owners provide their feline family members with their best life at home, while keeping our precious native wildlife safe.


Make the Yarra sparkle

AI Generated image of the Yarra in the City of Melbourne
AI Generated image of the Yarra. / Source: Regen Melbourne / Photo: Regen Melbourne

Get involved in a clean-up day on your local river. If you’re in Melbourne, The Swimmable Birrarung initiative is a vital project aiming to bring the Birrarung Yarra River's habitat back to life — healthy, thriving, and swimmable from source to sea. 


Join Australia’s largest litter clean-up day

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Join a group for Australia's Largest Litter Clean Up Day / Source: Clean Up Australia / Photo: Clean Up Australia

Whether you’re flying solo, rolling with family, or rallying with your school crew, join Australia’s largest litter clean-up and take a stand against plastic pollution. Clean Up Australia inspires change and mobilises communities to help protect the environment, eliminate litter and end waste. 


Learn about Indigenous plants

 Austral grass tree with blue sky
Austral grass tree, Xanthorrhoea australis. / Source: Museums Victoria / Photo: Museums Victoria

Discover the power indigenous plants have to conserve and restore biodiversity through the Milarri Gardens at Melbourne Museum. The plants in Milarri are predominantly indigenous Victorian plants, with native flora significant to the Aboriginal people of south-eastern Australia.


Protect, maintain and restore Victoria’s unique habitats

Two visitors enjoying the view at the Mount Oberon Summit, Wilsons Promontory National Park
Two visitors enjoying the view at the Mount Oberon Summit, Wilsons Promontory National Park. / Source: Parks Victoria / Photo: Parks Victoria

Get involved in diverse and rewarding volunteer activities with Parks Victoria. Whether it’s habitat restoration, revegetation, guided walks, or working bees, there’s something for everyone nearby. Through strong partnerships with Traditional Owners, conservation initiatives like Prom Sanctuary, and dedicated land management, Parks Victoria is working to protect Victoria’s special environments for generations to come. You can also help preserve what makes Victoria so special.


Be a friend of Merri Creek

Almost spring, the Merri Creek between Brunswick and Northcote in Melbourne, Victoria
Almost spring, the Merri Creek between Brunswick and Northcote in Melbourne, Victoria. / Source: Friends of the Merri Creek / Photo: David Redfearn OAM

Get hands-on with native planting, bird surveys, litter blitzes and nest boxing. Join regular creek-side activities that support biodiversity and keep Merri Creek thriving — no membership needed, just a love for nature and a passion for getting involved.


Give some love to Darebin Creek and Parklands 

A group of people cleaning up shrubs along a river
Darebin Parklands' Thursday Crew. / Source: Darebin Creek Management Committee / Photo: Graeme Vernon

Support one of Australia’s oldest community environment groups and help care for Darebin Creek and Darebin Parklands. From planting days to education and advocacy, the Darebin Creek Management Committee supports a healthy creek system and promotes its natural and cultural values.