United for Nature
About Us
We are a grassroots organisation working with local communities to rebalance nature for a stronger, more resilient future. We combine evidence-based practices and people power to protect and conserve our natural environment.
Our Vision:
A healthy, resilient and productive landscape with diverse, interconnected ecosystems and communities
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We exist to strengthen the health of communities and ecosystems for mutual benefit. Through our work we build a more harmonious and helpful relationship between people and nature, for everyone’s future.
Our Mission:
We facilitate the development, design and delivery of best practice natural resource management programs
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We stand up for a healthy environment for everyone’s future. We facilitate, develop, design and deliver best practice interconnected and adaptive natural resource and landscape management programs. We engage communities and collaborate with government and other organisations to raise awareness and implement practical initiatives with positive outcomes. We put forward evidence-based solutions and innovative ideas for how we can live in harmony with the natural world, treading lightly on the planet. We are a community united for nature.
At A Glance ...
Our Story:
The Molonglo Conservation Group was formed in 2003 with the principal objective of developing the Molonglo Catchment Strategy. We now work to implement this strategy.
Our Role:
We see our role as being both strategic and multijurisdictional, assisting with coordination and collaboration, and to add value to environmental and natural resource management programs and planning across the region.
Our Approach:
Our holistic approach recognises the importance of ecological health and resilience that is interdependent with diverse social perspectives, values, and connections.
Our Direction:
Our direction has evolved into management of landscape-scale ecological/biodiversity corridors and sustainable rural landscapes based on our inter-connected landscape management framework.
Our Values:
Our values guide our relationships. We are Collaborative, Respectful, Transformative and we work with Integrity.
Our Catchment Strategy:
The aim of the 2015-2030 Molonglo Catchment Strategy is to adopt a more holistic understanding of how all the resources work together in a landscape and how we can influence that landscape for better or for worse.
Our Stakeholders:
We work with rural and urban landholders and the wider community to care for natural resources, in the interests of our members.
Our Constitution:
Our board continues to improve its own operations and change its focus from management and more towards developing strategy and driving performance.
We Are Nature's Champions
Here's a glimpse of what we do ...
Meet The Team
Elyssa Castles
Project Officer
Jeannine Fromholtz
Program Manager
Jed Pearson
Waterwatch Coordinator
Karen Williams
Managing Director
Our Board of Directors
President: Karen Williams
Treasurer:
Secretary: Carol Billett
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Linda Beveridge
Joy McMahon
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Partnerships
Natural partnerships
for the benefit of our environment.
Community
Corporate
Landcare ACT
Landcare NSW
Ginninderra Catchment Group
Southern ACT Catchment Group
Local Schools, CIT, Colleges, Primary (Landcare activities at various sites)
Sea scouts (Clean up event)
Canoe Club Molonglo Reach (Clean up)
TCCS
PCS Parkcare
Landcare ACT Members council
UMCN Members council
ACT NRM
Parks and Conservation (World wetlands day and clean up event)
Trash Gather (Clean up events)
Icon Water (Sullivan’s creek symposium)
Buru Ngunawal (Sullivan’s Creek project) Old Narrabundah Community Council
ACT For Bees (Habitat for Wildlife workshop) Community Environment Network (LFW & HFW Training and support)
Grassroots Environmental (Majura Workshop)
Nature-Art-Lab (3 Sites Citizen Science)
Neoen
SolarShare (Majura Solar Farm)