Can you give a little kindness to the Otways?
This World Kindness Day (13 November), we’re asking you to extend your kindness to one of the most vulnerable and vital parts of our world:
the environment.
And particularly, the Otways.
The Otways are a refuge for wildlife and plants that have disappeared from other parts of the country. From the Long-nosed Potoroo to the Otways Black Snail, these wondrous ranges and plains offer a diverse array of ecosystems for animals to call home.
From cool temperate rainforest with tall eucalypts clad in vines and ferns, to heathlands with grasstrees and button grass, to spectacular coastlines fringed by kelp forests, this is place worth protecting.
These systems are connected by an extraordinary network of rivers and streams that feed all life in the region and provide water for drinking and living to Geelong and other communities.
But as the climate changes, fire and extreme weather become more frequent, and invasive species put Otway ecosystems under increasing pressure, they need us to care for them like never before.
Can you give a little kindness to the Otways?
November 13 is World Kindness Day.
With our attention diverted in so many ways, we're using this date to ask you to think about the ecosystems that sustain and nourish us. And to show them a little kindness.
For over 25 years, the CEC has been working to protect Otway landscapes and wildlife.
To keep them thriving and resilient to challenges, for generations to come. Co-designing our projects with Eastern Maar Traditional Owners and working with a wide range of partners across the region, we’re tackling feral pigs before they do lasting damage, helping re-growth forests recover from the legacy of logging, and learning how fire and predators shape the lives of heathland wildlife – with an eye to one day welcoming back the Eastern Ground Parrot and Spotted-tailed Quoll.
We’re also focussed on restoring estuaries along the Great Ocean Road and monitoring the health of our coast and Sea Country, ensuring decisions about this place are grounded in both science and cultural knowledge, and made with the communities who live here.
Your gift this World Kindness Day allows us to continue this work.
To keep our boots on the ground, our eyes on the ecosystems, and our doors open to you.
Please support our conservation work for the Otways this World Kindness Day, 13 November.