Weed Warriors - increasing awareness of weeds in schools

摘要

Weed Warriors is a community education and awareness program which harnesses the enthusiasm of students and the general community in joining together to learn about and tackle local weed problems. Although the branding of the name Weed Warriors is only one year old, the concept of involving students in activity-based learning about weeds has been conducted in Victoria for many years. The Weed Warriors program utilises biological control as a vehicle to introduce weed studies into school curricula. The value of these projects is discussed and used to provide a Weed Warriors model to assist agency staff, teachers and community groups to develop a successful program within their community.