L-R: Tam, Laura, David and Pete take over the boardroom and cook up some terrific learning programs.

The Mulloon Institute’s new Landscape Rehydration Learning Programs are being developed through an exciting collaboration with Soil Land Food.

Ugg boots, mind maps, fruit cake, puzzles, capability statements and role play: when they converge it’s a sign that the dial has been turned up on developing our new Learning Programs.

Over the last six months an exciting collaboration has evolved between Tam Connor and Laura Fisher – TMI's education team – and David Hardwick, soil educator extraordinaire from Soil Land Food.

David has worked in agro-ecological extension for decades. He is known across Australia for his dynamic, hands-on approach that accelerates and deepens the learning experience, especially his unforgettable, ‘A Day in the Life of Soil’ role play. Having also done the hard yards developing TAFE curriculum, he brings invaluable expertise to the task of designing and sequencing Landscape Rehydration learning pathways.

Tam and Laura are bringing their experience as artistic and scientific educators to the project, while TMI’s Principal Landscape Planner Peter Hazell and Research Coordinator Luke Peel are the fourth, essential piece of the curriculum puzzle, plugging in serious content.

The first trials of our new Landscape Rehydration bootcamp are kicking off with Greta Valley Landcare (VIC) in March and April, and then at Mulloon over the coming months.

TMI’s Landscape Rehydration Learning Programs are being developed with the support of the NSW Environmental Trust.