Our Trust’s Inspiring Journey
Kanuka Mid-Canterbury Regeneration Trust was founded to foster community awareness and action towards protecting our biodiversity, collaborating with local residents, schools, and organizations for a sustainable future. Learning about biodiversity and why it is important
Our objective/driving force is to encourage a sense of stewardship over the local environment.
We us a placed-based education approach where the local community and environment is a starting point to teach concepts in language arts, math, social sciences and other subjects.
By facilitating collaborative learning opportunities and championing place-based projects, we can better engage with children and young people as they look to make a meaningful contribution to the region they will inherit.
Our Mission: Kanuka Trust works with young people and communities in Mid Canterbury to deliver place-based environmental education and community-led restoration projects that protect and regenerate biodiverse ecosystems.
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EXPLORING OUR FOOTPRINT
To educate children, youth and the wider community to increase understanding of the
environment and their ability to influence it.
BALANCING BIODIVERSITY
To promote and facilitate the conservation and regeneration of the district’s biodiversity.
PREDATOR CONTROL
To make Mid Canterbury predator free by 2050.
PLANTING FOR PURPOSE
To enhance biodiversity, improve water quality and the environment through planting.