AABR is looking for new volunteers to join our NSW/ACT Branch and Walks & Talks Working Group. Could one of them be your next patch?
After making a significant contribution to both groups, Peta Lilley is stepping down from her leadership roles with the NSW/ACT Branch and Walks & Talks Working Group.
That means we have room for some new shoots.
We’re inviting AABR members who would like to get more involved to join either group. You don’t need years of committee experience or a long list of credentials. Bring your interest, ideas and willingness to contribute.
This could be particularly valuable for early-career bush regenerators wanting to broaden their professional networks, learn how an industry association operates and build skills beyond the bushland boundary.
NSW/ACT Branch
The NSW/ACT Branch brings AABR’s work closer to practitioners, volunteers, organisations and communities across NSW and the ACT.
Its work includes outreach, events and professional development, policy and advocacy, industry recognition and promoting best-practice bush regeneration. The Branch also contributes to Walks & Talks and helps identify issues and opportunities that matter to practitioners across the region.
The group meets online via Zoom on the first Tuesday of each month, from 6–7 pm.
Joining is a chance to learn about advocacy and governance, contribute to projects and campaigns, meet people from different parts of the industry and help shape AABR’s NSW/ACT activities.
Walks & Talks Working Group
Prefer getting people together and sharing what works on-ground?
The Walks & Talks Working Group coordinates opportunities for practitioners to share skills, knowledge and restoration projects. It works with AABR members, branches, partners and other organisations to develop educational events and practical bush regeneration activities, with an emphasis on natural and assisted regeneration practices.
There’s plenty to learn along the way. Event planning. Working collaboratively. Communications. Building relationships with practitioners and partner organisations. Evaluating events and turning what we learn into better events next time.
The group meets online on the third Monday of each month, from 6.30–7.30 pm.
Learn by contributing
AABR’s work is built on people sharing their knowledge, experience and time. Volunteering with a working group gives you another way to take part in that community.
For early-career practitioners, it can be an opportunity to work alongside people with different skills and experience, strengthen teamwork and communication skills, make professional connections and see how ideas move from conversation to action.
And your perspective matters too. AABR’s Communications Plan specifically identifies young regenerators, students and early-career bush regenerators as an important audience, with stronger participation and relationship-building among the organisation’s objectives.
Ecological restoration relies on knowledge, skills, collaboration and adaptive learning. The National Restoration Standards recognise that social aspects are critical to successful ecological restoration and that restoration science and practice work together.
The same applies to a healthy professional community.
Interested, curious, or just want to find out what’s involved?
Get in touch with AABR to learn more about the NSW/ACT Branch, the Walks & Talks Working Group, or both. Come along, meet the crew and see where you might fit.
A little volunteer time can grow a surprisingly good network.
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