Megan Rowlatt Eco Champion

Megan Young Eco Champion

Megan is a young eco champion; she came to Avoca Public School on August 9th 2013. Megan came to tell us about herself and her job as a Land Care specialist.
In a PowerPoint she told us a bit about herself. She grew up in Wollongong, loves to travel (she has been to lots of places) and she is an adventurer. She is also a nature lover. Megan graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Ecotourism on the Gold Coast. She worked for National Parks and Wildlife Service and now is the Illawarra Local Land services officer. Megan also won the 2012 National Young Land Care Leader of the year.
Then she showed us a video about what she does and about her job. She said she and her group work towards achieving the best outcomes for the environment as well the land holder. Megan also holds workshop days.
When she had finished showing us the other video about herself we went outside and had a picture with her. After a while of talking and asking questions we had to say goodbye. She will be coming back soon so we can ask her some more questions.
We really enjoyed Megan coming to our school to teach us more about sustainability and ways to be sustainable. The valuable sustainable practises we learned were to not let cattle near river banks and water ways because they will pollute the water with their droppings and will knock dirt from the river bank in there as well. Rotating cattle is very important because you need to keep the cattle and grass healthy. This will also make the cattle stronger. Weeds strangle other native plants and can kill cattle if they eat the flower fruit from the weeds.