Found 40 Environment & Conservation Regular - less than 6 months, volunteering opportunities in Australia

Want hands-on work that actually helps the environment? We grow local native (indigenous) plants from seed or cuttings for revegetation projects or local gardens. Our retail area is open to the public for plant sales. More indigenous plants in gardens and larger revegetation projects provide habitat for native animals, birds and insects, and reduce species loss. We rely on volunteers but lockdowns hit us hard. Please help us get back to the thriving nursery from before the pandemic!

Want to do hands-on work that actually helps the environment? Our nursery grows indigenous plants for revegetation projects and local gardeners. This increases habitat for our wildlife and helps biodiversity. We'd love you to join us to help with maintenance tasks around the nursery and maintaining our facilities. Work at a time or frequency that suits you! We're a very friendly group and morning tea/coffee is provided!

One of TreeProject’s main activities is tree planting. Our tree planting days have spread across Victoria, involving hundreds of volunteers each year. Rural plantings are on private farms, assisting landholders to revegetate their land. Every planting day needs two supervisors to ensure that the plantings are carried out smoothly, giving the seedlings the highest chance of survival. TreeProject is looking for several key volunteers with horticulture backgrounds who can take on this role.

Volunteers wanted to help restore Woollahra Councils Bushland in Cooper Park (Suttie Rd) on the second last Saturday of the month between 1pm and 3pm. Tools and training provided. Please meet at Suttie Rd near cricket nets in Cooper Park.

Want to help restore our native bushland? Bassendean Preservaton Group (BPG) is a local community bushcare group. We are looking for volunteers to help out at our native plant nursery in Ascot on Wednesday mornings, on a regular basis. Also to help out with bushland plantings on occasional weekend mornings throughout the year, mostly in winter. We plant around the Bassendean area, mostly around the foreshore and wetland areas. You are welcome to come on either Wednesdays, weekends, or both.

Love growing plants and getting your hands dirty? We're looking for volunteers to get involved in growing and maintaining our edible community gardens.

Would you be aged over 18, have good spoken English, and have at least two hours spare to mind our paint shop in St Peters on a regular or semi-regular basis? We'd love your help. Some knowledge of paint (or willingness to learn) is highly valued.

Do you live in or near our shop at 83 Princes Hwy, St Peters and have a flexible schedule on one or more days of the week? If you do, we'd LOVE your help to open up our depot for customers who are collecting their paint saved from landfill.

Friends of the Ngoolyak is a group of environmental volunteers based at Piney Lakes Reserve, who study the lifecycle of flora, collect, process, and germinate seeds for planting in the Reserve. The seed collection project started in December 2022 as a pilot project. Location: Piney Lakes Environmental Education Centre, 555 Leach Highway, Winthrop. Date: every two weeks on Friday mornings Time: 9:30 am to 11:30 am

Join the 'Friends of Parks' volunteers at Mapleton Falls National Park and help the local Rangers with a variety of activities that will benefit a much-loved rainforest ecosystem on the Blackall Range. Tasks may include: manual weed removal, maintenance and repairs to tracks and other infrastructure, revegetation/tree planting, rubbish collection, recording of wildlife sightings, and more.

Join the 'Friends of Parks' volunteers at Kondalilla Falls National Park and help the local Rangers with a variety of activities that will benefit a much-loved rainforest ecosystem on the Blackall Range. Tasks may include: manual weed removal, maintenance and repairs of the walking track and other infrastructure, revegetation/tree planting, rubbish collection, recording of wildlife sightings, and more.

Join the 'Friends of Ferny Forest' volunteer group and help the local Rangers with a variety of activities that will benefit the much-loved mountain bike track and ecosystem in Mooloolah River Conservation Park, at Ewen Maddock Dam. Tasks may include: manual weed removal, maintenance and repairs of the mountain bike track, revegetation/tree planting, rubbish collection, recording of wildlife sightings, and more.

Join the 'Friends of Currimundi Lake' volunteer group and help the local Rangers control invasive weeds in this small remnant of wallum heath on the Sunshine Coast. Tasks typically include manual weed removal and with the occasional opportunity to assist with revegetation, rubbish collection and minor maintenance of the Heath circuit walking track.

Lagoon Creek Community Nursery is looking for a Nursery Hand to assist in the propagation and care of local indigenous plant species. We are a not-for-profit charity and our work focuses on growing native plants for land and habitat restoration projects and community backyard biodiversity.

🌿 Join Our Team as a Nursery Hand at Lagoon Creek Community Nursery! 🌿 Are you passionate about native plants and environmental conservation? Lagoon Creek Community Nursery is looking for a Nursery Hand to assist in the propagation and care of local indigenous plant species.

Friends of Lagoon Creek, is currently seeking volunteer bush regeneration officers to contribute ecological restoration projects in Caboolture. Volunteers will be involved in activities such as weed control, habitat restoration, and ecological monitoring.

Sydney City Farm Volunteer farm educators assist at weekend workshops where city residents learn about growing fresh food. Volunteer farm educators welcome and orient visitors to seasonal community events at the farm in Sydney Park. Our education team members are friendly, enthusiastic, willing to lend a hand and keen to learn new skills.

Climate Action Now (CAN) signs and stickers send a clear message to decision makers and political candidates that their community wants climate action and they want it now. The Volunteer CAN Sign Coordinators play a critical role in ensuring smooth operations and effectiveness of coordinating the distribution of CAN signs across Queensland for maximum impact. Read the full description to find out more about this exciting opportunity to help create a safer climate and protect nature!

Remembrance Park Central Victoria manages a number of cemeteries in the Bendigo area and is looking for Gardening and Painting volunteers for a variety of tasks. Someone who is friendly and enjoys meeting and talking to people.

We take all volunteers, young and old. You can either use your existing Sales, Management or other skills or we can teach you some new ones. We provide low-cost local native plants to the public and park organisations. We hope that by encouraging the planting of local native plants this will increase the biodiversity & climate resilience of the Whitehorse area.