WIRES launches its Inexperienced Giving Program
WIRES is worked up to launch the Inexperienced Giving: Foliage Donation Program — a sustainable means for arborists, landscapers, gardeners, landholders and councils to donate native foliage for wildlife in care.
Why Your Foliage Issues
A wholesome, pure eating regimen is essential for the profitable rehabilitation of native wildlife. For WIRES carers, offering omnivorous and herbivorous animals with appropriate vegetation — each for meals, shelter and enrichment — is usually a difficult and time-consuming half of their work.
All WIRES wildlife carers are volunteers, usually sourcing massive portions of native vegetation themselves. That’s the place you could make a distinction.
Whereas our Wildlife Foodbank program helps meet dietary wants in particular areas, we’re now increasing to simply accept appropriate foliage clippings, branches, logs, and different pure supplies that may in any other case go to waste.
Turning Waste into Wildlife Assist
By donating your inexperienced waste, you’re serving to to:
- Cut back landfill by reusing inexperienced supplies for a significant objective.
- Assist wildlife rehabilitation by offering meals, shelter, and enrichment for animals in care.
- Be a part of a neighborhood of environmental stewards working collectively for a extra sustainable future.
- Shield Australia’s native species by serving to carers replicate the animals’ pure atmosphere.
We do ask that each one donations are made thoughtfully — sustainable harvesting of native vegetation ensures wild populations proceed to thrive too.
How You Can Donate
The Inexperienced Giving: Foliage Donation Program is presently being trialed in chosen areas throughout New South Wales, together with Sydney and surrounding areas. We’re additionally welcoming expressions of curiosity from different areas as this system grows.
Enroll right here to donate your foliage or electronic mail us at packages@wires.org.au to seek out out extra about contributing.
In case you are unable to donate foliage on an ongoing foundation however would nonetheless wish to assist native wildlife, try the next assets:
