Greater Sydney Intrepid Landcare
Intrepid Landcare Leadership Retreats have been held by GSLN in collaboration with Intrepid Landcare to engage small groups young adults aged between 16-35 in Greater Sydney. The retreats aim to support and empower young people to care for their local natural landscape, and to facilitate inter-generational connections within their communities.
Existing environmental volunteers and professionals are offered youth engagement training through Intrepid Way Workshops, so that the community is prepared to give ongoing support to young people who attend retreats.
Retreats were run in 2017 and early 2018 in Greater Western Sydney and the North Shore, supported by funding from the NSW and Australian Governments. This resulted in the formation of Western Sydney, South West Sydney, Western Sydney University, and North Sydney Intrepid Landcare groups.
GSLN hosted an Intrepid Way Youth Engagement Workshop hosted on April 3rd, 2017, and Greater Sydney Local Land Services and Lane Cove National Park hosted their own Intrepid Way Youth Engagement workshops in April 2018.
There is an Intrepid Landcare Leadership Retreat planned for December 2018 on the Central Coast.