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What is the future of the UTW Blumine Island Program?. Summarising The Week .
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Summarising The Week For the whole week we had to work as a team. We had to organize what we were doing for the day. We didn’t really have help from the staff they were only around if we needed them. We did a lot of interesting things like pulling out weeds and finding out what they were and building the weta boxes and putting them in different places and getting to know some of the birds such as the silver eye and the saddle back. The week was quite challenging and different from other camps but the week was good and I will miss it a lot
STRENGTHS Giving the people the experience of what a career in conservation would entail. Meet new people and learn how to adapt to unfamiliar conditions Broadens our knowledge of sustainability and conservation Even though we are still camping and living quite a basic lifestyle a recycling set up has still been but in place. We make sure that while we are on the island for the week we don’t make too much of a disruption to the environment on Blumine. WEAKNESS Not enough people informed about the Blumine Island project Not enough information was given about the native birds and how they live Time management is a problem on the island with many activities from previous trips not being carried on. Not enough equipment to carry out tasks efficiently. Strength and Weakness of the UTW Blumine Island Program
How can it be made more sustainable and how can Icontribute to this? We feel that the most important way for the Blumine Island Program to be sustainable is for the people who had this experience to take it away with them and tell their story. Blumine Island project is about the people. The key idea to the success of this program is the experience and ideas the students take back with them to their schools, communities and their future. At the start of this program we thought we were going to learn about the native birds and what this project has done for them. Although this is not exactly what has happened on this trip, we have understood the idea of spreading the word. We thought that this meant getting people to come to future Blumine Island trips. Yet we believe the true meaning of spreading the word in this context is using this experience as little or as much as you want and incorporate it into your future. Whether you tell the story in a few years time to a friend or go on to pursue a career related to conservation and the environment every bit matters. We are privileged to have had this opportunity and although not all of our fellow students back at school will be able to get the chance to have this same experience, we feel that by telling them about our trip and what we did, that little extra knowledge they get from us could influence their attitude towards their current world and their future on this planet.
Our Blumine Island Experience Blumine Island has been an adventure for all of us because we have been able to learn about conservation in a hands-on environment. Josh was AWESOME!! We did many activities during this trip from setting up tracking tunnels to taking out the sewage in the tanks. We have had an amazing time here on Blumine and we recommend others should continue to support this project. 14th - 18th March
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