Get Up, Stand Up, Show Up - Stretch Activity & Delving Deeper
Explore the concept ‘Getting up! Standing up! and Showing up! from an integral ecology standpoint – when have people stood up to protect and advocate for natural world? There are a number of resources that students could explore, including Pope Francis’ Laudato Si and the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Social Justice Statement 2021-22
Examples:
Return of 52,000 hectares of land to the Larrakia people
Aboriginal Opposition to the Adani Coal mine
160,00 hectares returned to Kuku Yalanji people on path to reconciliation”
Links:
A historic rainforest and other lands have been returned to Indigenous Australians
World Heritage Area renamed K’gari after a long campaign by Butchulla People.
Seed Mob – Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network.
Delving Deeper
Students extend on the previous task by selecting one case study and conduct some research to highlight and further develop their understanding of it.
Depending on the age of the participants, the findings could be shared on a Powerpoint, news article, poster etc.
