The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, made up of 2900 individual reefs. It is so big that it can actually be seen from space! The reef is located on the east coast of Australia and many people believe that it is millions and millions of years old. For most of its life, the reef has been a healthy, vibrant ecosystem. Over the past thirty years, however, it has changed dramatically. Much of the beautiful bright coral has become bleached and has lost its colour. Sections of the reef have also been damaged by tourists, cyclones and the introduction of new, damaging invasive species.
The Australian government is working to protect and preserve the reef. Each year they spend about $200 million dollars repairing and protecting the reef. It is a lot of money and they could really use some help raising the money (funds) required to repair the reef. This is where you come in!
On your blog, list three different ideas or strategies for raising funds to preserve the Great Barrier Reef. What could you do to fundraise here in New Zealand?
My Ideas:
1: Making and selling things.
2: Fundraising marches.
3: Try doing a bake sale.
Hey Alex,
ReplyDeleteIt is great to see how you've come up with some interesting ideas to help raise funds for the Great Barrier Reef. Have you ever been involved in any sort of fund raising events at school? If so, what was it for and what did the school decide to do as a community?
A garage sale would also be an efficient way to raise funds in a short period of time. As you have mentioned, you can even make something to put on sale. What sort of items do you think you'll make? Would it be somehow linked to the themes 'environment' or 'preservation'? Any ideas?
Looking forward to hearing back from you,
Susie :)
Kia Ora Alex,
ReplyDeleteWell done for completing this activity. I finished this activity too. It's great to see you completing these activities during these summer holidays. Thanks for sharing your learning about this activity. Did you enjoy doing this task? Your 3 ideas a great. I enjoyed reading everything about them. My favourite one would be selling things, because that would make a lot of money.
NICE:)