Coastal Ambassadors Congress
Supporting delivery and outcomes reporting for a Coastal Ambassador’s Congress
Workshop and ambassador group Image: Photography by Jo-Anna Robinson for Green Adelaide
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Services: Environmental consulting, workshop delivery
Product: Congress planning support and workshop facilitation
Client: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board (AMLR NRM Board - now Green Adelaide)
Collaborators: Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society | Coastal Ambassador graduates
Supporting delivery and outcomes reporting for a Coastal Ambassador’s Congress
The adult and youth Coastal Ambassador programs are community stewardship initiatives that increase education and awareness of local coastal and marine environments. Participants gain practical skills and information to help them look after our seascapes and spread conservation messages within their communities. Dr Mike Bossley of Whale and Dolphin Conservation leads the program, which Green Adelaide developed, supports, and funds.
The adult program has run for over 12 years, and in 2018, a congress was held for graduates from all course years. The objectives were to reconnect and inspire Ambassadors, to discuss future South Australian coast and marine community directions, and to facilitate input into the design of future adult Coastal Ambassador programs.
Nature Street Creative was engaged as an independent facilitator to help shape the congress agenda and facilitate the afternoon Ambassador workshop session. NSC wrote the Congress outcomes report and provided recommendations for consideration by the AMLR NRM Board’s Coast and Seas team and Dr. Mike Bossley. A briefing paper was then developed for the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board.
Learn more about Green Adelaide’s Coastal Ambassadors programs and keep in the loop with future application calls here.
