{"id":9128,"date":"2025-05-13T12:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T02:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/?p=9128"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:40:55","slug":"case-study-9-5-engaging-youth-lessons-in-the-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/case-study-9-5-engaging-youth-lessons-in-the-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Case study: Engaging Youth: Lessons in the Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW41036889 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-AU\" xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41036889 BCX8\">Boys to the Bush empowers disengaged young males through mentoring and community engagement. However, accessing the natural environment &#8211; a core <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41036889 BCX8\">component<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41036889 BCX8\"> of its mission &#8211; presents challenges due to diverse <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41036889 BCX8\">environmental\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41036889 BCX8\">topics, limited public access points, and inherent safety risks.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41036889 BCX8\">Determining<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41036889 BCX8\">\u00a0where to begin can often be difficult. The collaboration between Murrumbidgee Landcare\u2019s Local Landcare Coordinator in Narrandera and Boys to the Bush\u2019s Leeton branch has created opportunities for environmental education while addressing these challenges. By providing structured access to natural spaces and mitigating associated risks, this partnership has enabled meaningful learning experiences that connect participants with nature and their community.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW41036889 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559739&quot;:120}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mli.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Murrumbidgee-Landcare-Inc-Engaging-Youth_-Lessons-in-the-Bush-Case-Study-1.pdf\">Case study: Lessons in the bush<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"hr-thin\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"tag-line\" style=\"text-align: center;\">LEP23_036_LLC9_5<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Boys to the Bush empowers disengaged young males through mentoring and community engagement. However, accessing the natural environment &#8211; a core component of its mission &#8211; presents challenges due to diverse environmental\u00a0topics, limited public access points, and inherent safety risks.\u00a0Determining\u00a0where to begin can often be difficult. The collaboration between Murrumbidgee Landcare\u2019s Local Landcare&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":9130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[341,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lep-case-studies","category-news","pmpro-has-access","category-341","category-81","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9587,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9128\/revisions\/9587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}