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OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

 

 

Breathe Easy is an environmental initiative working hard to protect and enhance the precious ecology of South Australia. Breathe Easy co-ordinates community planting days bringing young people together to make positive change whilst also giving the opportunity to local businesses to offset their unavoidable environmental impacts. 

Breathe Easy also offers large scale revegetation for private land holders, carefully selecting indigenous plants to restore the land to what it is once was.

WHY REVEGETATION?

Why choose revegetation to help the environment?

 

Revegetation holds the key to helping a lot of the worlds climate and environmental problems. By restoring native vegetation you're providing a habitat and food source for a wide variety of insects, birds and animals forming a stronger and more resilient ecosystem. Revegetation can prevent erosion particularly in the coastal dune landscape which is where we hold many of our planting events, providing stability to the dunes so future generations can enjoy a strong and healthy coastline. 

And of course a major benefit to revegetation is the CO2 sequestering of long lived native plants, helping take out carbon dioxide and put back oxygen into the atmosphere creating cleaner air and helping the fight against climate change. 

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OUR PROJECTS

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MIDDLETON POINT

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DAY STREET DUNES

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CHAPMAN ROAD DUNES

In 2020 we hosted a planting day at the popular surf break Middleton point to bring back native edible plants including native Pig face (Carpobrotus rossi) whilst also having a focus on soil stability to prevent further erosion.

The 2021 Day Street dunes project focused on allowing the heavily weed infested sand dunes of Middleton to breathe, through hard core weeding and dense plantings. Giving a chance for native vegetation to thrive and support a wide range of fauna, creating a stronger and more resilient dune environment. 

Our 2022 coastal planting day focused on protecting and providing habitat for the vulnerable Hooded Plover. 1000 plants were put in the ground by over 40 young wonderful volunteers. The main species planted being Coastal spinifex (Spinifex sericeus) due to the important habitat it provides for the Hooded Plover.

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THE CREEK LINE PROJECT

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KANGAROO ISLAND PROJECT

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PAMOJA PROJECT

Our 2022 Creek Line Project was one of our biggest yet! With live music throughout the day from some of SA's finest artists, along with the music we had local food and beverages to fuel our amazing volunteers. We planted over 450 native plants, the focus to restore a choked creek line in Aldgate (Adelaide Hills) and bring back a diverse range of understory and aquatic plants. 

In 2022 we completed a private revegetation project in the beautiful Emu Bay area, working closely with local ecologists and nurseries to select the indigenous species to help return this cleared land to its natural state. 

In March of 2023 we set off to Tanzania (East Africa) to kick start the beginning of the PAMOJA PROJECT. Before we arrived we didn't really know what or how Breathe Easy would fit into our little adventure, we didn't even have a name for the project!!! But by the end of our time there it was clear to us what is was that Breathe Easy could do...........

CONTACT

Phone: 0499099129

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