Plans to revise a semi-regular meeting of environmental workers and educators have had to be re-assessed in the wake of ongoing COVID-19 gathering restrictions.
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Organised by ErinEarth educator Ben Holt the Riverina Environmental Education Network has hosted one physical meeting this year since it fell into hiatus more than five years ago.
The next meeting scheduled for Thursday night has had to be migrated online in accordance with restrictions.
But, Mr Holt said, the unplanned restructure might become a blessing in disguise.
"If this is a success, we might even keep it online. If everyone's happy to, we can record it for those who aren't able to be there," he said.
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Aimed at teachers, the program will involve presentations from five environmental activists and workers.
This year, the presenters include Katrien Pickles, a PhD candidate studying nature play, Danyelle Scrivner from the Riverina Environmental Education Centre, Cindy James who is the schools and youth engagement officer at St Vincent de Paul's, Elizabeth Madden from Kurrajong Recycling and Nicole Maher from Murrumbidgee Landcare.
Each presentation is intended to help the city's school teachers translate environmental messages into classroom-based projects.
Sturt Public School teacher Kate Livio has attended the previous meeting.
Over the years, she has assisted other teachers in replicating environmental projects she has implemented at her school.
"I like to hear about other projects that will be started up," Ms Livio said.
"The biggest thing about something like this is we get the opportunity to share projects together."
She said this year's disruptions to classroom education has certainly presented some challenges for the sustainability of school-based environmental projects.
But even if the projects take a while to come to light amid the COVID-19 situation, Ms Livio believes it is always worth investing in environmental knowledge.
"Everyone needs to be responsible for our future," she said.
"Teaching these ideas at a young age means they have a better understanding of it in the future and they can mirror the practices they learn in class at home.
"Ideally, we want to create lifelong learners about environmental issues."
During last term's "inaugural re-start meeting", Mr Holt said, 15 teachers turned up.
"This time, we've really got no idea how many will log on," he said.
"Teachers are busier than normal right now. It might be more or less, but if we record, it can be accessible without having to travel which is pretty exciting."
Details to join the meeting can be found via the Erin Earth Facebook page.