Join your Area Halo

What are Ecological Halos?

Ecological Halos are communities of people living around areas with significant ecological value, working together as kaitiaki (guardians) to protect and restore the area.

“Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” – Helen Keller

What sort of impact can we have when we work together? What would it mean for our children to grow up in a neighbourhood where people know and support one another? What difference would a connected response to our changing world make?

When we come together as a neighbourhood, get to know who lives nearby and how we can draw our skills and efforts together, the results can be impressive:

Working together on projects, e.g. weeding bees, planting days, clean ups, predator trap lines
Neighbourhood resilience in times of threat or disaster
Social events, sharing food, having fun together and giving our children an experience of neighbourhood

The Halo Project aims to bring small clusters of neighbours together to protect and restore areas of significant ecological value.

Together, you can contribute to the preservation of the area in many ways including:

Hosting a rat trap or bait station on your property
Removing pest plants and weeds from your backyard or local reserve (with the help of your friends and neighbours)
Activating and organising others in your street as a street champion
Planting native species on your property
Volunteering with a local group