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Through MYRiveR - Oz GREEN (www.ozgreen.org.au) is making a 10 year commitment to work towards reversing the decline in the health of the Murray-Darling Basin.

MYRiveR - is a participatory action research program that is being implemented in each of the major sub-catchments of the Murray-Darling Basin. MYRiveR operates in regional communities and involves participants in assessing the health of the environment, developing their own vision and action plans. Stage 2 MYRiveR continues to build social capital through Youth LEAD training and whole catchment youth congresses. In 2002 - 2004 Oz GREEN has worked with over 1,000 young people from 73 schools in "taking the pulse" of the whole Murrumbidgee, Darling and Murray River basins.

MYRiveR Darling 2005 - MYRiveR Darling will roll down the Darling River during August - September 2005, from Warwick in SE Queeensland to Wentworth on the NSW Victoria Border. For details please click here.

Schools work with Oz GREEN and local organisations to participate in the following activities:

S        Community Environmental Snapshot - Taking the pulse of the river to check on its health (environmental assessments, biodiversity, erosion, vegetation cover, water quality testing) and conduct community surveys. Results reported on this website.

S        2-Day Youth Congress - to interpret the results, identify how the river is important, the threats to catchment health, develop youth vision for the future of the river and action plans for how young people will contribute to the care of the catchment.

S        Youth-led Community Forum - Where youth present the results of their findings to their local community and invite the community to get behind their plans.