Women’s Health Grampians have sponsored the planting of 54 indigenous trees, in a highly impactful and appreciated effort to reduce the carbon footprint of their fleet of cars.

This is a really clever way of being able to drive around the large region Women’s Health Grampians covers – from Ballarat right through to half-way to the South Australian border – basically a third of the state! These trees will enable the staff to drive with a clearer conscience, knowing those 54 trees will counteract the use of their 3 hybrid, 2 petrol vehicles. Given they service a massive population of over 250,000, covering over 13 LGA’s, and spanning more than 48,000 square kilometres, this sees the cars out on a regular basis with their staff clocking up many k’s up and down the highway doing their amazing work.

We are lucky to have Women’s Health Grampians in our region. Established in 1991, they are one of nine regional and three state-wide women’s health services funded by the Victorian Department of Health. Their mission is to improve women’s equality, health and wellbeing in the Grampians region and beyond. They do this by working closely with all levels of government, community and business partners to achieve better public policy and services for women, and to work towards achieving gender equality.

Thank you to ERA Nurseries for providing us with 300 tube mixtures of native wattles and gum trees, thank you also to sponsors at Fifteen Trees for your kindness in purchasing these trees for our revegetation project at Woolsthorpe.

Kylie Boyce |

The trees were planted as part of a revegetation project at Woolsthorpe, in Western Victoria by the Boyce family, who are working hard to help restore the land back to its original vegetation biome.

This revegetation site plays a significant role in providing habitat to local native wildlife such as eagles, fantails, kingfishes, guinea fowls, finches, emus, magpies, cockatoos (in fact this district is home to 527 species of birdlife), plus koalas, kangaroos, and possums.

Thank you to Women’s Health Grampians for your care for people and planet.

If you would like to know more about sponsoring community tree planting projects and how we can assist you in becoming a more sustainable business, please contact Colleen at <[email protected]>.

Writer – Lou Ridsdale

Lou a green thumb, Earth Lover, big-hearted nature freak, plus a savvy media and horticulture expert, who passionately believe that everyone can lead a more nourishing and sustainable life. Lou founded Food Is Free Inc., a unique grassroots food security platform specialising in food security education. You can find Lou here.