Local Landcare Coordinators

From 2015 – 2019 the NSW Government is funding Landcare NSW and the Local Landcare Coordinator Initiative throughout NSW to unlock the full potential of the thousands of volunteers in the Landcare network. Read more about the program.

Greater Sydney Landcare Network successfully applied to employ the two part-time coordinators listed below. In the Greater Sydney region five Local Landcare coordinators are employed including two who are working with Greater Sydney Landcare Network.

Contact details for each of the Local Landcare Coordinators are listed below.

Clare Vernon

Clare became involved in Landcare through the Sydney University Landcare Society, and has since helped incorporate and grow the society into a flourishing and active student-run group. She helped establish strong connections with Sydney-based not-for-profit conservation organisations, outdoor recreational clubs and regional Landcare partners, as well as cross-institutional connections with sustainability students from around the Sydney region.

Elisha Duxbury

Elisha Duxbury is a Local Landcare Coordinator with Greater Sydney Landcare Network. She is extremely passionate about understanding the ways urbanisation affects ecosystems and applying that knowledge to real-world projects. Elisha has been involved with on-ground environmental restoration since 2008 as a volunteer and bush regenerator. She has BSc (Hons) in Biological Sciences with a focus on urban ecology. Recently, she has completed a Masters looking at the ways green infrastructure in Western Sydney can both provide ecosystem services and maximise biodiversity.

In her role with Greater Sydney Elisha focuses on supporting and empowering young people who want to become a part of the Landcare movement. She coordinated the delivery of the Western Sydney and South West Sydney Landcare Leadership Retreats in collaboration with Intrepid Landcare, which lead to the formation of networks of young people participating in environmental volunteering in their local areas and developing their own projects. As a 2017 Young Sustainability Ambassador she worked with students at Hawkesbury High School to develop their own biodiversity project.