Building social capital during a community gardening project designed to save native Australian pollinators
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 11:00 AM–11:20 AM CET add to calendar
Garden Hall
Proposed Conference Track
2. Planetary health: Environment and sustainability
Session Theme
Environment & sustainability
Programme Listing
During the presentation, you will learn about the design and implemation of a grassroots community project dedicated to supporting pollinators. We will explore the concept of social captial and how building a community resource like a garden depends on social captial to function. We will show how building social captial is critical for all stages of our garden project. Finally, we will show you how we are supporting native flora and fauna from regional Australia like the blue-banded bee.
Primary Contact
Felicity Anne Small, Charles Sturt University
Job Title
Senior Lecturer in Marketing
Presenters
Felicity Small, Charles Sturt University
Job Title
Senior Lecturer in Marketing
Associate Professor Alain Neher, Charles Sturt University
Job Title
Associate Professor in Management
Dr Lucia Wuersch, Charles Sturt University
Job Title
Lecturer in Management