Wildversity

About us

 

Wildversity is a collaborative initiative aimed at fostering biodiversity awareness and conservation within the University of Melbourne campuses through active citizen science. The idea to create Wildversity came from the #C15Hack which is a sustainability workshop held at Melbourne University since 2014. The main purpose of the #C15Hack is to address current environmental and social challenges through innovation practices based on design thinking methods. The concept of Wildversity can be seen as a social tool that encourages students and staff from Melbourne University to explore and understand the wilderness that surround their daily lives at campus. Moreover, Wildversity will serve as a platform to collect data essential for the conservation and preservation of urban biodiversity.