Food forests and surfing students

EPISODE · Apr 7, 2023 · 11 MIN

Food forests and surfing students

from ABC KIDS News Time · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

On today's show, we’re going to ride the ocean’s waves with kids with disability. We’ll meet a teenager changing the age of lawn bowlers. Next we’ll visit a food forest and find out what lessons it can teach us. We celebrate World Health Day and find out about the painful stinging tree.QUIZ QUESTIONS:1.What is the big lesson surf therapy can teach us?2.How old was Cooper when he first started playing lawn bowls?3.Where in Australia are young people growing a food forest?4.What does WHO stand for?5.What is another name for a stinging tree?BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:What is a 'syntropic farm'?ANSWERS:1.A big lesson in surf therapy is resilience! That’s when we learn how to deal with challenges.2.Cooper was 10 years old.3.Dubbo.4.World Health Organisation.5.Gympie Gympie plant.BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:A ‘syntropic farm’ is when it’s a whole ecosystem you can eat, grows under a forest canopy.

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