Global Leadership Foundation celebrated 15 years of raising the emotional health levels of leaders across the world on May 1st this year. Many of you will know the influence that Arid Recovery had on the creation of our organisation. In recognition of this, six of our Global Fellows joined Gayle and Malcolm in celebrating this important milestone in the amazing space that is home to the Arid Recovery project.
We arrived at Olympic Dam, South Australia, on Friday morning, then spent the weekend supporting the significant scientific work that Arid Recovery is known for. At the same time, we continued our ongoing personal and professional development as Global Fellows.
Highlights of the weekend included:
- repairing and strengthening internal fences to ensure that the quolls that were to be released the following week didn’t find their way out of the reserve
- spotlighting to determine different animal numbers in different locations
- trapping hopping mice and taking samples of their fur to build a reference library for the future
- unexpectedly trapping a Western Barred Bandicoot – to our delight as we had spent our last visit trying to find these elusive creatures
- watching bettongs sit around a large water tank waiting for the next drops of water, then having them join us for our barbeque on the deck
- admiring the Arid Recovery staff and volunteers as they continue to make a difference to science and this important ecosystem.
During our time in this remote environment, with physical work and connections to each other and the animals we were working with, we became more grounded and present and experienced great conversations and important learning. As we departed on Monday morning, our resolve to continue to support this project was as strong as ever. Thank you to Arid Recovery for making this so.
