Fire, the result of a combustion reaction, is important in ecosystems as it promotes the recycling of nutrients. This process is well-known by Aboriginal people. They have been using fire for millennia to control the transfer of matter and energy through the ecosystem in a practice known as firestick farming.
Students learn the traditional fire management practices of the Aboriginal people. Traditional fire management is used for bushfire management, and is recognised by contemporary science for the interactions between the biosphere and the atmosphere and effectively reducing greenhouse gas emissions.