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World Environment Day – What is it all about?
Friday, 30 June 2017
Just a week or two ago, we celebrated World Environment Day. Now, you’ve probably heard about “Earth Day”, but not as many of us have heard of “World Environment Day”. Why is that so? While both days have a similar objective, to help raise awareness for us all to help protect the environment, The are
- Published in Community, Education, Sustainable living
Lots of eco-friendly fun at LEAF 2017!
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
The Natura team had lots of fun joining in with all the activities at the 2017 LEAF (Logan Eco Action Festival) recently. This was such an incredibly busy event and it was so great to see so many people supporting and enjoying a festival that was focused on all of us becoming more environmentally-minded. The
- Published in Education, Sustainable living
VIDEO: Inspiring Schools – A beautiful permaculture garden at a local school
Monday, 19 June 2017
So many schools, both big and small, undertake some wonderfully inspiring programs for their students and community. Here at Natura we love having the opportunity to share some of the things we are lucky enough to see while visiting these great inspiring schools on our travels. Take a look at the beautiful permaculture garden at
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GroNATIVE is given a ‘thumbs up’ by Hort Journal Australia
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
It was wonderful to see the appearance of the new GroNATIVE app in the April edition of the well-known publication Hort Journal Australia. The article, written by reknowned Australian native plant expert Kate Heffernan (learn more about Kate and her work on her website), runs through the value that an app such as grow native
- Published in Announcement, Consulting, Education, GroNative, Media
VIDEO: Native stingless bees – How to make a hive seperator
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Another great video about how to care for a native bee hive. This time Kieran and his young son Beau show you how to make a hive seperator, along with how to install it and how it will benefit your own native bee hive. To see our other videos about our wonderful native bees take a
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Joining in at the Nature Play Qld Symposium 2017
Monday, 15 May 2017
Our Early Childhood Coordinator Tracey Mayhew was delighted to represent Natura Education at the Nature Play Qld Symposium 2017 held at Palm Beach recently. Here Tracey shares with us her account of the day: And what a great day it was! Nearly 300 childcare educators and primary school teachers all gathered together to share inspiration
- Published in Community, Education, Nature Play, Sustainable living
VIDEO: Back to basics – Getting children outside
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Tracey is Natura Education’s early childhood specialist and she is just brimming with wonderful and simple ideas for getting our children outside in the fresh air and engaged in imaginative and active play. Take a look at this video where Tracey shares some great ideas! To find out more about what we do take a
- Published in Education, Nature Play, Resources, Videos
VIDEO: Budding a native bee hive
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Join Kieran and Bastian as they show you how to ‘bud’ a native bee hive. By budding a hive you can essentially create two hives from the one and so double the chances of survival for a settlement of native stingless bees that needs to be relocated due to clearing activities. If you would like
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What’s so great about a green wall?
Wednesday, 26 April 2017
What are the benefits of a green wall for your business? They are a unique marketing tool… Is a client going to remember the blank white walls of your conference room? Probably not. But, you can bet they’ll remember the beautiful vertical garden or green wall in your reception area. Green walls are also great for creating an eco-friendly, environmentally
- Published in Education, GroNative, Sustainable living
