We are 2016 Healthy Waterways Awards Finalists!
Wednesday, 01 June 2016
We are very excited to share that our recently released Waterways Field Guide has been nominated as a finalist for the 2016 Healthy Waterways Awards, in the category of Sustainable Education. These guides were developed as an initiative of Gold Coast Waterwatch, which was supported and undertaken by both the City of Gold Coast Catchment Management
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VIDEO: Kids in Nature – Making the most of your experience
Friday, 20 May 2016
Getting outside with your children or the children in your care is not only lots of fun but has also been shown time and again to have significant benefits for childhood development. So how do you really make the most of your time with kids in nature? In this video Dionne Coburn, an Educator and
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VIDEO: The Catchment Journey – Series 1 What is a catchment?
Friday, 22 April 2016
So what is a catchment? Is it something important and does it affect you and me? Adam from Natura Education explains the vital importance of our local catchments and how e can all help to keep them healthy into the future.
Through the Eyes of an Educator: Gold Coast Waterwatch for Term 2
Thursday, 13 August 2015
Gold Coast Waterwatch is an education and community engagement program designed to develop knowledge around the human impacts on waterway health in Gold Coast Catchment areas. Together, we discuss what a catchment is and how the health of the waterway may be improved or depleted through human activities as well as working with students and
Through the Eyes of an Educator: Wipe Out Waste for Term 2
Monday, 03 August 2015
I have had a lot of fun working both in the Wipe Out Waste mobile classroom and in school classrooms to spread the word on how to Wipe Out Waste! Wipe Out Waste is a primary school program that raises awareness and develops students’ understanding of how they can reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink when
Through the Eyes of an Educator: Gold Coast’s Biggest Tree Planting Day
Thursday, 30 July 2015
On the 29th March Natura Education were so excited to be a part of Gold Coast’s Biggest Tree Planting Day which was a fantastic community event organised by the Gold Coast Catchment Association and held at the Country Paradise Parklands in Nerang. Our team were there with some beautiful native animals such as a saltwater
Natura Education: Through the Eyes of an Educator – Meet Kate!
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Well, term two is a wrap and it is time to relax a little for the team of educators from Natura Education. The school term was action-packed, with our staff out and about in classrooms and outdoor spaces all over the place! Here we are interacting with children of all ages and members of the
Natura Education at the Australian Association for Environmental Education Expo
Friday, 17 July 2015
In April of this year Natura Education had the pleasure of attending the Australian Association for Environmental Education Expo. The conference was held at the Arts and Ecology Centre at the Maroochy Botanic Gardens in Tanawha and was a spectacular location to display and showcase the beauty of the local environmental and how to engage
Connecting Kids with Catchments
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
The Northern Gold Coast Catchments Schools Engagement Program 2014 Natura Education provides quality environmental education programs for primary and high schools, early learning centres, tertiary and international students and the wider community throughout the Gold Coast and beyond. In the early part of 2014 our team had the great pleasure of being involved in the
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Gold Coast Hidden Gem: The Guanaba Indigenous Protected Area
Friday, 13 March 2015
As discussed in a previous article, one of our Natura team was lucky enough to attend a native seed collection workshop which was run by SEQ Catchments working in cooperation with Greening Australia. This workshop was held on-site at the Guanaba Indigenous Protected Area (GIPA) and was hosted by the Ngarang-Wal Gold Coast Aboriginal Association
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