A Waterwatch Progress Report
Friday, 05 February 2016
by Natura Pacific
Our Waterwatch team has been ever so busy and we wanted to share with you what we got up to during July to September of the 2015 program! During this period our educators worked with 11 schools and approximately 1,035 students, wow! With all of these enthusiastic young waterwatchers we successfully carried out monitoring at
- Published in Education
Welcome to the New Age: how apps can help us to identify and conserve species
Thursday, 04 February 2016
by Natura Pacific
This story first appeared in Wildlife Australia Magazine, published by Wildlife Queensland, with all proceeds directed to wildlife conservation projects. There’s nothing quite as satisfying as discovering something that you have never seen before. For biologists this might involve the rediscovery of a previously-thought extinct species, for pharmacists it may be the discovery of a medical breakthrough,
- Published in Consulting, Education
Intrinsic Benefits of Nature-based Education in Schools
Friday, 29 January 2016
by Natura Pacific
Natura Education specialises in nature-based education, providing outdoor learning incursions and excursions to schools around the Gold Coast, Southern Brisbane and Northern NSW regions. Our team of educators and scientists are passionate about the benefits of learning about the environment by spending time in nature. By actually getting out into the natural environment, students have
- Published in Education, Nature Play
Tagged under:
environmental education, excursion, incursion, kids in nature, learning, outdoor education
Calling all ‘Earth-Friendly’ early childhood professionals!
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
by Natura Pacific
Can you believe we are into a new year? If you are anything like us you may still be recovering from the end-of-year and Christmas whirlwind! For those of you in childcare this may well have been a flurry of arranging enrolments for the new year, preschoolers moving on to big school, graduations, Christmas parties,
- Published in Announcement, Education
Waterways Field Guide Series 1: Water Bugs – A Fantastic New Resource for Teachers, Students and Scientists Alike!
Wednesday, 09 December 2015
by Natura Pacific
We at Natura have been working on an exciting new project recently for Gold Coast Waterwatch that we simply can’t wait to share with all and sundry! Haven’t heard of Waterwatch? Well, Gold Coast Waterwatch is a community service initiated and supported by the City of Gold Coast that engages with early learning centres, primary schools,
- Published in Consulting, Education, Resources
What is Biodiversity anyway? And is it important?
Thursday, 26 November 2015
by Natura Pacific
Biodiversity is a word that we seem to be hearing more and more these days, but what is it really? Maybe we can start by breaking it down… first, ‘bio‘ stems from a Greek word meaning ‘life‘, and ‘diversity‘ means a variety of different things. So, biological diversity or ‘biodiversity’ refers to the variety of
- Published in Education, Sustainable living
What can Gold Coast Waterwatch achieve in a year?
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
by Natura Pacific
Gold Coast Waterwatch is a community service initiated and supported by the City of Gold Coast and facilitated by Natura Education. When delivering Waterwatch we engage with early learning centres, primary schools, secondary schools, community groups and community events to educate participants on the importance of healthy waterways and catchments. It is part of Waterwatch
- Published in Education, Nature Play
Ethical Enterprise Awards 2015
Thursday, 05 November 2015
by Natura Pacific
This week at Natura Pacific we received some fantastic news from the Ethical Enterprise Awards 2015, run by Melbourne-based Moral Fair Ground and Australian Ethical. We have been nominated as one of 11 finalists for the award and are invited to attend the Awards Dinner and Conference in Melbourne on 4th December!! Essentially this award aims
- Published in Announcement, Consulting, Education, Media
Natura Education: Young Children in Nature – Why all the Hype?
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
by Natura Pacific
The following article was submitted to Nature Play Qld earlier this year to contribute to their blog. The message was so relevant that we wanted to share it here too! These days it seems like we are regularly bombarded by messages, information and advice about our environment. As a parent or child care professional, this
- Published in Education, Nature Play
Tagged under:
environmental education, kids in nature, Natura education, nature play, outdoor education, sustainability
Natura Education joins hands with Nature Play Qld!
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
by Natura Pacific
The Natura Education team are very excited to have recently joined the Nature Play Qld network! So why are we so excited? What is Nature Play all about? Well, to quote directly from their website… “Nature Play QLD’s mission is to increase the time Queensland kids spend in unstructured play outdoors and in nature. It
- Published in Announcement, Education, Nature Play