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Plastic in everyday life – Let’s reduce the use!

Friday, 26 April 2019 by Natura Pacific

So Much Plastic! We see it on our beaches, in our street gutters and storm drains, wedged in trees, behind bushes and even in the stomachs of dead animals, yet for some reason we still use massive amounts of single use plastic on a daily basis. Humanity has created over 8.3 billion tons of plastic

Published in Education, Sustainable living

Tagged under: environment, Natura pacific, oceans, plastic, reduce reuse recycle, sustainability

A big ‘Thank You’ from us to you!

Tuesday, 18 December 2018 by Natura Pacific

The end of another year is approaching and we would like to take a moment to say thank you! Thank you for working alongside us or being involved with us and the projects we work on. We would like to share with you a little video about what we all have been able to achieve…

Published in Consulting, Education, Sustainable living, Videos

Tagged under: Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, natura consulting, Natura education, Natura pacific, Thank you, Wins

VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 12: Powerful Owl

Friday, 14 December 2018 by Natura Pacific

Here it is, our long-awaited Christmas Back from the Brink special! This episode focuses on the Powerful Owl, which is Australia’s largest owl and one of our most majestic birds of prey. We join Dr Rob Clemens from BirdLife Australia who tells the story of this remarkable bird and what we can do to help

Published in Back from the Brink, Education, Resources, Videos

Tagged under: Back from the Brink, conservation, Natura pacific, owl, powerful owl, species recovery, threatened species

‘Back from the Brink’ is in the News!

Wednesday, 07 November 2018 by Natura Pacific

AAEE have shared our ‘Back from the Brink’ project in their latest ozEEnews… We were very proud to have an article about our video series ‘Back from the Brink’ published in the September issue of ‘ozEEnews’, the newsletter of the Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. To find out more about this inspiring organisation take

Published in Back from the Brink, Community, Education, Media

Tagged under: AAEE, Australian Association for Environmental Education, Back from the Brink, Natura pacific, threatened, threatened species

VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 11: Swamp Orchid

Friday, 05 October 2018 by Natura Pacific

This stunning native orchid was once found up and down Australia’s east coast. Today, as a result of poaching and habitat loss, it is extremely rare. Learn what is being done to help the ongoing survival of this unique and beautiful Australian plant. The ‘Back from the Brink’ series is the first of its kind

Published in Back from the Brink, Education, GroNative, Resources, Videos

Tagged under: beautiful, coast, conservation, endangered orchid, endangered plant, environment, flowers, orchid, queensland, swamp, swamp orchid

Queensland joins fight against plastic bags

Thursday, 13 September 2018 by Natura Pacific

Have you heard the news about plastic bags? The Queensland Government has not long ago implemented changes to the types of plastic shopping bags that are allowed to be given to customers by retailers. And one thing is for sure – these changes will more than likely affect most of us if we are not

Published in Community, Education, Sustainable living

Tagged under: bag ban, bags, plastic, plastic bags, queensland, recycle, reduce reuse recycle, reusable bags, reuse, sustainability

VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 10: The Koala

Thursday, 30 August 2018 by Natura Pacific

The iconic and lovable koala is a species in trouble! In this latest episode of Back from the Brink we were privileged to speak with Dr Steve Phillips who has spent most of his career learning about these incredible creatures and what we can do to help protect them. The ‘Back from the Brink’ series

Published in Back from the Brink, Education, Resources, Videos

Tagged under: Back from the Brink, conservation, cuddly, environment, Koala, koala conservation, koala habitat, Natura pacific, nature, save the koala, sleepy, steve phillips

VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 9: The Scalloped Hammerhead Shark

Thursday, 05 July 2018 by Natura Pacific

It is time for our next episode of Back from the Brink and this time around we were privileged to be invited out to the stunning marine environment of Moreton Bay to work with Johan Gustafson from Griffith University to learn about the plight of the Scalloped Hammerhead Shark. Take a look… The ‘Back from

Published in Back from the Brink, Education, Resources, Videos

Native seeds creating community connection

Friday, 22 June 2018 by Natura Pacific

The South East Queensland Native Seed Project How green can we make 2018? 2018 has seen the start of a really exciting native seed project taking place in South East Queensland. It will bring together different parts of our community to do something really special for nature. Some past victories for ‘greening’ South East Queensland

Published in Community, Consulting, Education, GroNative, Sustainable living

Tagged under: Borallan training and correctional centre, community, community engagement, connection, growing, kids planting, Natura pacific, nestbox, regreen, rehabilitation, seeds, win win

VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 7: The Coxen’s Fig-parrot

Friday, 20 April 2018 by Natura Pacific

As a follow on from our recent blog story on this rare and elusive bird, take a look at this short video with Dr Rochelle Steven who tells us a bit about the Coxen’s Fig-parrot. More importantly, find out what you can do to help secure the future for this tiny but spectacular Australian bird. If

Published in Back from the Brink, Education, Resources, Videos

Tagged under: citizen science, Coxen's fig-parrot, Dr Rochelle Steven, fig tree, figs, Natura pacific, rainforest, threatened species