VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 5: The Albert’s Lyrebird
Thursday, 24 August 2017
In this latest instalment of ‘Back from the Brink’ we meet Naturalist Jeff Eller who tells us all about the Near Threatened Albert’s Lyrebird (Menura alberti) living in the beautiful forests of Tamborine Mountain. Jeff shares his passion for this spectacular bird and what work is being done to help it survive into the future.
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Connecting people to nature – A challenge of the modern world
Monday, 07 August 2017
Humans have co-existed with other beings in the natural world for ages, but how would you define your connection with nature? Humans are born as a part of nature, and it explains why many of us tend to both crave and seek out ways of connecting with it. However, chances are for most of us,
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VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 4 (Cont.): The Phrygian Bee Orchid in Turkey
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Welcome back for the second part of our story about the Phyrgian Bee Orchid, filmed in the beautiful mountains of Turkey. Join Yasemin Konuralp, botanist and tour guide, to find out her ideas of how this tiny orchid can be better protected into the future. Also find out what she has decided to do to help
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VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 4: The Phrygian Bee Orchid in Turkey
Monday, 17 July 2017
After a short break we return to our ‘Back from the Brink’ video series with Part 4, which was filmed far away in the mountains of Turkey. Meet Yasemin Konuralp who is a botanist and tour guide, and who has a true passion for teaching others about the endangered Phyrigian Bee Orchid. This tiny orchid
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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
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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
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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
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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
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