Money grows on trees – Measuring the $$ value of vegetation
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Okay, I know money doesn’t actually grow on trees. But it might as well. In fact, the dollar value of trees is scientifically measurable. Research actually shows that trees are providing genuine economic benefits to people that are truly worth protecting. Just one example is one that we tend to think of first: trees improve
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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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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: 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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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
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VIDEO: Our beautiful green wall – look at it now!
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
It has been quite a while since we shared the progress of our green wall. It is growing so beautifully that we thought it was well past was time for an update! This timelapse video was a wonderful way to share just how much the plants have grown over the last 8 months or so, and
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VIDEO: You can introduce this threatened species to your garden with GroNATIVE!
Friday, 24 February 2017
Growing native plants in your garden has the potential to not only create a beautiful environment but can also have so many benefits for your local biodiversity. In fact some of our beautiful native plants could use your help as some of them are not doing so well out there in the wild due to
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