VIDEO: The GroNATIVE App development caught on film
Wednesday, 10 August 2016
by Natura Pacific
The GroNATIVE app is happening and we are so excited! Take a sneak peek into some recent filming of the app’s development conducted here at Natura Pacific. The app, which is being created in collaboration with Griffith University, promotes the use of native plants in our gardens in order to improve biodiversity, reduce garden weed
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VIDEO: Introducing our new vertical garden!
Thursday, 14 July 2016
by Natura Pacific
Would could be better than a cool wall of green and the sound of trickling water in your workplace? The team here at Natura Pacific are very excited to be helping put together our very own green wall which will form the backdrop to our workspace. Take a look while Mark shows you how the
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australian gardening, green wall, GroNATIVE, indoor ferns, indoor gardening, native plants, natura, vertical garden, work environment
“Going Green” – Living more sustainably is easy!
Tuesday, 05 July 2016
by Natura Pacific
You might remember Kermit the Frog’s sad lament that “It’s not easy being green”. But, actually it can be! Living more sustainably can be as simple as introducing just a few simple changes to your home to help you tread more lightly on the planet. Here are five simple “going green” life hacks to get you started:
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biodiversity, chemical free, environment, environmental impacts, going green, learning, life hacks, living sustainably, sustainability
VIDEO: Searching for Koalas in South East Queensland
Thursday, 23 June 2016
by Natura Pacific
Spend a few moments with Mick and Dave from our consulting team as they undertake field surveys in the Logan Shire of South-east Queensland. As you can see from the footage of this wild and beautiful bushland, there is more to Logan than meets the eye, including being the home to many populations of our precious
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VIDEO: GroNATIVE with our amazing local native plants!
Friday, 03 June 2016
by Natura Pacific
Natura Pacific, in collaboration with Griffith University, is very excited to be working on a new project ‘GroNATIVE’. GroNATIVE will give south east Queenslanders an easy to use resource that can help guide you in the selection of locally native plants for your garden or landscaping project. Dr Rochelle Steven is working hard researching the species that are readily
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VIDEO: Organic recycling at home
Wednesday, 04 May 2016
by Natura Pacific
Organic recycling at home can be so simple. This is a great eco-friendly way of disposing of your fruit and vegetable scraps while fertilising your garden at the same time. Watch as Senior Educator and waste expert Lucy Fouche shares some quick and easy tips to get you started.
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environmental education, Natura education, organic recycling, outdoor education, sustainability
Counting up the benefits of biodiversity in urban areas
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
by Natura Pacific
Of all the ways that we humans have changed our landscape, urbanisation has probably resulted in the most evident changes to the natural environment. More than half of the world’s population now live in towns and cities, and with increasing rates of urbanisation right across the globe there are major concerns about the effect that
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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
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So Many Ways to Save Water and $$$
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
by Natura Pacific
Water is precious and so is your hard earned cash! So believe it or not the cost of a dripping tap definitely adds up over time. Luckily there are plenty of ways to reduce your water use, and even better, save money at the same time. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth and
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Natura Education: Environmental Heroes at Pottsville Beach Public School
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
by Natura Pacific
The Natura education team, lead by our Senior Environmental Educator Lucy, had the great pleasure of spending two days (29th and 31st of July) with the students and staff of Pottsville Beach Public School on NSW’s far north coast. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Treescience, a local environmental consulting business, around 180 students from
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