field guide Archives - Natura Pacific

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

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

Tagged under: apps, apps and conservation, apps to identify species, biodiversity, environment, field guide, gardening australia, gardening with natives, Greening Australia, GroNATIVE, native plants, Natura pacific, sustainability

Congratulations to the Healthy Waterways Award Winners for 2016

Friday, 15 July 2016 by Natura Pacific

Natura Education and our partners from the City of Gold Coast Catchment Management Unit were honoured to be among the finalists for this year’s Healthy Waterways Awards. In attending the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner last week, we were so proud to be in the company of so many who are contributing truly wonderful things to

Published in Announcement, Consulting, Education, Media

Tagged under: 2016 healthy waterways awards, environmental education, field guide, Gold Coast Waterwatch, healthy waterways, Natura education, teaching resource, waterwatch, waterways, waterways field guide

Waterways Field Guides now available at Gold Coast Libraries

Thursday, 23 June 2016 by Natura Pacific

Some exciting news this week for the many people who have shown interest in the recently released Waterways Field Guides – they are now available at the many branches of Gold Coast Libraries. In fact we were very excited to receive a photograph of a display set up by the Southport Branch Library showcasing these

Published in Community, Education, Resources

Tagged under: catchments, environmental education, field guide, gold coast, healthy waterways awards, Natura education, outdoor education, teaching resource, teaching tool, water bugs, waterwatch, waterways

A new species of water bug on the Gold Coast

Monday, 13 June 2016 by Natura Pacific

Here at Natura Education we are very privileged to be working with a team of educators and scientists that are not only skilled in delivering a variety of education programs to students of all ages, but are also experts in their respective fields. John Pumpurs is Natura Education’s resident frog and water bug expert and

Published in Announcement, Education

Tagged under: biodiversity, coastal ecosystems, environment, environmental education, field guide, gold coast, learning, macro invertebrates, Natura education, SEQ Catchments, teaching resource, water bugs, water quality, waterwatch, waterways

We are 2016 Healthy Waterways Awards Finalists!

Wednesday, 01 June 2016 by Natura Pacific

We are very excited to share that our recently released Waterways Field Guide has been nominated as a finalist for the 2016 Healthy Waterways Awards, in the category of Sustainable Education. These guides were developed as an initiative of Gold Coast Waterwatch, which was supported and undertaken by both the City of Gold Coast Catchment Management

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Tagged under: 2016 healthy waterways awards, biodiversity, catchments, coastal ecosystems, environment, environmental education, field guide, gold coast, healthy waterways awards, kids in nature, learning, macro invertebrates, Natura education, outdoor education, SEQ Catchments, water bugs, water quality, waterwatch, waterways

Waterways Field Guide – Series 2 to 4 are here!

Friday, 27 May 2016 by Natura Pacific

In December last year, Natura Pacific and City of Gold Coast released the first in a series of field guides titled “Waterways Field Guide, Series 1: Water Bugs”. Take a look at our article on this here. Being an initiative of Gold Coast Waterwatch, the Water Bugs guide was quickly heralded to be a success by

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Tagged under: catchments, coastal ecosystems, environment, environmental education, field guide, gold coast, learning, Natura education, outdoor education, SEQ Catchments, teaching resource, teaching tool, water bugs, waterwatch, waterways

Gold Coast Wildlife: Blue Tongue Lizard

Tuesday, 10 May 2016 by Natura Pacific

Have you ever wondered about what types of animals may be living around you, in your backyard, your local park or in that bushland down the road? The Gold Coast wildlife is diverse and prolific, and this part of Australia plays host to some 600 species of animals, some of which are quite rare and

Published in BushCam, Education, Nature Play

Tagged under: Australian wildlife, biodiversity, blue tongue, blue tongue lizard, coastal ecosystems, environment, environmental education, field guide, Gold Coast wildlife

VIDEO: Aussie plants are coming out of the dark with a native plant app

Thursday, 24 March 2016 by Natura Pacific

What if we could make use of our amazing Australian native plants for all types of gardening and landscaping? What if up and coming app technology was able to help us plan our gardens in such a way that we were contributing to conservation at the same time? Dr Mark Runkowski introduces an exciting new

Published in Consulting, Education, GroNative, Videos

Tagged under: apps, apps and conservation, apps to identify species, Australian plants, biodiversity, field guide, native plant app, native plants, sustainability, technology and conservation

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

Tagged under: catchments, environmental education, field guide, macro invertebrates, Natura education, outdoor education, teaching resource, teaching tool, water bugs, water quality, waterwatch

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

Published in Education, Sustainable living

Tagged under: bushland, environmental education, field guide, kids in nature, mini beast, Natura education, outdoor education, Pottsville Beach Public School, sustainability, waterways, wetlands