Natura Education: Young Children in Nature – Why all the Hype?
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
by Natura Pacific
The following article was submitted to Nature Play Qld earlier this year to contribute to their blog. The message was so relevant that we wanted to share it here too! These days it seems like we are regularly bombarded by messages, information and advice about our environment. As a parent or child care professional, this
- Published in Education, Nature Play
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environmental education, kids in nature, Natura education, nature play, outdoor education, sustainability
Natura Education joins hands with Nature Play Qld!
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
by Natura Pacific
The Natura Education team are very excited to have recently joined the Nature Play Qld network! So why are we so excited? What is Nature Play all about? Well, to quote directly from their website… “Nature Play QLD’s mission is to increase the time Queensland kids spend in unstructured play outdoors and in nature. It
- Published in Announcement, Education, Nature Play
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
- Published in Education, Sustainable living
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
Natura Education and All Saints Anglican College – Working together for our Environment
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
by Natura Pacific
The team at Natura Education are very lucky and proud to be involved in some great collaborative projects. One such project is the ongoing ‘Connecting Community for Waterways’ initiative. This project was undertaken as a service to the community which was focused on students and community collecting native seeds to provide as a resource to
- Published in Education, Nature Play
Environmental Scientists as Teachers
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
by Natura Pacific
Science is recognised as a pathway to innovation, and environmental science plays a significant role in meeting the new global challenges of our time. In Australia, environmental science is among the world’s best for quality, with our strengths lying in water science and technology, ecological modelling, and nature and landscape conservation[1]. The Australian Government has
- Published in Education, Sustainable living
Through the Eyes of an Educator: Wipe Out Waste for Term 2
Monday, 03 August 2015
by Natura Pacific
I have had a lot of fun working both in the Wipe Out Waste mobile classroom and in school classrooms to spread the word on how to Wipe Out Waste! Wipe Out Waste is a primary school program that raises awareness and develops students’ understanding of how they can reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink when
Through the Eyes of an Educator: Gold Coast’s Biggest Tree Planting Day
Thursday, 30 July 2015
by Natura Pacific
On the 29th March Natura Education were so excited to be a part of Gold Coast’s Biggest Tree Planting Day which was a fantastic community event organised by the Gold Coast Catchment Association and held at the Country Paradise Parklands in Nerang. Our team were there with some beautiful native animals such as a saltwater
Natura Education: Through the Eyes of an Educator – Meet Kate!
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
by Natura Pacific
Well, term two is a wrap and it is time to relax a little for the team of educators from Natura Education. The school term was action-packed, with our staff out and about in classrooms and outdoor spaces all over the place! Here we are interacting with children of all ages and members of the
Natura Education at the Australian Association for Environmental Education Expo
Friday, 17 July 2015
by Natura Pacific
In April of this year Natura Education had the pleasure of attending the Australian Association for Environmental Education Expo. The conference was held at the Arts and Ecology Centre at the Maroochy Botanic Gardens in Tanawha and was a spectacular location to display and showcase the beauty of the local environmental and how to engage