Sustainability

What stories did the early European explorers in Australia have about what they saw?

Open the website below and click on Ch 3 on the right hand side and then play the video. Thanks ABC Education for this amazing resource!

Here’s another one that I like. If you are lucky enough to live near a pond, creek or other water body, you can use this app to identify any frogs that you see and also record calls for expert ID. Available as a free app which links directly to a citizen science project, and the network of frog ID experts who will identify all species in your recording. They use that to map frog species across the country.

Start your happy frog finding here!

What stories do stones have and how do these stories connect to us? Uncle Paul Gordon says; "with every connection comes obligation."  What does he mean?

Open the website below and click on Ch2 and then play the video. Thanks ABC Education for this amazing resource!

You don't even need a garden to give this a try! Hang it in a window sill, from a fence or off the verandah. Tomatoes love the sun just try to keep it out of the wind and keep the soil moist not wet!

These instructions (PDF, 427KB) will get you growing in no time!   

Our old people teach us that we are a story, nothing more, nothing less. When we connect with others, people, animals, country, they become part of our story and we become part of theirs. The old people say a good story is one of connections and with every connection comes obligation. - Paul Gordon (custodian Karulkiyalu country)

ABC Education has a series on Bruce Pascoe where we learn about the story of Aboriginal agriculture and technology and celebrate the ingenuity of the First Australians.

Each week a new journal will be posted of Bruce Pascoe sharing part of his and all of our collective stories. Open the website, click on Ch1 and then play the video. Thanks to ABC Education for this amazing resource!

Where to start? Well luckily you are only limited by your imagination!  Cardboard box, milk crate, chicken wire, old plastic box… The list is endless and the best thing is that you can make your own household compost bin for $0!

Check these out!

Want to get your head around why this is important? This clip may help

Soooo... Are you ready to get crafty? Click on one of the images below!

Citizen science is when someone like you participates in scientific research. Citizen scientists can work independently or collaborate with professional scientists by collecting, reporting or analysing data. There are thousands of citizen science research projects going on around the world... Check out all of these! (PDF, 574KB)

A few favourites:

• iNaturalist

• Fauna and Flora of the Scenic Rim

• Poo Power! Global Challenge

If you want to identify plants in your backyard Plantfinder is a really useful website!  

Or if you have a mobile device, there are a few great apps that allow you to take a photo of a plant and it then identifies it for you. Try searching Plant, Snap, Plant identify!!!

Check out this great website - Backyard buddies will help you get to know your animal brothers and sisters that are living with you!  It also gives some great ideas on how to help them out by building some simple habitats out of materials you probably already have at home!

Enjoy your time outside and we'd love to hear about the animals you live with and how you have made their lives better.