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ECO Education Service

Locality: Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 5476 4777

Address: 37 Coronation Avenue Nambour QLD 4560 4560 Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia

Website: http://ecoeducationservice.org.au/

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25.01.2022 Did you know that dragonflies are carnivorous? Baby dragonflies (dragonfly nymphs) use their fast, extendable jaws to catch unsuspecting prey. They eat tadpoles..., fish, and other waterbugs including each other! Find out what dragonflies eat as adults as well as more interesting things about dragonflies on our ECO Education Service website ecoeducationservice.org.au//dragonflies-and-aquatic-insects

25.01.2022 During the warmer months, horseshoe crabs emerge from the sea to spawn. Waiting for them are teams of lab workers, who capture the horseshoe crabs by the hundreds of thousands, take them to labs, harvest their blood, then return them to the sea. Here's why:

24.01.2022 Waste education starts at home:)

24.01.2022 We never know the worth of water till the well is dry - Thomas Fuller Thank you to our hard working team and invaluable partners at Seqwater Unitywater Sun...shine Coast Council National Landcare Program for supporting our education programs in the hope that our water quality and supply remain as good as possible. If you havent already, check out https://www.worldwaterday.org for some amazing resources to help start a conversation and inspire action! #worldwaterday #ecollaboration #seqwater #sustainability #environmentalscience #conservation #nature #water #future #climatechange #sunshinecoast #unitywater #nationallandcareprogram #sunshinecoastcouncil #NLP See more

23.01.2022 What a great initiative to rehome your old toys this school holidays!

23.01.2022 Did you know that approximately 2 per cent of the Earths water occurs as groundwater, compared with 0.1 per cent as rivers and lakes? And yet in Australia over... 30 per cent of our total water consumption comes from groundwater. For Groundwater Awareness Week we've put together a short article about the water cycle on our website #GWAW http://ecoeducationservice.org.au/water-cycles/ #GWAW #Landcare National Landcare Program

23.01.2022 We are partnering with our landlord, the Nambour Uniting Church to host an Ecology Weekend next weekend. The invitation is open to the public and you can come to all events or a selection. A Saturday breakfast will start the entertainment with guest speakers being Tim Metelerkamp on the importance of birds, Dr Nita Lester on plants and Alison Hall on ecotourism. Following this will be a field trip to view environmental works at Whalley Creek and Dilkusha Rainforest and th...e a tour of Nichols Worm Farm. On Sunday will be a worship celebration exploring A Christian Response in a time of Ecological Anxiety with guest speakers Rev Chris Crause, our own Natural Areas Manager Jim Stuart and Rev Ian Stehbens. We are partnering with our landlord, the Nambour Uniting Church to host an Ecology Weekend next weekend. The invitation is open to the public and you can come to all events or a selection. A Saturday breakfast will start the entertainment with guest speakers being Tim Metelerkamp on the importance of birds, Dr Nita Lester on plants and Alison Hall on ecotourism. Following this will be a field trip to view environmental works at Whalley Creek and Dilkusha Rainforest and the a tour of Nichols Worm Farm. On Sunday will be a worship celebration exploring A Christian Response in a time of Ecological Anxiety with guest speakers Rev Chris Crause, our own Natural Areas Manager Jim Stuart and Rev Ian Stehbens. https://ecollaboration.org.au/ecology-weekend-12-and-13-oc/

22.01.2022 What a great opportunity for a teacher!

22.01.2022 Term 3 Geography & Science Field Trips We're looking forward to getting out and about again, providing students with the opportunity to learn from experts involved in natural resource and catchment management in SE Qld, through the geography and science field trips we conduct with schools. Contact us: [email protected]

20.01.2022 Therere back...Keep an eye out for RESTs if you are in the Moreton Bay region. Not very nice turtles at all! Contact Biosecurity Qld if you see them now that dam levels are low.

20.01.2022 How are we transforming catchments? With lots of love and hard work in repairing, educating and training. Seqwater Unitywater @SunshineCoastCouncil

18.01.2022 BUTTERFLY FLUTTERS FOR CITIZEN SCIENTISTS Knowledge of the population distribution of the endangered Richmond Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia) is about to be improved with a new citizen science project in south east Queensland. ECOllaboration Ltds Chief Executive Officer, Cerran Fawns, said We have had many unofficial reports of sightings since our last survey ten years ago and we need to update records for the last five years.... The butterfly is listed as vulnerable and is an important species that has been severely impacted by habitat loss and the introduced vine, the Dutchmans Pipe (Aristolochia elegans), which is poisonous to the butterfly larvae. The native birdwing butterfly vine, Pararistolochia praevenosa, is what the larvae feed on in the wild, however it looks so similar to the Dutchmans Pipe, the adult females get confused and lay eggs on the introduced vine which are a death trap for the emergent larvae. The native birdwing butterfly vine has been planted widely throughout the region over the last ten years and we are wanting to determine if the populations have spread from the isolated pockets of the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast areas. Ms Fawns added, The males are easily recognisable being black and iridescent green with the females less striking with brown, yellow and white markings. The data collected from the community sightings will be uploaded to the Living Atlas of Australia which gives a generalised map of the distribution and the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Network. To report sightings over the last five years and to view photos of the butterfly, vines and larvae, go to http://ecoeducationservice.org.au/richmondbirdwingbutterfly/. A report from can also be downloaded and mailed to ECOllaboration, PO Box 311, Nambour Qld 4560 or phoned in on 07 54764777. This project is supported by ECOllaboration Ltd, through funding from the Australian Governments National Landcare Program. National Landcare Program #Landcare

18.01.2022 Our Skilling Queenslanders for Work trainees are learning all about chemical weed control. Very technical! Challenge Employment and Training - RTO 5388

17.01.2022 The hills of Poona Dam are undergoing a facelift to improve water quality Seqwater

17.01.2022 Happy National Recycling Week! Everyones excited about the Queensland Drinks Container Refund Scheme so are we! Heres a handy poster we made up to help you ...figure out which drinks containers are eligible for a 10c refund. Please feel free to share it around.

16.01.2022 Choking oceans cough up art.

16.01.2022 We are hiring. Conservation Trainee Supervisor position available. https://ecollaboration.org.au/we-are-hiring-conservation-t/

16.01.2022 Edgy Veg fun fact for the school holidays: Plants living near water act like eyelashes. Join us for the Sunshine Coast Council Kids In Action Environmental Pro...jects series. Janine and Marcelo give us the low-down on why it is so very important to maintain the right native vegetation beside water. As shallow pools dry out, the deeper areas are critical as a holding zone to maintain the lives of our aquatic friends. Native plants protect from further evaporation through providing shade, they filter out pollutants and their roots slow the soil from entering the water and filling up the holding zones. So now we know:) Check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/yxwbn3bo Thanks to Sunshine Coast Council, the awesome KIA team and our Skilling Queenslanders for Work Trainees. #environmentlevyfunding #quotapark #Sunshinecoastcouncil #Kidsinaction2020 #riparian #edgyveg #landcare #citizenscience #catchmentcare #aquaticfriends #scienceeducation

15.01.2022 Part 2 of the Kids in Action videos sharing the secrets of Edgy Veg. Marcelo and Janine take us through some plant ID tips for native vegetation that works w...ell in Riparian Zones. And Janine gives us a refresher on 3 of the qualities of healthy 'Veg on the Edge':) Take yourself down to a nearby waterway & put your headphones on to listen to these videos. Thanks to Sunshine Coast Kids in Action 2020 Program and Sunshine Coast Council with lots of resources available here: https://tinyurl.com/y55lz8hu Video:- https://tinyurl.com/y3ao8v8k #edgyveg Sunshine Coast Council #riparianvegetation #environmentlevy #citizenscience #curriculumbasededucation #kidsinaction #plantid #catchmentcare #weedinggroups #maintainingourcreeks #nativenurseries #communitynurseries

14.01.2022 Celebrating National Science Week with some exciting news - our Environmental Projects Manager Janine Bedros has been appointed Chair of the Queensland Chapter ...of the Australian Citizen Science Association. Congratulations Janine. Janine coordinates our citizen science based community programs and is also one of our Environmental Educators at Eco Education Service. Find activities for National Science Week here: https://www.scienceweek.net.au/ #nationalscienceweek #scienceeducation #citizen science #australiancitizenscienceassociation

14.01.2022 Some holiday fun!

13.01.2022 We here at ECOllaboration are very proud of all of our recent Certificate 3 graduates and wish them the best in all of their future endevours. Have a look below... at what two of our fantastic graduates had to say about their experience within the traineeship. Special thanks to Ballistic Training Solutions for providing expert guiding and training. Music by Dear Willow

12.01.2022 On the job training in conservation available now. 22 weeks full time paid work to work in conservation and land management and achieve a Certificate I plus spray licence, chainsaw certificate and construction white card. Applicants must be currently unemployed and be able to get to Nambour for a 7am start, have a willingness to learn and work out doors and have a level of fitness for working on steep banks and rocky terrain. Pay between $323 and $577 per week plus Super depending on age and schooling level as per the National training provisions in the Misc Award. Starts 28th January. Send resume to [email protected]. Funded by the Queensland Governments Skilling Queenslanders for Work Initiative.

12.01.2022 Yandina ECO Escape - get out there and enjoy the natural environment!

11.01.2022 While the creeks are flowing with the recent rain take a walk outside and observe the changes. Use the skills taught across these videos to be an environme...ntal custodian in action! https://www.youtube.com/watch Thanks to Sunshine Coast Council and the awesome Kids in Action team. #environmentlevyfunding #quotapark #Sunshinecoastcouncil #Kidsinaction2020 #riparian #edgyveg #landcare #citizenscience #catchmentcare #aquaticfriends #scienceeducation

11.01.2022 Our Annual Report has been released. Find out more about what we have been up to all year. Click on link below: https://ecollaboration.org.au//Annual-Report-2017-2018-FIN We also have our Christmas Party coming up on the 14th December at 12 noon at the office. Please RSVP to [email protected] by Thursday 13th Dec.

09.01.2022 Did you know that plants grow in communities? Factors such as soil type, availability of water, elevation and wind play to the strengths of certain plants and not others. That's why you won't find succulents in a rainforest. Or ferns on a coastal dune. Year 12 Biology students at St Theresa's Catholic College spent two days with us exploring the different plant communities of sclerophyll, rain forest, heath, and coastal dunes, as well as water quality and its relationship wit...h vegetation. These field trips were proudly supported by Unitywater and Seqwater #STCC

07.01.2022 Happy 30th Birthday Maroochy Wetland Sanctuary Congratulations to the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary Support Group and Sunshine Coast, Queensland for taking good... care of this wonderful local asset. We have such a strong connection with this place. We love walking the boardwalk and watching the crabs We love teaching kids about mangroves and estuaries We love helping keep the weeds under control We love coming out bird watching with you We love water testing off your pontoon We love your new ClimateWatch app trail We appreciate you so much! Here's to you serving our Sunny Coast community with your goodness for many generations to come

07.01.2022 We had a great day out with a very engaged group of Year 10 students from St Teresa's Catholic College, focusing on how dunes allow for other plant communities to exist behind them. The students completed transect lines and quadrat surveys of the dunes, foredune and heath. We also covered some plant identification and information about fire ecology in our half day session.

06.01.2022 Our annual frog survey is starting at the end of this month. Last year our vollies found the endangered Cascade Tree Frog (Litoria pearsoniana). What will you ...find? We monitor at various locations across the Sunshine Coast from January-March. We normally monitor on weekday evenings between 6:30-8:00pm. All equipment is provided and this is a family friendly activity. Monitoring is co-ordinated by an environmental scientist and volunteers are involved in identifying frogs through sightings and calls. No experience is needed! Register your volunteer interest to join us: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/65V9YTK This program is proudly supported by Sunshine Coast Council's Environment Levy Partnership. Photo by Elliot Bowerman

05.01.2022 Here's a closer look at the amazing and educational Forest Woodfordia talks you can join for FREE during Bushtime. 1. QLD Mycological Society President, Wayne B...oatwright - a very Fun-Gi at Forest Woodfordia 2. Janine Bedros from Ecollaboration taking about aquatic invertebrates at Forest Woodfordia 3. Andrew Franks one of QLDs very few bryologists taking about the fascinating tiny mosses, liverworts and hornworts - the bryophytes, at Forest Woodfordia 4. A large Yabbie caught during the Discover Woodfordias Invertebrates field-trip 5. Dr. Javier Leon and his son Koa preparing for a drone flight during the Mapping with Drones field-trip 6. This drone will monitor Woodfordias plant diversity which can help us to predict vegetation dynamics in the next 500 years To view the full Forest Woodfordia schedules, visit our Programme via the link in below then filter by event space for "Forest Woodfordia" https://woodfordia.org/bushtime/programme/ #bushtimewoodfordia #woodfordia #thisisqueensland #seeaustralia

05.01.2022 Happy World Toilet Day! Did you know that if you accidentally drop your false teeth down the toilet, they can be retrieved at the sewerage treatment plant (jus...t saying this in case you ever need them back Today we visited the Maleny STP as an intro into understanding water quality as part of our ECO Safari program with the National Landcare Program and Unitywater and Maroochy Waterwatch and ECO Education Service. #Landcare See more

03.01.2022 *** THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED *** Congratulations to our winner Michelle Hildyard! We counted 352 green tree guards in this photo. A total of 940 trees h...ave been planted so far at this property in the South Maroochy Catchment. It's all part of the Maroochy River Sourcewater Protection Partnership between Seqwater, Landowners, and ECOllaboration Ltd. The trainees who worked on this project are proudly supported by the Queensland Government through its Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative. Thank you to everyone who commented, liked and shared! *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** It's competition Time! Our Cert 3 Conservation and Land Management trainees have been planting up a Kureelpa property this week. How many green tree guards do you see in this photo? The closest count to ours wins a small prize pack. One guess per person please. Competition closes 12pm Wednesday 29thJan.

03.01.2022 Interesting info on water droplets and their dirty secrets....

02.01.2022 Here's Janine's video of the Maroochy Groyne Field Renewal at Cotton Tree. The project harnesses science, coastal engineering principles, community values and c...oastal dynamics, read more at https://tinyurl.com/ycxwhwqp or watch a time-lapse of the project at https://scc.thompsonbros.com.au/#!/timelapse Thank you Sunshine Coast Council for hosting our site visit.

02.01.2022 We can now accept pens, markers and highlighters for recycling! Thanks to TerraCycle Australia and the BIC Recycling Program, you can recycle your old pens, fel...t tips, highlighters, markers, correction fluid pots (must be empty), correction tapes, mechanical pencils and eraser pens. As long as they are plastic (not wooden, crayon or chalk) they can be recycled. You can also bring us the following items for recycling: - Oral care products such as floss containers, toothpaste tubes, toothbrushes, electric toothbrush heads, and electric toothbrushes and their charging stations - Disposable eye contacts and their blister packs - Coffee pods (LOR, Moccona and Nescafe Dulce Gusto brands only) Drop them in to our Nambour office