MTW Project in Mascot, New South Wales | Environmental conservation organisation

MTW Project

Locality: Mascot, New South Wales

Phone: +61 476 791 395

Address: Newtown 2042 Mascot, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.mtw-project.com

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25.01.2022 Yesterday we received a letter from Yayasan Pendidikan Budaya Mentawai (YPBM) they are the foundation for cultural education for the Flowe Men on Siberut. The letter is saying that they are happy to work with us, The brother team, and they want Define clearly what will be the impact on the Mentawai culture to do this documentary. The answer is that we will provide visibility and support for the Flower Men culture to be known around the world. Also the fact of having strang...ers eager to share and learn their culture will encourage the local people to do the same. @YPBM. #intheflowermansfootsteps

24.01.2022 Dear Followers, Thank you so much for believing in us and our project! The Kickstarter experience has been useful for us to meet like minded people and understand how to reach our funding target! Today we know that we must make efforts to explain our project and realised that we have started under prepared on a marketing perspective.... Our strategy for the coming months is to work on these points and on the diversification of our funding sources. During the last weeks we were focused on preparing our Sponsorship proposal, to apply for different grants and competitions. The main contest is for Planète+, a French TV channel that is exclusively about documentaries. We will know if we have been shortlisted in February 2019. We are also contacting organisations, TV channels and companies that are in line with the spirit of the project, for them to become our sponsors. We are lucky enough to have met some extraordinary people that are willing to organise funding operations, to give you an example, Clare from Soul Tribe Yoga in Bateman’s Bay is planning to set up Yoga classes to collect funding for the documentary. We also plan to start a second Kickstarter campaign next year with a lower funding objective, bigger community and full clarity on our objectives. About the project itself, we have strong support from Scientists, the Mentawai tribe, and we hope, of you. We will keep you posted via our Facebook page. Keep in touch, MTW-Project team

20.01.2022 Green tree ants (Latin: Oecophylla smaragdina. Aboriginal: Yangga) Green Tree Ants, sometimes called Weaver Ants, build balloon-shaped nests among the foliage of trees and shrubs. Green Tree Ants occur across northern Australia from the Kimberly region in Western Australia to about Gladstone in Queensland. Interesting fact: The flattened, armoured caterpillars of the Moth Butterfly live only inside Green Tree Ant nests where they feed on ant eggs, larvae and pupae. Adult Moth Butterflies emerge inside the nest and are attacked by the ants. They are covered with loose scales that fall out when they are grabbed by the ants. In this way the butterflies can escape the nest without being damaged. (Queensland government)

13.01.2022 Termite cathedral mounds in Northern Territory are impressive. This one is about 5 meters high and host billions of tiny termites (3mm) These structures can last for up to 100 years and are extremely hard. This is the result of the work of dedicated Termites. They are made from a mixture of soil, termites saliva and dung. The mounds can host a variety of different insects, snakes or even birds.... Aboriginal used to dig a hole in termite mounds and dispose of the body of one of their member. The termites would then close the opening and it will leave no trace. #litchfieldnationalpark #arnhem #aboriginalaustralia #termites #northernterritoryaustralia #mtwproject #intheflowermansfootsteps #natureconservation

07.01.2022 Merten’s water monitor (Latin: Varanus mertensi. Aboriginal: Burarr) The Merten’s Water Monitor are found from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, across to the western side of Cape York Peninsula in North Queensland. Very good swimmers. The tail is flattened laterally with a high, double dorsal keel which act as both propeller and rudder.... The introduced toxic cane toads frogs widely spread amongst MWM territory make an easy prey for the lizards. A frog has enough poison to kill a MWM. That is why the MWM are listed as Vulnerable in the Northern Territory.

06.01.2022 This morning @MorganWill was live to talk about the MTW-Project on A Kind Voice radio, from Kansas, USA, interviewed by David Lines. Thank you for this opportunity @DavidLines. Here is the recording: http://tobtr.com/11072231