Caring for Nature Expo
Paul Revie and Jess Lovegrove-Walsh from the Quoll Society of Australia presenting to local school children.
The Caring for Nature project was officially launched on Sunday 6 March 2023, and the expo was held on Monday 7 & Tuesday 8 August.
The expo was attended by over 700 students from all primary schools in the district. Each child received a Boomerang Bag made of recycled fabric as a show bag, with resources from the presenters included.
Presenters were from the Quoll Society of Australia, Girraween National Park Rangers, Granite Belt Sustainable Action Network, Birdlife Southern Queensland, Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium, Containers for Change, and Boomerang Bags. Groups of children rotated around the seven “stations” in a “speed dating” model.
The goals of the expo were to facilitate an accessible event that supports the learning involved in the Education Unit in a dynamic, exciting way, and to introduce students to the amazing community groups in the region doing work in this area. We hope the students participating can share their knowledge with friends and family and that our community will learn how to Care for Nature. We also hope the expo serves as inspiration for the students to use in their Crisps Youth Art Prize entry.
We thank the many volunteers for helping facilitate this event, as well as the speakers and sponsors, and Crisps Coaches for transporting the schools from the district.