Projects - Keep Our Biosphere Beautiful

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This is a 2010 extension of the Noosa Stormwater Education and Waste Wise Schools Initiative, supported by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.

In June 2010 this program, as part of the Sunshine Coast Litter Collective, won both the 7 News Clean Up Award and the Minister's Grand Prize at the Healthy Waterways Awards evening.  Download press release.

Goal

To substantially reduce the amount of litter entering the Noosa River and marine environments by engaging local communities and schools in litter education, prevention and clean up.

Objectives

• Engage and foster young people's understanding in litter prevention, healthy waterways and values of the Noosa Biosphere.
• Build partnerships and support for community champions in litter prevention.
• Raise public awareness and understanding of litter impacts on the environment
• Promote and support public participation in litter prevention and regular clean ups of public environments.

For schools

Congratulations to all winners of our Short story / poem competition! Go to our Waste Wise Schools website to read the results and the wonderful and insightful poems!

Watch the entries to the short film competition on NICA's youtube channel, including the awarded flick "Noosa's Litter Warriors".  We thank the Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Book City (Noosa Civics) and Noosa Network Videos for the prizes offered.

Click here to download our invitation to schools to participate in the Keep Our Biosphere Beautiful program, with brief introduction to opportunities for schools, suggested units to achieve Essential Learnings and what NICA can offer.

For local communities

Click here to download our invitation to community groups and individuals, with suggestions of what you can do.

 

An audit of the rubbish collected by the EMU Cleanup team along Gympie Terrace revealed numerous plastic cups, cutlery, straws and food wrapping, a dozen beer bottles, over 80 beer bottle caps and 400 cigarette butts, all from just half an hour's cleanup!

NICA takes every opportunity to raise awareness about cigarette butt littering.

 

Did you know that our Biosphere has a marine area?  To keep this rarely seen part of the Biosphere clean and beautiful, a team of volunteer divers went to Jew Shoal on 30 Jan 10. After two dives, they brought back a load of fishing lines, hooks, lures, sinkers, a beer bottle and an anchor.