2019-12-10 P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - NBRF Annual Report 2018-19

BUSH TUCKER GARDEN & OUTDOOR CLASSROOM

The Sunshine Beach State School extended the boundaries of its existing permaculture garden to establish a native
bush tucker garden and revitalise the outdoor learning space. The project provides better management of the Noosa
National Park segment that sits within the school grounds, which is not currently protected.

With a goal to improve the biodiversity by removing weed species, identifying icon species and species integral to icon
animals, protecting them from future damage and planting additional tubes of the same and complementary natives.

By completing these projects with students from the school they can continue to promote awareness and respect for the
biosphere and promote greater management of current and future resources.

The success of this project has had a transformative impact on the children engaged in the program and has lead to
bigger ideas from the school through the new “big idea” project NBRF are now funding - Noosa Environment Education
Hub (NEEH).


                       SBSS BUSH TUCKER GARDEN & OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PROJECT

      NBRF FUNDING                  CASH & IN-KIND                PROJECT VALUE                     LEVERAGE

           $2,500                         $1,680                        $4,180                         1.7:1




NOOSA BUSINESS EXPERIENCE WITH ROOFTOP SOLAR

Key outputs from ZEN in 2019, with the continued assistance of NBRF included the project Noosa Business with
Rooftop Solar - ten collated and published case studies of a range of Noosa businesses which have invested in solar
as positive examples to industry. The case studies document the type of business, the system size, the payback period
and the electricity savings for that business. They also show payback periods from under 2 years, and electricity savings
from 33 to 100%.


                               ZEN ROOFTOP EXPERIENCE WITH SOLAR PROJECT

      NBRF FUNDING                  CASH & IN-KIND                PROJECT VALUE                     LEVERAGE

           $10,000                        $4,000                       $14,000                         1.4:1


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