2022-04-12-P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - TNC Noosa_Oyster Project _6_Monthly_Report

School talks
During the shell washing process, Council’s Waste Education and Sustainability Officer, Emma Menzies, ran tours of the
recycling facility for school groups and groups of interested community members. Emma and Megan Connell (from TNC)
coordinated opportunities to share information on the shell recycling process and the oyster ecosystem restoration project
to a broad, interested audience.




Figure 7: Megan Connell giving a talk to local school students about oyster shell recycling Photo by Emma Menzies


Senior schools project
TNC continued its a partnership with Noosa Environmental Education Hub (EEHub) to
deliver the Senior Schools Project.

This project engages local secondary schools in curriculum-centred student activities,
which celebrates the values of the Noosa River, the role that oyster ecosystem restoration
plays, and the important connection between the Kabi Kabi Nation. Dalia Mikhail has been
working closely with local schools to identify activities, which will be rolled out to schools
during 2022.

Junior schools project
TNC continued its partnership with the Noosa Community Biosphere Association
(NCBA) to deliver the Noosa Junior Schools and Community Awareness Project.

This project engages local junior schools and the general Noosa public in actions which
lead to the local participation in on-ground activities, which raise awareness about the
oyster restoration project and the importance of environmental restoration.
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