EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
SOWN has a vision of rehabilitating the habitats and waterways within the Enoggera Catchment. In addition to undertaking fauna and flora monitoring, invasive species removal and bushland regeneration, SOWN also strives to facilitate community awareness and engagement through an active education process and an effective schools program.
Educational talks for members
What’s in our creeks? 2025 survey results – Dr Fanny de Busserolles and Dr Andrew Turley
Dr Fanny de Busserolles and Dr Andrew Turle at the seminar. Photo: The Gap Sustainability Initiative
In February 2026 SOWN members were presented with the results of 2025 eDNA surveys of Fish and Enoggera Creeks by marine biologist Dr Fanny de Busserolles with analysis by Dr Andrew Turley from the Atlas of Living Australia. The surveys are a joint project with The Gap Sustainability Initiative with a primary aim of working to fix the causes of Platypus extinction and to return them to our catchment.
View 2026 eDNA presentation as a PDF.
No-dig Bush Regeneration – Ko Oishi
Ko Oishi, Farming Manager at Northey Street City Farm
No-dig bush regeneration and how can we regenerate native vegetation safely on contaminated soils?A copy of Ko’s presentation on trials at Northey Street City Farm given at our member’s meeting on 29 September 2019 is on the link below.
Ko_Oishi_No_dig_bush_regeneration_29sept18.pdf
Impacts of Proposed Mt-Cootha Zipline – Dr Peter Hale
Skylines in Brisbane seen from Mount Coot-tha Lookout in February 2021. Photo: Chris Olszewski CC BY-SA 4.0
What are the environmental, noise, traffic and other impacts of the proposed Mt-Cootha Zipline? A copy of Peter’s presentation at our member’s meeting on 24 June 2019 is on the link below.
Impacts of Proposed Mt-Cootha Zipline – Dr Peter Hale
Join SOWN and Live Forever? – Dr Andrew Galbraith
Andrew checks the health of the environment
What are the health benefits and risks of working in the SOWN Nursery or on revegetation sites? A copy of Andrew’s presentation at our member’s meeting on 15 April 2019 is on the link below.
Join SOWN and Live Forever? – Dr Andrew Galbraith
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR SCHOOLS
SOWN works on the principles of developing authentic learning experiences through relating all learning to the context of the school’s local catchment area. Activities undertaken can contribute to curriculum outcomes in a number of subject areas. Whilst these clearly include science and geography, activities can also be used to achieve learning outcomes in maths, art, drama and English.
The activities also align with sun safe practices, healthy lifestyle and social and emotional learning outcomes and present opportunities in inclusive education.
The activities also promote:
- An increased focus on parental and community involvement in education;
- A broad range of curriculum choices, including opportunities to for integrated learning;
- Innovation in learning experiences;
- Higher levels of sustainability;
- Development of strong partnerships.
SOWN has developed varied approaches to catchment-based education. These educational activities were mostly developed as part of the Ithaca Intact project and are designed to integrate the natural environment into the school curriculum.
All activities include aims, background information, methods, materials required and worksheets for students.
While the worksheets refer to Ithaca Creek, they can be generalised for use in other catchments in South East Queensland.
