Nurtured by Nature
During the COVID pandemic, TEN released a series of ideas for our community in lockdown/isolation to find connection to nature during a very challenging winter. Despite COVID being now under control, this series still has so much to give, so we decided to keep it here for reflection.
Taroona’s beautiful natural environment is the reason many of us have chosen to live here. For nearly 23 years local Landcare group, the Taroona Environment Network (TEN), have been protecting and nurturing Taroona’s coastal and bushland reserves for the enjoyment of everyone. Now it’s time to allow nature to nurture us. Instead of our usual working bees and nature walkabouts (which are not safe for the time being), we’ll be providing regular Nurtured by Nature ideas to help you and your family observe, discover and immerse yourselves in the natural world – in your own backyard, and on your short exercise walks. We know that nature is good for the soul and good for the brain — it heals us, grounds us, and lowers our stress levels.
Digital devices are critical to enable us to stay in touch with family and friends during this time, but they can also overwhelm. Following are some ideas for how you can connect more closely with nature and take delight in the little things.
Stay safe everyone.
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Observe a tree…follow an ant. Read more here!!
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Observe the ocean. Feel the wind and the rain on your skin… Read more here!
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Close your eyes, what do you hear? Now open your eyes, and look a little closer. Read more here!
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Fish ’n’ Chips birds, It’s All in the Lipstick and the New Kids on the Block. Read more here!
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Colours in the sky and on the sand… Read more here!
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Do you know your clouds? How about your fogs? Read more here!
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Plant, animal, bacteria? Or something else? Read more here!
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Borders remain open for feathered tourists.. Read more here!
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The shortest day of the year – and the longest night. Read more here!
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Neptune’s dishwashing suds? Read more here!
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Taroona’s eucalypts - more than just trees. Read more here!
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In every outthrust headland,
in every curving beach,
in every grain of sand
there is the story of the earth. -
Nature’s fragrance..
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What’s on offer in your garden? Do you have fruits to chew, nectar to sip, bark to strip, berries to snack, insects to snap, seeds to crunch or skinks to swallow? Read more here!
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Have you ever felt the pull of the Moon? Read more here!
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Glowing sea creatures light up winter nights.. Read more here!
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Wild night rides, fast food and flying mums… Read more here!
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“Even today the most jaded city dweller can be unexpectedly moved upon encountering a clear night sky studded with thousands of twinkling stars. When it happens to me after all these years it still takes my breath away…”. Read more here!
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The ‘tough love’ of our rocky foreshore. Read more here!
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Well, we’ve done it – in, through and out the other side of the strangest Winter in our living histories. I don’t know about you, but the relief of the arrival of September 1, heralding the beginning of Spring, seemed to be more intense than ever before… Read more here!
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