Trees4Nature takes off

Trees4Nature takes off

by | Aug 6, 2023 | Newsletter - August

The programs we ran last year are having a real impact! Thebeats were informed a couple of weeks back that the first Koala in a decade has been spotted on Tullymorgan in the Clarence Valley. Barbera Linley purchased the property six years ago and has had an absolute focus on regenerating bushland for both Koalas and Emus, The latest sighting demonstrates that it is paying off. Most of the 1000 trees planted have survived given the favourable weather conditions and the funds you helped raise goes towards ensuring they are cared for. Jane Beatie has been regularly visiting the property to weed and ensure strong stakes are giving the trees their best chance of survival.

 

To raise funds for the trees we ran a series of events. We had over 200 participants attend the Paint and Sip and Amazing Race events. We raised over $500 as a result of your submissions through the Good Empire app.
For the those who didn’t attend, the paint and sip turned out to be a series of hilarious sessions around the country, allowing people the freedom to paint threatened and endangered species. For those not so talented, we provided outlines to assist them. Wine, laughter and the occasional singing supported a spirit of purpose and enlightenment.

The Amazing Race was held in botanical gardens of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for those who were more energetically minded or just love the outdoors. Teams searched out the threatened and endangered species being preserved in the gardens, They enthusiastically performed tasks such as trees hugging and fun was had by all. The Brisbane event took it to the next level with lunch and ice-creams thrown in by the Deloitte Cyber leader – thanks Henry!!

Watch out for the next event near you!!

The Amazing Race was held in botanical gardens of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for those who were more energetically minded or just love the outdoors. Teams searched out the threatened and endangered species being preserved in the gardens, They enthusiastically performed tasks such as trees hugging and fun was had by all. The Brisbane event took it to the next level with lunch and ice-creams thrown in by the Deloitte Cyber leader – thanks Henry!!

Watch out for the next event near you!!

Where do you stand

Where do you stand

by | Aug 6, 2023 | Newsletter - August

Thebeats.org sampled the attitudes of a group of about 50 people, mostly professionals, to find out their willingness to helping the environment. The outcomes were fascinating, in some respects very encouraging and in others, point to a lot more work being required by organisations like thebeats.org to provide awareness and encouragement to reach a tipping point overall.

Our first set of questions tested the willingness of the group to support the environment, giving options ranging from ‘whatever it takes’ to ‘I have no time’.

The results were as follows:

The pleasing thing about these results is that all we have to do is make a third of folk aware of an action and we potentially can have them put time and effort into helping the environment for our flora and fauna. We have some work to do to ensure the ask or action is as simple as possible and if it is convenient the percentage shoots way past the tipping point to 98%!

The challenge for thebeats.org is that not all actions required of us are convenient. So what is required to move people from willing to help ‘if convenient’ to willing to help ‘even if inconvenient’? The answer requires more research, but we know that there is a carrot and a stick.

The carrot is the actions we take can make positive change and many examples are around us. For example, we don’t see those plastic straws as much on our beaches as we did before awareness of their dangers were exposed. In addition, more and more retail and convenience outlets are being pressured to not supply plastic straws. This directly helps our sea life. Less of those terrible pictures of turtles with straws up their noses can be attributed to Australia.

The stick is seeing, hearing and experiencing the effects of not taking action. Hotter days, pollution, illness, droughts, fires, floods, the list of threatened and endangered species growing longer and our way of life being threatened.

So where do you stand?  At what point will you take action, even if it is inconvenient?

In the next newsletter we will explore the most popular actions people are taking and some of the reasons why.