Nelson Nature Connection Co. offers development and implementation of environmental projects for any organisation.
Essentially, these projects are conducted to encourage connection with nature, raise awareness of holistic sustainable practice and motivate pro-environmental behaviour.
At the same time, they are designed to promote, support and ensure positive educational and environmental outcomes by providing specialist advice, inspiration, guidance and support.
Facilitating interactions between participants, community and nature is a key guiding principle of all projects.
All projects incorporate an experiential immersion in nature component. It is this immersion which has proved key for nurturing positive change at individual, community and ecological level.
Throughout the projects, participants work closely with each other, establishing and maintaining relationships of trust and collaboration.
Future projects can be tailored to meet the specific aims of your organisation, or can be devised and implemented by us in their entirety. Please contact us to discuss your specific needs.
RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE:
1
Coromandel Outdoor Language Centre collaborating with Department of Conservation
This project 30 participants and took place on the Coromandel Peninsular.
The project involved participant collaboration focusing on problems and solutions, and culminating in research presentations and the production of short video documentaries.
Collaboration with DOC was vital to ensure shared ecological aspirations and values were maintained, and to coordinate weeding and planting at significant local sand dunes in Whitianga and Otama.
2
EF Auckland collaborating with Motuhie Island Restoration Trust
This project provided 16 international students with opportunities to be involved in ecological restoration. Participants worked together to conduct research inquiring into New Zealand environmental problems and solutions. Participants presented their experiences in magazine and video format and where able to actively volunteer their time to assist Motuhie Island Restoration trust with their nursery and reforestation projects.
3
BEsimplicity collaborating with Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)
This goal of this project was to connect adults and children to nature and community. The project primarily focused on beach cleans, bringing attention to single use plastic and participants' own lifestyle choices which were environmentally detrimental. This project succeeded in raising awareness of sustainable practice and motivating personal change among participants.