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The Mount Pleasant Natural Resource Centre Inc. (MPNRC) is a
nonprofit community hub that promotes sustainable living and
meaningful environmental connection.
Managed by volunteers the MPNRC offers a wide range of natural
resource management services including:
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Natural resource management information
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Equipment and facilities for community
groups
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Volunteer project facilitation
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Volunteer support and development
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Community education and training programs
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Community monitoring
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Referral services to technical advice
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Interested in volunteering?
Volunteers are integral to the operation of the Centre. We have
a diverse range of available volunteer positions.
Check them out
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News
Community Environment Centre Development
The Centre is developing nearly an acre of land into a
sustainable living demonstration site.
For more info on this initiative as well as other
exciting projects click
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On Thursday 17th
and Friday 18th September 2009, Mt Pleasant became a hive of
activity as over 1000 primary school students, teachers,
parents, and volunteers came together for the biannual Mount
Pleasant Natural Resource Centre Inc. Sustainability
School Days.
more information...
What the students
liked…
I liked
to see and pat the ringtail possum and snake.
I thought it was a good way to learn.
I learnt a lot from the aquaponics session.
I enjoyed doing Aboriginal Culture because I learnt lots.
I also liked the sustainability web it was fun and
interesting.
I enjoyed the puppet show about how the river got polluted and
the macro invertebrates leaving.
I learnt a lot about the environment and how it doesn’t
take many people to pollute it.
I learnt that we have to save water.
It was very good fun and lots of things to learn about.
I liked the task when we got in groups and made the trees out of
paper to represent carbon molecules.
I learned a lot without using school books.
I liked holding the snake and the turtle and the puppets.
I enjoyed learning about weeds and the native trees and the quiz
about them.
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