Media Release
July 2010
Turning Opportunity Into Commercial Reality
Free Innovation Information Seminar for Businesses in Griffith
Date: Tuesday, 27th of July
Venue: Griffith Leagues Club
INNOVATION IN BUSINESS
Innovation is the competitive weapon of this century. Bringing ideas to market however, needs a solid systemised approach to the commercialisation process, for the idea to be fully realised.
Turning opportunity into Commercial Reality will outline the steps to consider when commercialising your idea or service It will cover what elements are required to build value into your company, manage your intellectual property and strategies to effectively grow your business or build value into the business and getting it ready to sell. With state and federal sources now opening up to support innovation and early stage commercialisation, there are new avenues to consider for SME’s. This presentation will cover how this support could work for your company.
And with debt equity harder to come by these days for small business, many companies are looking at private equity.
Turning opportunity into Commercial Reality will be presented by Dan Liszka, Sharon Adams, Peter Steer, Leon Skaliotis, Duncan Farquhar, Matthew Warnken, William Hird & Marion Heathcote.
The presentation will focus on how to:
Reduce the need to take on excessive levels of debt.
Eliminate the need to sell off your business’s controlling interest.
Establish a legally compliant capital raising vehicle.
Companies wishing to explore their financing options in the short or long term should attend.
A free consultation service will be available with both the NSW Innovation Advisory Service or the Visiting Patent Attorney on the following day, Wednesday, 28th of July from 9am to 4pm. To book appointments call 1300 411 417 or info@ausinvent.com.
The NSW Innovation Advisory Service is supported by the NSW Government to provide practical support and assistance to start-up companies, inventors, innovators and small to medium enterprises through all stages of commercialisation.
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For further information or interview opportunities please contact:
Brianna Power
Affinity Marketing
P: 02 8006 5035
M: 0403 904 912
E: info@affinitymarketing.com.au
Presented by:
Dan Liszka - NSW Innovation Advisory Service - Provide practical support and assistance to start-up companies, inventors, innovators and small to medium enterprises through all stages of commercialisation.
Sharon Adams - De Bortoli Wines - Sharon has spent the last 10 years at De Bortoli Wines as the Quality Manager, developing and implementing the Integrated Risk Management System ensuring that all legal and ethical obligations along with quality and food safety requirements are being met.
Peter Steer - FlexTank - Design, produce and market oxygen-permeable, polymer wine-maturation and storage tanks.
Leon Skaliotis - FT Technologies - Is an Australian company that developed the Spinning Cone Column for the recovery and management of aroma and flavour. They are also the owners and manufacturer of the Centritherm® evaporator.
Duncan Farquhar - National Wine & Grape Industry Centre - Has mapped Pathways to Innovation Outcomes for all research being conducted at the Centre.
Matthew Warnken - Crucible Carbon - Has been leading consulting teams around start-up projects in resource recovery and renewable energy for the last decade.
William Hird & Marion Heathcote - Davies Collison Cave - Australia's leading Intellectual Property (IP) firm, specialising in the protection and enforcement of Patent, Trade Mark and Design Registrations.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Top tips for avoiding cold sores during the frosty season
It‘s the time of year when the weather is cooling and the sniffles are sneaking up on us that the cold sore virus likes to play havoc, raising its not so attractive head for all the world to see.
Before that cold sore gets a chance, learn about the various tools available for you to utilise to help minimise the ugly and sometimes painful effects of cold sores.
Lifestyle Tips to Reduce Cold Sores:
• Avoid supplements or protein shakes that contain added Arginine (an amino acid)
• Reduce Arginine rich foods such as chocolate, oats, nuts and beer
• Eat a diet rich in natural foods; cut down on white and refined sugars, white flour, dairy, processed meat products, alcohol, caffeine, saturated animal fats and foods with additives
• Increase the amounts and variety of raw fruits and vegetables in the diet
• Avoid artificial sweeteners
• Drink lots of quality water every day (at least 6 to 8 glasses). Choose filtered, alkaline water where possible
• Avoid steroid based medications if possible, such as cortisone
• Address hormonal imbalances or underlying health issues
• Reduce alcohol and recreational drug consumption
• Meditation – try to clear the mind and let go of negative emotions and attachments
• Try to avoid getting sunburnt or chaffed lips; use an SPF 15+ sunscreen or lip balm, wear a hat while in the sun and limit excessive UV exposure
• Moisturise your lips regularly to help prevent cracking and dryness
• Topically attack each breakout to help reduce viral population
• Take beneficial supplements to help prevent a cold sore recurrence when needed
Natural Remedies to help ward off a Cold Sore:
Andrographis – this wonder herb can inhibit cold sore virus activity in vitro and improve the level of killer T-helper cells (cells in your immune system that are essential to control cold sores). Combine with the herbs Echinacea and Olive Leaf for best results.
Lysine – this is an amino acid that is shown in studies to reduce the frequency of cold sore breakouts and accelerate healing. It does this by naturally restricting another amino acid called Arginine, which the cold sore virus needs to become active.
Broccoli, Cabbage and Brussel Sprouts – these vegetables are naturally high in a compound called indole-3-carbinol (I3C) which clinical studies show may have the potential to interfere with the way the cold sore virus reproduces, so eat plenty of these veges to help keep breakouts away.
Dynamiclear Rapid® – an all natural plant and mineral formulation that is applied externally onto the skin, demonstrated in clinical trials to give fast relief from cold sore symptoms in just one application. Dynamiclear works by penetrating and destroying the DNA of the cold sore virus, thus ‘inactivating’ the virus on contact. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Dynamiclear may also help to reduce the frequency and intensity of recurring symptoms.
Engystol® – this is a homeopathic remedy made by a reputable German brand named Heel. Engystol can be beneficial in strengthening an immune response against the cold sore virus, and may be particularly helpful in persistent cases.
Panax ginseng – if needed can help to counteract the effects of stress, past or present illness, alcohol and other strains on the immune system. This in turn can help to prevent a cold sore.
By educating people about Cold Sores, and the tools and knowledge that can be used to keep them away, it not only helps to ease the pain and embarrassment but can also help to reduce the incidence of cold sore infections.
Here’s to a happy, clear and peaceful winter.
Miriam Spurge
Holistic Viral Consultant, Global Herbal Supplies
For further product information please visit :
Website: http://www.dynamiclear-rapid.com
Phone: 1800 646 921
Before that cold sore gets a chance, learn about the various tools available for you to utilise to help minimise the ugly and sometimes painful effects of cold sores.
Lifestyle Tips to Reduce Cold Sores:
• Avoid supplements or protein shakes that contain added Arginine (an amino acid)
• Reduce Arginine rich foods such as chocolate, oats, nuts and beer
• Eat a diet rich in natural foods; cut down on white and refined sugars, white flour, dairy, processed meat products, alcohol, caffeine, saturated animal fats and foods with additives
• Increase the amounts and variety of raw fruits and vegetables in the diet
• Avoid artificial sweeteners
• Drink lots of quality water every day (at least 6 to 8 glasses). Choose filtered, alkaline water where possible
• Avoid steroid based medications if possible, such as cortisone
• Address hormonal imbalances or underlying health issues
• Reduce alcohol and recreational drug consumption
• Meditation – try to clear the mind and let go of negative emotions and attachments
• Try to avoid getting sunburnt or chaffed lips; use an SPF 15+ sunscreen or lip balm, wear a hat while in the sun and limit excessive UV exposure
• Moisturise your lips regularly to help prevent cracking and dryness
• Topically attack each breakout to help reduce viral population
• Take beneficial supplements to help prevent a cold sore recurrence when needed
Natural Remedies to help ward off a Cold Sore:
Andrographis – this wonder herb can inhibit cold sore virus activity in vitro and improve the level of killer T-helper cells (cells in your immune system that are essential to control cold sores). Combine with the herbs Echinacea and Olive Leaf for best results.
Lysine – this is an amino acid that is shown in studies to reduce the frequency of cold sore breakouts and accelerate healing. It does this by naturally restricting another amino acid called Arginine, which the cold sore virus needs to become active.
Broccoli, Cabbage and Brussel Sprouts – these vegetables are naturally high in a compound called indole-3-carbinol (I3C) which clinical studies show may have the potential to interfere with the way the cold sore virus reproduces, so eat plenty of these veges to help keep breakouts away.
Dynamiclear Rapid® – an all natural plant and mineral formulation that is applied externally onto the skin, demonstrated in clinical trials to give fast relief from cold sore symptoms in just one application. Dynamiclear works by penetrating and destroying the DNA of the cold sore virus, thus ‘inactivating’ the virus on contact. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Dynamiclear may also help to reduce the frequency and intensity of recurring symptoms.
Engystol® – this is a homeopathic remedy made by a reputable German brand named Heel. Engystol can be beneficial in strengthening an immune response against the cold sore virus, and may be particularly helpful in persistent cases.
Panax ginseng – if needed can help to counteract the effects of stress, past or present illness, alcohol and other strains on the immune system. This in turn can help to prevent a cold sore.
By educating people about Cold Sores, and the tools and knowledge that can be used to keep them away, it not only helps to ease the pain and embarrassment but can also help to reduce the incidence of cold sore infections.
Here’s to a happy, clear and peaceful winter.
Miriam Spurge
Holistic Viral Consultant, Global Herbal Supplies
For further product information please visit :
Website: http://www.dynamiclear-rapid.com
Phone: 1800 646 921
Local Innovation To Save Australia Millions Of Litres Of Water A Year
A revolutionary, locally designed, water saving innovation, the H20 Organiser, has recently launched in Australia. This compact, clever device has many uses and far-reaching environmental and cost-saving implications, with the potential to save households and commercial premises up to 180 million litres of water a year, nationwide.
Every year, Australians lose huge amounts of water due to burst water pipes/vales and faulty equipment - hence the H20 Organiser, which has been 14 years in the making, represents a unique opportunity for interested parties to get in at the ground level and be part of the company’s growth, as it expands its production and sales processes to distribute what is being considered a first for Australia and potentially the world. Further, due its initial success in local markets, significant interest has already been expressed in the H20 Organiser from overseas customers and distributors, and recent distribution MOU’s have been signed for Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and Indonesia.
The H20 Organiser presents an easy, convenient and cost effective solution to the ongoing problem of water wastage. This intelligent device monitors the flow of electricity, rather than the flow of water to a pump – enabling the H20 to intuitively sense when a pump is running unnecessarily and avoid what can potentially be disastrous losses of water (sometimes up to tens of thousands of litres).
H20 Organiser Co-Director, Robert Porter-Coote said that the H20 Organiser was yet another example of necessity being the mother of invention, “I was the owner of a piggery during the drought, and I was constantly being faced with flooding, at a time when I could ill afford it. Often I’d have burst pipes during the night, caused by the livestock”.
This resulted in Mr. Porter-Coote having to turn off his pipes each and every night to avoid any water wastage, a necessary inconvenience. However, when he spoke with other farmers, he found the problem wasn’t unique to his estate.
“Everyone I spoke to said it was impossible to measure the electricity flow. Pressure controls worked once all the water had been pumped out, which didn’t help. If you could measure electricity flow instead, you’d be able to stop the water after a certain period of time and not have it running out all night.”
The H20 Organiser solves this problem by monitoring the operational time of your water and stopping the pump should it pump for longer than a specified period of time, saving up to tens of thousands of litres of water in the cases of burst pipes or leaking valves.
The reality of the kind of water loss at stake from faulty or broken water conduits is considerable, with Mr. Porter-Coote detailing the full extent of the problem, “The smallest pump can empty 10,000 litres in 3 hours. However, the H20 Organiser recognizes that the system has been running for more than say 15 minutes and automatically switches off, so you only lose about 1,000 litres in 15 minutes. You can predetermine your average time and then set the H2O”.
Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, safe, robust and durable, the H20 Organiser is adaptable to all applications - domestic, commercial or rural - with added flexibility features, “15 minutes is the default on the cut-off timer, but settings can be changed to suit individual needs,” says Mr. Porter-Coote.
When it comes to diverse needs, the H20 Organiser has everyone covered from schools (who have massive water wastage out of school hours), and householders. “Aussie householders can benefit from the H20 Organiser too”, says Mr. Porter-Coote. “It can even save a lake from forming under a house, if a toilet’s water pipes burst and overflow”. Originally devised for use by people who store water, such as in dams and tanks, the H20 Organiser can be retrofitted to any pump or water system, offering broad water saving applications in residential, rural, industrial and commercial settings.
The H2O Organiser is currently working with Alchemy Equities, a member of the Australian Small Scale Offerings board, and specialist in equity capital raisings for small business owners and entrepreneurs.
For more information:
Preview the H2O Organiser listing at www.assob.com.au/H2O or visit http://www.h2organiser.com.au for more company information.
For further information, product images or to arrange an interview, please contact Brianna Power at Affinity Marketing on 02 8006 035 or 0403 904 912.
Every year, Australians lose huge amounts of water due to burst water pipes/vales and faulty equipment - hence the H20 Organiser, which has been 14 years in the making, represents a unique opportunity for interested parties to get in at the ground level and be part of the company’s growth, as it expands its production and sales processes to distribute what is being considered a first for Australia and potentially the world. Further, due its initial success in local markets, significant interest has already been expressed in the H20 Organiser from overseas customers and distributors, and recent distribution MOU’s have been signed for Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and Indonesia.
The H20 Organiser presents an easy, convenient and cost effective solution to the ongoing problem of water wastage. This intelligent device monitors the flow of electricity, rather than the flow of water to a pump – enabling the H20 to intuitively sense when a pump is running unnecessarily and avoid what can potentially be disastrous losses of water (sometimes up to tens of thousands of litres).
H20 Organiser Co-Director, Robert Porter-Coote said that the H20 Organiser was yet another example of necessity being the mother of invention, “I was the owner of a piggery during the drought, and I was constantly being faced with flooding, at a time when I could ill afford it. Often I’d have burst pipes during the night, caused by the livestock”.
This resulted in Mr. Porter-Coote having to turn off his pipes each and every night to avoid any water wastage, a necessary inconvenience. However, when he spoke with other farmers, he found the problem wasn’t unique to his estate.
“Everyone I spoke to said it was impossible to measure the electricity flow. Pressure controls worked once all the water had been pumped out, which didn’t help. If you could measure electricity flow instead, you’d be able to stop the water after a certain period of time and not have it running out all night.”
The H20 Organiser solves this problem by monitoring the operational time of your water and stopping the pump should it pump for longer than a specified period of time, saving up to tens of thousands of litres of water in the cases of burst pipes or leaking valves.
The reality of the kind of water loss at stake from faulty or broken water conduits is considerable, with Mr. Porter-Coote detailing the full extent of the problem, “The smallest pump can empty 10,000 litres in 3 hours. However, the H20 Organiser recognizes that the system has been running for more than say 15 minutes and automatically switches off, so you only lose about 1,000 litres in 15 minutes. You can predetermine your average time and then set the H2O”.
Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, safe, robust and durable, the H20 Organiser is adaptable to all applications - domestic, commercial or rural - with added flexibility features, “15 minutes is the default on the cut-off timer, but settings can be changed to suit individual needs,” says Mr. Porter-Coote.
When it comes to diverse needs, the H20 Organiser has everyone covered from schools (who have massive water wastage out of school hours), and householders. “Aussie householders can benefit from the H20 Organiser too”, says Mr. Porter-Coote. “It can even save a lake from forming under a house, if a toilet’s water pipes burst and overflow”. Originally devised for use by people who store water, such as in dams and tanks, the H20 Organiser can be retrofitted to any pump or water system, offering broad water saving applications in residential, rural, industrial and commercial settings.
The H2O Organiser is currently working with Alchemy Equities, a member of the Australian Small Scale Offerings board, and specialist in equity capital raisings for small business owners and entrepreneurs.
For more information:
Preview the H2O Organiser listing at www.assob.com.au/H2O or visit http://www.h2organiser.com.au for more company information.
For further information, product images or to arrange an interview, please contact Brianna Power at Affinity Marketing on 02 8006 035 or 0403 904 912.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Commercialising Ideas Online via Webinar
MEDIA RELEASE
June 2010
Commercialising Ideas
Online via Webinar
Thursday 10th June from 4:00pm-5.00pm
Business needs innovation. Bringing ideas to market however, needs a solid, systemized approach. Growing a business to build value or for sale can present challenges for companies with debt finance options greatly reduced.
Presented by the NSW Innovation Advisory Service (IAS), the seminar Commercialising Ideas will explore options for business to consider when commercialising their innovation and building their company for growth.
“Companies wishing to explore their financing options and have innovations that they wish to bring to the market place should attend” says Dan Liszka, CEO NSW Innovation Advisory Service. “Smart companies are always looking for ways to leverage innovation into growth,” he says.
Commercialising Ideas will be presented by Dan Liszka and Maryam Khajeh of Davies Collison Cave, Australia’s leading patent attorney firm.
The NSW Innovation Advisory Service is supported by the NSW State Government to provide assistance to innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs and small to medium enterprises to turn new ideas into viable products and new businesses.
To register for the webinar call 1300 411 417 or email info@ausinvent.com.
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For further information or interview opportunities please contact:
Brianna Power
Affinity Marketing
P: 02 8006 5035
M: 0403 904 912
E: info@affinitymarketing.com.au
NSW Innovation Advisory Service
AusInvent is the online service for the NSW Innovation Advisory Service.
The NSW Government http://www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au is committed to advancing innovation and facilitating the promotion and adoption of innovation in business. It supports the NSW Innovation Advisory Service to provide a range of professional services for innovators who are ready to take their ideas to the next stage. These activities are available for free as well as on a fee for service basis.
Industry &Investment NSW
Industry & Investment NSW has been established to assist in building a diversified state economy that creates jobs. We aim to attract investment to NSW and support innovative, sustainable and globally competitive industries through our strong technical knowledge and scientific capabilities. We do this through effective partnerships with our industry sectors and by linking them to our state's knowledge and skills capacity.
Davies Collison Cave
Davies Collison Cave is recognised locally and internationally as Australia's leading Intellectual Property (IP) firm, specialising in the protection and enforcement of Patent, Trade Mark and Design rights. Davies Collison Cave continues to be Australia's largest filer of Patents and Trade Marks and has been awarded the Australian Intellectual Property Firm of the Year for 2008 by UK Journal "Managing Intellectual Property", IP Specialist Firm of the Year 2009 by Australasian Legal Business and WORLDLeaders International IP Award 2009 for Excellence in Trade Mark Practice/Litigation in Private Practice (Asia Pacific)
June 2010
Commercialising Ideas
Online via Webinar
Thursday 10th June from 4:00pm-5.00pm
Business needs innovation. Bringing ideas to market however, needs a solid, systemized approach. Growing a business to build value or for sale can present challenges for companies with debt finance options greatly reduced.
Presented by the NSW Innovation Advisory Service (IAS), the seminar Commercialising Ideas will explore options for business to consider when commercialising their innovation and building their company for growth.
“Companies wishing to explore their financing options and have innovations that they wish to bring to the market place should attend” says Dan Liszka, CEO NSW Innovation Advisory Service. “Smart companies are always looking for ways to leverage innovation into growth,” he says.
Commercialising Ideas will be presented by Dan Liszka and Maryam Khajeh of Davies Collison Cave, Australia’s leading patent attorney firm.
The NSW Innovation Advisory Service is supported by the NSW State Government to provide assistance to innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs and small to medium enterprises to turn new ideas into viable products and new businesses.
To register for the webinar call 1300 411 417 or email info@ausinvent.com.
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For further information or interview opportunities please contact:
Brianna Power
Affinity Marketing
P: 02 8006 5035
M: 0403 904 912
E: info@affinitymarketing.com.au
NSW Innovation Advisory Service
AusInvent is the online service for the NSW Innovation Advisory Service.
The NSW Government http://www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au is committed to advancing innovation and facilitating the promotion and adoption of innovation in business. It supports the NSW Innovation Advisory Service to provide a range of professional services for innovators who are ready to take their ideas to the next stage. These activities are available for free as well as on a fee for service basis.
Industry &Investment NSW
Industry & Investment NSW has been established to assist in building a diversified state economy that creates jobs. We aim to attract investment to NSW and support innovative, sustainable and globally competitive industries through our strong technical knowledge and scientific capabilities. We do this through effective partnerships with our industry sectors and by linking them to our state's knowledge and skills capacity.
Davies Collison Cave
Davies Collison Cave is recognised locally and internationally as Australia's leading Intellectual Property (IP) firm, specialising in the protection and enforcement of Patent, Trade Mark and Design rights. Davies Collison Cave continues to be Australia's largest filer of Patents and Trade Marks and has been awarded the Australian Intellectual Property Firm of the Year for 2008 by UK Journal "Managing Intellectual Property", IP Specialist Firm of the Year 2009 by Australasian Legal Business and WORLDLeaders International IP Award 2009 for Excellence in Trade Mark Practice/Litigation in Private Practice (Asia Pacific)
Monday, May 24, 2010
Biodental Remin Announces Indian Group Pharmaceuticals Partnership
MEDIA RELEASE
25 May, 2010
Biodental Remin Announces Indian Group Pharmaceuticals Partnership
25 May, 2010
Biodental Remin Announces Indian Group Pharmaceuticals Partnership
Biodental Remin Limited announces it has agreed to the first stages of a partnership with Group Pharmaceuticals Ltd of Bangalore, India.
Group Pharma is a medium-sized Indian pharmaceutical company that specialises in the manufacture and distribution of products for dental and oral care. They currently have more than 250 sales representatives directly meeting more than 60,000 dentists each month; their oral hygiene products are sold through some 85,000 retail outlets. They already manufacture products for some well-known dental and oral hygiene companies.
Biodental Remin has the technical know how to manufacture Enamelguard - a material that is tasteless and water soluble, with wide application in oral hygiene, confectionary, beverage, nutraceutical and pet care industries. Biodental also intend using Enamelguard in their own line of dental professional and oral health care products.
Group Pharma intends using Enamelguard in the manufacture and sale within India of professional dental and consumer-level oral-hygiene products for remineralising teeth.
Group Pharma can also assist in facilitating low cost clinical studies and research.
Biodental Remin will also be able to exclusively access Group Pharma’s low-cost production centres for the manufacture of BDR’s mass-market products to be sold elsewhere.
Tim Erskine-Smith, Managing Director of Biodental Remin, said that he welcomed the partnership with Group Pharma and that he was delighted to have such strong support from a large and influential pharmaceutical company at this early stage of the company’s development.
For more information contact:
Kate Ingham
Alchemy Equities
Ph. +1300 308 882
Fx. +61 2 9994 8008
www.biodentalremin.com
www.assob.com.au/bdr
Thursday, April 15, 2010
HELP SAVE OUR FUZZY ORANGE FRIENDS WHILST HAVING HEAPS OF FUN AT YOUR SCHOOL!
Orangutan, in Indonesian, means ‘person of the forest’. Orangutans are gentle and smart apes who need your help! Their population is becoming smaller and smaller as well their habitat is destroyed to harvest palm oil, timber and paper.
Their home and their play area, the Indonesian & Malaysia rainforest, is chopped away at a whopping 300 hundred football fields an hour! Can you imagine how many trees, orangutans and other animals we are losing in the world?
Orangutans can’t fight back and they are gravely endangered; Sumatran orangutans may no longer be with us at the end of this decade. That is just too soon!
The good news is that helping our fuzzy friends is easy, fun and there’s lots of ways to do it! We call it, Colour It Orange.
You can talk to your mum and dad about Colour It Orange and how you can help orangutans together. You can learn more about orangutans at http://www.education.orangutan.org.au, and even adopt a orphan baby orangutans in Indonesia or Malaysia, so that they can eat lots of food and grow up in a safe environment with other orangutans and hopefully go back to the wild.
Or you can ask your teachers and school to be involved in helping the orangutans. The Colour It Orange website has lots of cool fundraising ideas for your school so that you and all of your friends can help the orangutans together.
Some kids have already organised a fundraising day for their school. They had lots of fun, got to wear casual clothes to school and the best thing is that they are all helping to save the orangutans in the wild!
So what are you waiting for? Just hop on to http://www.education.orangutan.org.au and tell your friends, family and school about them too!
National Children’s Ambassador – Daniel Clarke
Over the past two years of passionately raising money to save the orangutan Daniel has raised over $15,500 and has brought awareness to the plight of the orangutan to all Australians.
The Australian Orangutan Project proudly made Daniel their National Children’s Ambassador in 2007, 2008 & 2009 and is continuing to support Daniel in his quest to educate all of the children in Australia by establishing the national education program called “Colour it Orange”.
For high-resolution images, further information or to arrange an interview with AOP please contact:
Affinity Marketing Ph: 02 8006 5035 Brianna Power 0403 904 912 / brianna@affinitymarketing.com.au
Their home and their play area, the Indonesian & Malaysia rainforest, is chopped away at a whopping 300 hundred football fields an hour! Can you imagine how many trees, orangutans and other animals we are losing in the world?
Orangutans can’t fight back and they are gravely endangered; Sumatran orangutans may no longer be with us at the end of this decade. That is just too soon!
The good news is that helping our fuzzy friends is easy, fun and there’s lots of ways to do it! We call it, Colour It Orange.
You can talk to your mum and dad about Colour It Orange and how you can help orangutans together. You can learn more about orangutans at http://www.education.orangutan.org.au, and even adopt a orphan baby orangutans in Indonesia or Malaysia, so that they can eat lots of food and grow up in a safe environment with other orangutans and hopefully go back to the wild.
Or you can ask your teachers and school to be involved in helping the orangutans. The Colour It Orange website has lots of cool fundraising ideas for your school so that you and all of your friends can help the orangutans together.
Some kids have already organised a fundraising day for their school. They had lots of fun, got to wear casual clothes to school and the best thing is that they are all helping to save the orangutans in the wild!
So what are you waiting for? Just hop on to http://www.education.orangutan.org.au and tell your friends, family and school about them too!
National Children’s Ambassador – Daniel Clarke
Over the past two years of passionately raising money to save the orangutan Daniel has raised over $15,500 and has brought awareness to the plight of the orangutan to all Australians.
The Australian Orangutan Project proudly made Daniel their National Children’s Ambassador in 2007, 2008 & 2009 and is continuing to support Daniel in his quest to educate all of the children in Australia by establishing the national education program called “Colour it Orange”.
For high-resolution images, further information or to arrange an interview with AOP please contact:
Affinity Marketing Ph: 02 8006 5035 Brianna Power 0403 904 912 / brianna@affinitymarketing.com.au
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
It's Never Too Early to Save the World
Calling all Mums, Dads, Teachers and Schools!
Do you want to educate your students on a topic that excites and entertains them? Do you want to let your students or children feel that they can make a difference? Do you want them to understand the current social issue such as global warming and conservation?
Not-for-profit and national organisation, the Australian Orangutan Project (AOP) is launching a comprehensive educational program, Colour It Orange that provides all the essential resources for you to make it all happen.
The purpose of AOP is to conserve and preserve orangutan habitat in Indonesia and Malaysia, and to assist in the rehabilitation and care of orangutans in care centres.
With a desire to encourage the young children to become an environmentally conscious generation, Colour It Orange is specifically designed for early childhood and primary students aged between 5 and 11. A program aimed at secondary school students plans to be developed in the near future.
Whether your class is a group of kindergarten or a group of grade 6’s, AOP provides various fundraising activity ideas such as dress up in orange clothes day, writing, drawing and/or painting competitions as well as a comprehensive pack of worksheets and classroom activities.
All the worksheets and activity packs for this program have been produced by teachers who have closely worked with AOP to ensure the accuracy of the content and relevancy to the educational system, as well as to the age group.
A diverse range of subjects such as habitat destruction, climate change, conservation, animal extinction and indigenous cultures of Indonesia are also covered through the worksheets and activities. By not only focusing on the orangutans but also on related issues, your students will learn that by helping the orangutans they are also involved in preserving our remaining natural rainforests, which in turn will stagnate the effect of global warming throughout the world.
To be involved in the program, you simply register on the AOP website http://education.orangutan.org.au. Once the registration is processed, you can download the educational packs that suit your students. Furthermore, a welcome pack including a DVD, poster, flyer, fundraising ideas, parent letters and all necessary forms will be sent out to you. There is no cost to register or participate.
The education website is designed specifically for students, it contains factual and relevant information to assist with school projects as well as competitions, photos of orangutans and blogs for them to enjoy and learn more about orangutans.
To register your class with Colour it Orange program or for further information, please contact Vicki Carter on 1300 RED APE (1300 733 273), email info@education.orangutan.org.au and/or visit http://education.orangutan.org.au.
For high-resolution images, further information or to arrange an interview with AOP President, Leif Cocks, or Education Program Manager Vicki Carter, please contact:
Affinity Marketing Ph: 02 8006 5035 Brianna Power 0403 904 912 /
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