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Thanks a Million Kids

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Today I went to the Melbourne Zoo and taught 25-50 delegates of the Threaten Species Summit How-To-Draw the threatened Quoll.

It was great fun and we’ve been on twitter non stop! It’s always a pleasure getting adults out of there comfort zone and drawing again.

The other great thing was I got to talk to The Minister for the Environment, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, at Question time to put some weight behind my “Thanks a Million Kids” Proposal. It was also nice to be heralded as one of “Australia’s bestselling wildlife and children’s book authors” and the “Sir Joseph Banks” of modern books.

Below is the like to the “Thanks a Million Kids”.

www.bushcreatures.com.au/thanks-a-million-kids.

So in front of both state and territory ministers, relevant business leaders, scientific and conservation experts, non-government organisations and others helping threatened species I got a really nice response and conversation how online media and crowd-funding matters.

“Thanks a million kids” will deliver tangible results and initiatives to protect animals and plants at risk from extinction by generating a bucket of money that is sustainable.

I have the skills and the passion … probably NOW …  just need a little seed funding.

Threatened Species Summit – Quoll Drawing Class

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Tomorrow I’m going to the Zoo to teach 250 delegates of the Threaten Species Summit How-To-Draw The Threatened Quoll.

It should be fun! It’s always a pleasure getting adults out of there comfort zone and drawing again.

The Minister for the Environment, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, will host the Threatened Species Summit and it will be chaired by the Threatened Species Commissioner, Mr Gregory Andrews.

Bring together both state and territory ministers, relevant business leaders, scientific and conservation experts, non-government organisations and others helping threatened species conservation. The summit gives, all present, a forum to discuss the issues and help raise Australia’s conversation on conservation matters.

It’s about raising our national profile on threatened species and their conservation. An opportunity to explore solutions and promote practical and effective ways of tackling the threats to Australia’s animals and plants. Speakers ranging from local communities and scientists in the field to business people and government representatives will share their experience, plans and solutions. It will deliver tangible results and initiatives to protect animals and plants at risk from extinction.

• The summit will reinforce the new national focus on threatened species
• Highlight the important role of Gregory Andrews, Threatened Species Commissioner.
• Minister for the Environment, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, will launch a Threatened Species Strategy at the summit.

For the first time ever, threatened species will have an Australian Government policy framework with hard and measurable targets.

Attendance at the summit venue will be by invitation with a live webcast so that anyone in the community can participate and interact. Follow the Threatened Species Commissioner on Twitter for the latest updates: @TSCommissioner

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