I’m so excited to be working with North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) to help visually communicate their environmental and sustainability messages. I was recently invited to a NQBP meeting to graphically record live a presentation on their sustainable sediment management. Environmental management is a critical and complex issue, particularly when you are one of Australia’s largest port authorities by tonnage throughput! I drew out the processes and steps of their Sediment Story and I’m really looking forward to ‘picturing ideas’ with NQBP again soon! You can see more of my visual storytelling with NQBP via my website (https://drsuepillans.com/recording/business-industry/), as Dr Suzie Starfish on Facebook and @suepillans on Twitter and Instagram.

What an amazing time I had recently as my alter ego Dr Suzie Starfish at Exmouth District High School where I visited on behalf of the Ningaloo Outlook project, a strategic research partnership between CSIRO and BHP Billiton in Western Australia. I talked about the science and technology of this project by graphically recording my interactive talk ‘Tag along with the megafauna of the Ningaloo Marine Park’. The students and teachers really engaged with this visual thinking approach, which to me shows STEM in action, and can be best described by one of the teachers:

“Dr Suzie Starfish was fantastic with the students during her visit. She brought out all the knowledge that the kids have about Ningaloo and the Marine Environment on our doorstep. She also confirmed the environmental protection points which are so important for the students to know“.

You can find out more about how I ‘picture ideas’ with schools via my website at https://drsuepillans.com/education/ and as Dr Suzie Starfish on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/drsuziestarfish/) and now @suepillans on Twitter and Instagram!

As the Graphic Recorder for the Cane Changer Project, a partnership between Behaviour Innovation Pty Ltd, CANEGROWERS (industry peak body) and the Queensland Government, it was my pleasure today to ‘picture the ideas’ of the CANEGROWERS central office team. It is always a privilege to be part of team discussions, particularly when teams like CANEGROWERS represent the sugarcane growers of Queensland. Project Cane Changer is designed to value and recognise Queensland’s sugar cane farmers for their role as custodians of the land and their ongoing efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef. For more cane changer stories stay tuned here, as Dr Suzie Starfish on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/drsuziestarfish/) and @suepillans on Twitter and Instagram.