Patricia Morris
Patricia is passionate about the environment, sustainability, and our related personal and community well being and connection with nature.
Patricia is a qualified teacher, and has worked as an educator in high profile positions within the health, personal development and environmental sectors across Australia (NSW, Queensland, Northern Territory) and internationally over many years. Her credibility as a Manager is enhanced by completing 12 marathons as an elite athelete, achieving within the top 10 in Australian womens' marathon running events. As Footprint's Education and Engagement Manager, Patricia has worked extensively on sustainability education, awareness and behavioural change programs with Footprint since 2010, including:
Patricia has also recently (2024) achieved on-the- ground familiarisation with major renewable energy projects within Queensland, from Ravenshoe (Far North Queensland) to Collinsville, Eungella, Pioneer-Burdekin (Central Queensland), and to Gladstone and Borumba (South-East Queensland). This has in turn enhanced her understanding of community concerns and support relating to potential impacts on social , cultural/indigenous, and environmental aspects from proposed renewable energy projects. Patricia currently operates in Far North Queensland and in Brisbane. |
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EXPERTISE
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QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor of Education (Physical Education & Health) |
Graduate Diploma Psychology |
Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of Australia - NSW EPA : BINTRIM Helping Business to Recycle Certificate |
BACKGROUND
Patricia is an Educator with over 30 years experience in teaching in schools and education facilities across Australia. She has worked for the NT government and the National Heart Foundation, advising various sectors on community environmental health issues. Her passion is the education of our community to empower and improve people’s quality of life and reduce impact on the environment as a whole.
Patricia has a particular interest, experience an qualification in environmental and personal psychology. She has studied in the USA in post graduate psychology. Since that time she has worked in various educational programs in Australia and overseas. This includes extensive knowledge and experience working with indigenous people across the NT, Australia.
Patricia's previous education work profile includes:
Further, Patricia has developed a personal development business over many years, 'Patricia Athena', based on peoples well being both physically, spiritually and emotionally. In her therapy and teaching work she has helped many people with imbalances related to chemicals from internal and external influences, and has noticed how chemical imbalance has increasingly influenced our mental and physical health.
Additionally, Patricia is also the Co-founder and Owner of Our Sphere - Sea Goddess, a natural products range created with ingredients friendly to the human body. Patricia Athena has performed her alchemy and magic with creating these products, based on research into ingredients which support the body's natural system and reduce impact on the natural environment.
Patricia has also owned and managed a community retreat centre, 'Brightside', which provided examples of sustainable living and provided personal development and sustainability programs to people from all 'walks of life'.
Patricia has a particular interest, experience an qualification in environmental and personal psychology. She has studied in the USA in post graduate psychology. Since that time she has worked in various educational programs in Australia and overseas. This includes extensive knowledge and experience working with indigenous people across the NT, Australia.
Patricia's previous education work profile includes:
- NT Education Department - Physical Education and Health Teacher and consultant developing Education programs for schools.
- NT Sport Development Unit - Manager of program and athlete and coaches’ development programs, and liaison with Institute of Sport.
- NT Executive Director of Heart Foundation developing Education and research programs.
- Developing Meditation and Wellness Programs and teaching in Australia, Singapore, Hawaii and the Nederlands.
- Spa consultant, training delivery and therapy at nationally recognised retreat centres including Castaways, Mission Beach FNQ and Spa therapist at Golden Door, Hunter Valley, Gwinganna Gold Coast.
Further, Patricia has developed a personal development business over many years, 'Patricia Athena', based on peoples well being both physically, spiritually and emotionally. In her therapy and teaching work she has helped many people with imbalances related to chemicals from internal and external influences, and has noticed how chemical imbalance has increasingly influenced our mental and physical health.
Additionally, Patricia is also the Co-founder and Owner of Our Sphere - Sea Goddess, a natural products range created with ingredients friendly to the human body. Patricia Athena has performed her alchemy and magic with creating these products, based on research into ingredients which support the body's natural system and reduce impact on the natural environment.
Patricia has also owned and managed a community retreat centre, 'Brightside', which provided examples of sustainable living and provided personal development and sustainability programs to people from all 'walks of life'.
AFFILIATIONS, BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. AND VOLUNTEER ROLES (current and past)
Innisfail Chinese Community - Innisfail Temple Board of Directors |
Secretary Austswim Australia |
President NT Athletics |
INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
- Patricia leads personal development and nature connection tours introducing clients to dolphin swimming in Bali and Hawaii.
- Patricia delivers self development and spiritual courses internationally.
PAPERS
Summary of a Dolphin Research paper completed in 2005 in Bunbury, WA entitled: “A dolphin discovery community: Building connectedness with self, others and the world.” By Dr Patricia Sherwood from Edith Cowan University, WA and Patricia Athena Morris.
This paper focuses on the Dolphin discovery community members’ experiences of reconnecting with self and others, awakened by contact with the dolphins. It illustrates how people experience encounters with dolphins as connecting them to themselves, each other and the world. It is essentially a study in the psycho-social processes of rebuilding connectedness, that can be described metaphorically as the tapestry of community. Core to this process is the overcoming of dualism within self and between each other.
Link to full version of Research Paper HERE.
This paper focuses on the Dolphin discovery community members’ experiences of reconnecting with self and others, awakened by contact with the dolphins. It illustrates how people experience encounters with dolphins as connecting them to themselves, each other and the world. It is essentially a study in the psycho-social processes of rebuilding connectedness, that can be described metaphorically as the tapestry of community. Core to this process is the overcoming of dualism within self and between each other.
Link to full version of Research Paper HERE.
