In early 2012 students from the Green Team attended the Autralian Youth Climate Coalition Start the Switch Conference. Students came away with the goal to “repower” the school with solar panels. The students planeed acativities through the year to raise the money to purchase a solar panel system for the school. These activities included several bake sales, a sausage sizzle on Smith St Fitzroy and the main event a movie night. From these events the students raised over $ 5000. This inlcudes a grant they obtained from Price Waterhouse Coopers. The school has matched the student contribution and a 5kW (20 panel) system was installed on Thursday 6th December.
Waste Tours at HWPS
Early each year at Hawthorn West PS, Green Team Captains and members show the Foundation students our waste stations. GT members demonstrate what is meant to be placed in each […]
Getting rid of old Clothes
Thursday 10th September The Southern Cross Recycling van will be coming to the school to collect any old clothes, sheets, books and toys you want to get rid of. Start […]
Sustainability Partnership
Over the last few months the Eco Warriors from Boronia Heights Primary School have been collecting used coffee grounds from a local café – ‘Koko Lime’. This is a great partnership that helps them reduce their landfill waste and helps us by providing a natural insecticide for our veggie patch.
September 2016 Sustainable School of the Month – St Augustine’s School, Frankston South
To celebrate Frankston City’s status as Australia’s Sustainable City of the Year 2015, each month from June to November a local school will be chosen as the Sustainable School of […]
Energy Reduction – A School Budget Imperative.
Our school, Yarra Ranges Special Developmental School, caters for students with cognitive disabilities from school entry to the end of the calendar year in which they turn 18. Classes are […]