In September students and staff from across the school got together with Natasha Mills our regional facilitator to undertake a Waste Audit. Once the bins were emptied students set to work sorting the waste into paper/cardboard, plastic, soft plastic, glass, metal, organic and non recyclable materials. We all had a lot of fun and also learnt a great deal about how to better manage our waste. A very big thank you to Natasha!
Our Say – Sustainable Schools: In the Beginning
With a small grant from Nillumbik Council in 1999-2001, CERES let the first fish into the stream under the name Sustainable Schools. Now many schools of fish swim across Victoria. Naturally, this emergence came out of many great environment programs on waste, water etc. Quickly teaming up with Gould League, we soon attracted government and philanthropic support so that we grow into AuSSI Vic and then ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic schools. What a fabulous journey with so many organisations. This is the ‘real growth’ we need in society to keep the faith! Forwards! This article is a timeline summary and a potted history.
TerraCycle Colgate Brigade
Terra Cycle Colgate Brigade St Joseph the Worker Primary School has signed up to be part of the Terra Cycle Colgate Brigade. The whole school community collects old toothpaste tubes […]
5 Star School
Having successfully achieved the 5 star sustainability rating, Somers school Camp can now turn it’s focus away from paper work and on to actual achievement. Our projects have a biodiversity […]
National Tree Planting day
National Tree Planting Day was very successful with 25 mature trees planted and 50 indigenous plants planted on the day. Bunnings Mentone donated the plants and their time to help […]
“Getting Wall papered”
We are so lucky to have a wonderfully creative Arts Teacher who loves to recycle materials. Wallpaper samples were donated to the school. Who would have thought?