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Home>Council Services>Environment>>>Whole School Projects
 Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (Sustainable Schools)
Schools for Sustainable Future (SFSF)
Miner Joe Environment Project
To Resource Smart/ Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI Vic)
CERES
Landlearn
Planet Savers
Saltwatch
The Sustainables
SWEP - School Water Efficiency Program
Waterwatch
| Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (Sustainable Schools) | | Sustainable Schools integrates sustainability education into a holistic program with measurable environmental, economic, educational and social outcomes.
www.environment.gov.au/education/aussi/
Environmental Education Section
Department of the Environment and Heritage
GPO Box 787
Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 02 6274 1523
Fax: 02 6274 2510
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| Schools for Sustainable Future (SFSF) | | SFSF Aims to:
Support and promote schools working towards sustainability.
Support and promote business working towards sustainability.
Encourage sustainability to community, business, councils and schools.
Develop practical sustainability projects for schools that achieve educational (curriculum) and environmental goals.
Run projects in schools, providing 'hands-on' support for teachers.
http://www.sfsf.com.au/index.htm Top
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| Miner Joe Environment Project | | The Miner Joe Environment Project is an educational package for 8 to 12 year olds and presents not only an entertaining stage play with a message that may involve the whole school community but promotes positive action in the form of a classroom Reader, and sessions in Construction and Painting, Questions and Answers, and discussion on the effects of climate change. The play, Miner Joe in the Forest of Woe, is written in user-friendly rhyme with a simple story of how we, the custodians of planet earth, can help restore the balance in nature if we act NOW!
For further information, contact Joe Fairhurst on telephone (03) 9878 2348 or via email on
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| To Resource Smart/ Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI Vic) | | AuSSI involves participants in a whole-of-school approach, to explore through real-life learning experiences, improvements in a schools management of resources and grounds including energy, water, waste, biodiversity, landscape design, products and materials. It also addresses associated social and financial issues.
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| CERES | | CERES (Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies) is a community environment project located beside the Merri Creek in Brunswick. CERES has facilitated over 250 schools, including forty-three 5 star fully accredited Sustainable Schools in Australia.
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| Landlearn | | LandLearn provides a structure and support for schools to incorporate studies of sustainable agriculture and natural resource management into the curriculum.
http://www.landlearn.net.au/ Top
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| Planet Savers | | Organised by the North East Greenhouse Alliance (NEGHA) the Planet Savers program engages with local schools to increase awareness of greenhouse and other sustainability issues and to support and work with them to reduce their energy consumption.
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| Saltwatch | | Saltwatch is an environmental monitoring program that helps communities better understand the salinity problem. During Saltwatch Week (the second week of May), schools and community groups from all over Victoria can learn about the effects of salinity on water quality in their local catchment by collecting local water sources and testing with a salinity meter to determine salt content.
http://www.saltwatch.org.au/saltwatch/
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| The Sustainables | | The Department of Sustainability and Environment and Gould Group have developed a professional development and curriculum program for Victorian schools on environmental sustainability. This program has been running since 2005, reaching 90 schools in regional and metropolitan Victoria and uses "the Sustainables" as a teaching tool.
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/thesustainables/teachers.htm#3
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| SWEP - School Water Efficiency Program | | The Schools Water Efficiency Program (SWEP) helps all schools connected to a reticulated water supply to save water and promotes water awareness throughout the community. This $3M program offers simple solutions to water conservation and identifies water savings. As at May 2008, the SWEP is mandatory for all Victorian Government Schools.
http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/
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| Waterwatch | | Waterwatch Victoria is a community engagement program connecting local communities with river health and sustainable water management issues. Through Waterwatch, groups are supported and encouraged to become actively involved in local waterway monitoring and on-ground action.
http://www.vic.waterwatch.org.au/
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