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There are heaps of easy ways that you can help your school go green and get active in helping our environment.
Tackling your school's energy and water use are great places to start, as is working out ways to deal with the school's waste.
There are also ways to get your green message across to other schools, your community and the people in charge of making the big green decisions in our country: our politicians.
Building up a network of cool green schools around your town, city or state is also another great way to show the world that you care about our environment.
Visit the articles below for more information on how you can help your school go green.
Earth Hour 2010
February 26th, 2010
Earth Hour is here again! At 8:30pm Saturday 27 March in cities and towns all over the world will go dark for an hour. Millions of Australians took part in previous Earth Hours – it is a great way to show that you care about the planet.
Celebrate going green at school!
February 2nd, 2010
Celebrate your green achievements at your school by holding a happy planet party! We’ve thought of a whole lot of activities to get your kids, their parents and other teachers engaged in your happy planet celebrations. You’ll also get them thinking about how they and your school can be even greener and cooler.
Our Cool School
July 24th, 2009
Our Cool School is the leading online educational environmental resource created especially for Victorian schools, for school kids and for teachers.
Bower Birds Art Workshops for Children & Young Adults
February 26th, 2010
Melbourne artist Emma Davies will again run her popular 'Bower Bird' workshops for children and young adults. They will explore recycling, re-using and re-thinking through the fun of art and craft!
Freefold Furniture
February 26th, 2010
The idea for Freefold Furniture began in 2008 when Toby Horrocks moved into an empty rental apartment and needed furniture. Freefold 02 is sized to hold paperbacks in horizontal boxes, art books in vertical ones, and is strong enough to put a TV on.
Write a letter to our newspapers
January 21st, 2010
It’s crunch time. The government’s deliberately crippled, polluter friendly emissions trading scheme is about to become law. Please help expose the government’s dangerous rhetorical hypocrisy by sending a letter (max 150 words) to the papers.
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