The Sustainability Hub

This write up was completed by our Environmental Leaders discussing our waster reduction program, Zero Hero.   Zero Hero Program What is Zero Hero? At our school we have a program that will help us reduce our landfill it’s called The Zero Hero Program because […]

This year’s ResourceSmart Schools Awards finalists have been announced!

CERES has been announced as a finalist in the Education category for this year’s Premier’s Sustainability Awards for our Sustainability and Alternative Pathways program. For 35 years, CERES has been a place for community-based learning and action that creates environmental, social, economic, and cultural benefits and enhance nurturing ways of living together.

By Alex Hoffman Outreach Educator “I’ll let you in on a little secret” I confide to the grade 2 students, who are sitting wide-eyed and open-minded in front of me, “though this is the sort of secret I’d want you to blab to everyone.” Some […]

Our Dolphin Ambassadors have an important role in our community: to spread the news about Port Phillip Bay’s wonderful biodiversity and to encourage everyone to “ Take three to save the Sea”. They did an amazing job at the Easter fair in 2017! In late […]

The students at St Joseph’s Black Rock have been learning about waste and recycling for over 7 years now. In every classroom there are recycling bins for paper, flexible plastic and  compost. The children bring nude food to school and are not permitted to take […]

At St Joseph’s Black Rock the students are very careful with the use of electricity. As part of the Grade 5 /6  currriculum every second year, the students learn about sustainable energy types and practices. On a Wednesday afternoon the Green Team visit every class […]

In Term 3 2017, the Grade two class had Mr O’Loughlan come to talk with them about an indigenous invertebrates that they could try to encourage into the school garden.Ian told the class about a little Blue Banded Bee that could be encouraged into the […]

SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNITY LUNCHEON 2017 Sandringham Campus, Firbank Grammar On Wednesday our students hosted their first Sustainability Community Lunch. We invited all parents to attend and were overwhelmed with the response. With over 30 parents and grandparents in attendance it was always going to be a […]

  Source: Boomerang Alliance   NSW and Victoria remain the only states left in Australia to ban plastic bags after Western Australia confirmed their move to take action from July 2018. WA follows Queensland after they confirmed the ban of plastic bags earlier this month. […]