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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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. […]

September 2017 In this edition of ‘What Inspires Me’ we feature Steven Marshall from Veolia. We met Steven when the Outreach team visited the Veolia organics composting facility in South Dandenong in August, and were inspired by his passion for diverting waste from landfill, and […]

Wormlovers have successfully delivered the revolutionary Hungry Bin worm farm to dozens of schools around Melbourne and across Australia. The Hungry Bin is the easiest to use and most efficient worm farm on the market. Wormlovers are offering a discount to ResourceSmart Schools working with CERES.

Sustainability News This year we have been working very hard to be a 5 star sustainable school.  We have been introducing new ways to make this school a better environment. Some of these ideas include: Buckets under the taps to save water. With that water […]

For the environmental teams at Huntingdale Primary School, Term 3 really is our time to shine! Sustainability is the concept of inquiry for all students across our school community. We are excited to share our recent news and goals as we tackle this inquiry concept […]

At St Monica’s College, we conducted a Litter Investigation Audit and completed a report about our litter and how our actions affect our environment. Over 2 days, we picked up 2,377 pieces of rubbish along the Darebin Creek. Amongst the rubbish was 769 chip wrappers […]

Black Rock Primary School has approximately 575 students and is located in a beach-side suburb of Melbourne. Our fundamental purpose is to provide a dynamic learning climate that engages students to achieve their personal best in an atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation towards society and […]