The Sustainability Hub

ResourceSmart Schools in the Northern metro region are invited to come along to this workshop to learn about leadership for whole school change, share ideas with other teachers, and spend time working

ResourceSmart Schools in the Eastern metro region are invited to come along to this workshop to learn about leadership for whole school change, share ideas with other teachers, and spend time working on

ResourceSmart Schools in the Southern metro region are invited to come along to this workshop to learn about leadership for whole school change, share ideas with other teachers, and spend time working

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

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

Do you want your primary school children to be spending time outdoors? Come along and experience a day in the life of a child and teacher at Woodleigh School – Minimbah Campus. Woodleigh strives to be

An expert panel discussion offering local and international perspectives on the question: Are future educators prepared to effectively teach Education for Sustainability?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

  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

Yr 1/2 class studied water as an essential part of survival of the entire earth. Children wrote fun stories about various water sources-book published. Please click here to view the book. You will need

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

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

The sustainability program is continuing in the school under the direction of CERES as part of the ResourceSmart Schools Program. As part of the program, details, including costs, of electricity, gas,

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: