The Aviso

The second issue of The Aviso includes the exceptional drawings of one of our talented students. This issue also includes an adorable photo of a student’s pet, that goes perfectly with your fortnightly dose of good news!

If you get creative, whether that's in the form of a painting, drawing or photography, The Aviso is the perfect platform for sharing your creative pieces! If you've written some poetry, or a movie/book, or album review, we’d love to see it as well! Please send your submissions to theaviso@mgc.vic.edu.au and we’ll be sure to include it in the next edition!

We would like to thank everyone who has made a submission so far, and we look forward to receiving even more of them! 

Rania Widjanarko

Editor 

Spotlight: Good News!

Maersk Aims for Carbon Neutral Shipping - Harriet Turner-Browne, Year 9

Danish company Maersk has made some ocean-breaking news for the environment this Monday- they are bringing forward the worlds’ first carbon-neutral marine liner. In a press conference, CEO Søren Skou announced that their boat will be entering the waters as soon as 2023. “Our ambition to have a carbon neutral fleet by 2050 was a moonshot when we announced it in 2018,” Skou said. “Today we see it as a challenging, yet achievable target to reach.” The boat is powered by ethanol (a mix of e-methanol and bio-methanol). As of 2019, the number of containers travelling the sea was 5,269. Imagine the impact this could have on the animals and the future if all of them followed in Maersk’s footsteps! 

Mothers and Sons Program Effects Positive Change - Rania Widjanarko, Year 12

The Mothers and Sons program, a program founded by the International Women’s Day Illawarra Committee is a unique initiative involving young boys and their mums. This unique program aims to stop domestic violence in its early stages, boyhood, by helping young boys manage their emotions in a healthy way. The program was launched in Queensland in 2016, where many incidents of domestic violence have been perpetrated by children aged between 10-18 years old. The program instils a sense of healthy masculinity in these young boys, and has been said to strengthen the relationships between mothers and sons that participate.  Currently, there is an overwhelming demand for the program, with a waiting list for a related program that teaches mothers how to offer their sons the support they need. 

Observational Drawing (Adelaide) - Aisha Bilal, Year 10

Molly!- Greer Downie, Year 8

    Quote of the Watch

“We are not broken things, neither of us. We are cracked pottery mended with laquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other. Complete and worthy and so very loved.”

- Mackenzi Lee

Humanities News

The Humanities Captains will be holding a trivia about women in humanities for International Womens’ Day! The trivia will be on Friday 12th March, during lunchtime in Room 315. Remember to bring your laptops, we hope to see you there!

Crew 

Shaunagh O’Connell, Review of Submissions & General Assistance

Rania Widjanarko, Editor & Designer

Hannah Benhassine, Junior Editor

Harriet Turner-Browne, Junior Editor

Beth Barrass, Publication