Sustainability News

Yarra City Sustainability Expo

On Saturday 16th of September, members of MGC’s Sustainability Collective hosted an information stall at the Yarra City Sustainability Expo hosted at the brand new Sustainably-designed North Fitzroy Library, Bargoonga Nganjin. 

https://library.yarracity.vic.gov.au/events/2017/09/16/sustainable-house-expo

The main attraction was of course our pedal powered and rowing powered popcorn machine, but we also showcased our other energy education programs and biodiversity projects. The day featured talks on living sustainability from various community experts, tips on recycling and composting and an information stall.

How much energy does it take to pop a day’s worth of popcorn? A: 786 watt hours required to pop a full day of popcorn in a commercial popper!

It was a fun community atmosphere that was greatly enhanced by our students sharing their knowledge on renewable energy. We even managed to sell another one of our solar panels! If you are interested about how you can contribute to our carbon neutral goal by donating money towards a solar panel to our gym roof, click here:https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=180814&track

 A huge thankyou to Tamsin Wagner, Daisy Batten, Sandra Burne, Samone Hosking, Ruth Gadsden, Thirumagal Arunachalum Elanthendral and Monique Burns for giving up their Saturday to show case MGC’s achievements.

The Sustainability Collective is an open community group that meets at MGC on a bi-monthly basis on the third Wednesday of the month from 6-7.30pm we host working bees and work towards strategies to maintain and improve MGC’s status as a Sustainable School! New members are always welcome!