Our Environment 

Plastic Free July

Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution, so we can have cleaner streets, oceans and beautiful communities. 

We’re inviting you to go Plastic Free this July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics! 

We encourage all students and staff to use reusable containers for their snacks and lunch. 

For more ideas, visit plasticfreejuly.org

Let’s make an effort to make more sustainable choices always - not just for July! 

New Books to Borrow 

Resource Centre – Mentone & Bentleigh East 

Looking for some stimulating holiday reading? 

We now have a new range of ecological themed books ready for borrowing. 

2040, A Handbook for the Regeneration by Damon Gameau 

Reinforcing that climate change is a practical problem that can be tackled by each of us, one small step at a time, this book has practical solutions we can use in every day life to make a genuine difference. This book empowers you to become the change you want to see in the world. It’s also now an era-defining documentary, watch the preview here! 

How The World Really Works by Vaclav Smil

This is so refreshing because it jettisons the usual polarising discourse about climate change and carefully and empirically examines the ‘physical’ foundations of Western economies. Discover the four pillars of our material world and how their production needs to be factored into sensible talk about climate change and environmental responsibility.  

"A new masterpiece from one of my favorite authors... [How The World Really Works] is a compelling and highly readable book that leaves readers with the fundamental grounding needed to help solve the world's toughest challenges."--Bill Gates

"You can agree or disagree with Smil--accept or doubt his 'just the facts' posture--but you probably shouldn't ignore him. . . In Smil's provocative but perceptive view, unrealistic notions about carbon reduction are partly, and ironically, attributable to the very productivity that societies achieved by substituting machine work, powered by fossil fuels, for draft animals and human laborers."--The Washington Post

Kylie Patterson Zigouras and Ross Hunter 

Integral Ecological Leaders