Climate Canons

Resource Recovery Group

The Resource Recovery Group (formerly the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council), a local government entity, is one of five regional councils in the Perth metropolitan area. It was established in 1991 as a Regional Local Government to develop innovative and sustainable waste management solutions for the benefit of communities and the environment. 

The group operates a state-of-the-art $100 million facility in Canning Vale, which receives, recycles, and processes waste from some of its member local councils and the community.

As part of the ATAR Geography course, the Year 12 students visited the site on Thursday 31 August to learn about how Perth is tackling one of its biggest challenges, waste management. The Climate Canons didn’t want to miss out on this opportunity to learn, so a small group of students from Years 7, 8 and 10 came along to get some tips on how the College can reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. 

It was quite incredible seeing the amount of waste ending up in the recycling plant and FOGO plant was a good (albeit smelly) reminder to compost. The Climate Canons have big plans to continue the College’s war on waste, so keep watching this space.

National Threatened Species Day

Each year, National Threatened Species Day occurs on 7 September. It's a day to commemorate almost 2000 Australian plant and animal species that are listed as 'threatened'. Through a quiz and information session at lunch time, the Climate Canons brought awareness to many of these species. Congratulations to the following students, who demonstrated their knowledge of threatened species earning the top scores in the quiz.

• David Mehennett (Year 8) - M6
• Riley Suckling (Year 12) - X6
• Ann Baiju (Year 9) - K5
• Lilli Halse (Year 8) - P6
• Faroz Simagala (Year 11) - M6

Save the Koala Month

September is dedicated to raising awareness about the decline of koalas and showing ways we can help save koalas. One of Australia's most internationally recognised animals, the koala, are now officially declared endangered in New South Wales and Queensland, and their protection has never been more important.

Lack of protection, habitat destruction and fragmentation, stress, disease, extreme weather events and the human-caused climate crisis, car strikes and dog attacks are pushing these unique, sleepy creatures closer to extinction every day. But not all hope is lost. We can help pave a new way forward to save them from extinction by learning about and addressing the threats to koalas. The Climate Canons did just that, dressing up and hosting an information session at lunch time, testing students knowledge on koala habitats and threats, as well as participating in an online quiz to learn more.

Miss D Pisconeri

(Humanities and Social Sciences Teacher and Climate Canons Co-ordinator)