Sustainability
Purple Day
Inspired by two incredible changemakers at Auburn High, Elsa and Elly, Year 5/6 & staff celebrated Purple Day on Friday 26th August.
Year 5 invited Year 6 students and all staff to join Purple Day to celebrate and create a supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for all people, including members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Thank you to everyone for supporting and making ASPS an inclusive community that celebrates everyone.
Zero Waste Festival
Saturday 17th September, Fed Sq
You're invited to join Miss Hui at the ZWF! As one of the co-founders, this is ZWF's fifth festival and we've partnered with Fed Sq to bring an exciting day of activties to inspire you to rethink waste.
Join leading waste and sustainability experts, along with everyday people doing amazing things in a series of live panel discussions. The talks and activities will explore a range of topics, ideas, and solutions for reducing all forms of waste. You’ll be treated to zero-waste displays, markets, food trucks, and more at this free, family-friendly event.
Bring along your unwanted clothes for a Clothes Swap, for both adults and kids, and the Repair Café will be on hand to fix your broken items. The Mending Circle will teach you how to ‘Stitch it, Don’t Ditch it’ and activities such as Trash Puppets will inspire the kids to get creative with recycled and reused materials.
10am Welcome to Country by Wurundjeri Elder
Kids show: Mrs Ticklebottom and the Plastic Problem
A play all about plastic, litter, our wildlife and waterways, the ocean and one mean old Lavender Lady. What will this brolly wielding litter-lout do as she encounters all the animals troubled by the plastic problem?This show is fast paced, super silly and a thought provoking ride suitable for all the family. Mrs. Ticklebottom will follow the Festival opening beginning at 10am. Entry is free!
10:00am Check in opens
11:30am Kids clothes swap begins
1:00pm Stylist Talk/Workshop
1.30pm Adult clothes swap begins
Come make a Trash Puppet between 10am-4pm and much, much, more!
For more information visit the Festival 2022 page.
Sustainability Events & Resources
(Our school is not affiliated with any of these)
Victoria Nature Festival
Monday 12 to Sunday 25 September
Choose from over 50 events and experiences, with plenty of fun and engaging ways to connect with and support nature.
Events are hosted all over the state from the Mallee region, around Metropolitan Melbourne to the hills of the Yarra Valley and down to Phillip Island, including the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Cranbourne.
Biodiversity Month - September
Biodiversity is the variety of all life forms on earth – the different plants, animals and micro-organisms, and the ecosystems that are their homes. Biodiversity Month is on every September to promote the importance of protecting, conserving and improving biodiversity.
In the spirit of preserving and appreciating nature, we thought we would mention that 1st September is National Wattle Day. The golden wattle is one of our most beautiful native plants symbolising unity and resilience in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and natural habitat destruction.
It's all happening this month - because it's also National Threatened Species Day and Save the Koala day on the 7th and 30th of September, respectively.