Sustainability

Sustainability Group 

We have an active and passionate Sustainability Group here at the College. 

Each year, Student Leaders are elected from each year level from Year 8 to 11. Their role is to promote awareness of environmental and sustainability issues both locally and globally, and to encourage actions that result in more sustainable use of resources. 

2020 Leaders 

Year 8 - Chloe Davis and Meghna Vinodhram

Year 9 - Mary Tobin and Gemma Hubeek

Year 10 - Maddison Torpey and Alexia Ritzert

Year 11 -  Skye Zhu-Maguire and Sophia Bryant

All students are welcome to join our Sustainability Group. We also have a group of staff, both teachers and non-teaching staff, who have joined the group and are keen to help implement changes to improve Sustainability at our College and the wider community. 

In addition to joining the ResourceSmart School Program (see below), our next big project is to improve our waste management!

We are looking forward to meeting regularly again and planning activities for Term 3 and 4. 

 ResourceSmart School

This year we are taking action to become a more environmentally sustainable school through a Victorian Government initiative called ResourceSmart Schools.

Resource Smart Schools is a program that helps our school embed sustainability in everything we do. We are aiming to reduce our resource use (electricity, waste and water) plus support Indigenous plants and animals. This will also help us to save money. We also want to involve students, families and other members of our College and local community.

We are working with Leah Martini from CERES Community Environment Park on the actions of the core module.

This year, we are aiming to create a strong foundation for our Sustainability Program and continue to build on our sustainability achievements. 

We will monitor our resource use by using a free website called ResourceSmart Online, and improve our waste systems. 

We would love to get our community involved and encourage students, staff and parents/carers to participate in sustainability events.   

We can’t wait to share our achievements with you and contribute to a sustainable future for all. 

You can find out further information regarding ResourceSmart Schools at https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/schools

World Environment Day Competition

Recently, as part of our acknowledgement of World Environment Day, our students had the opportunity to get creative and share images that highlighted the beautiful Australian environment that surrounds them. 

We received many stunning entries. After a judging panel reviewed each submission, the following students were awarded prizes in three categories.

Best Landscape Photo

Annabelle M (Year 7) for 'Seaford Beach'

Best Ecology Photo(s)

Hannah K (Year 9) for 'Fungi'

Chloe D (Year 8) for 'Bee and Flower'

Best Photographic Composition

Gemma H (Year 9) for 'Autumn Leaf'

Congratulations girls!

Sarah Avitabile

Sustainability Leader