To celebrate Sustainability Week at the College, held 26-30 July, the College has undertaken a few activities to make the most of students being back on campus from midweek.
Year 7 students were involved in planting trees around the College grounds, while Year 12 students spent period 4 on Friday without as much power in the MLC building as possible. Year 12s had their own ‘Earth Hour’ experience, with students allowed to wear a beanie and scarf as they went without heating in classrooms to raise awareness of the consumption of energy.
We are a current four-star Sustainability Victoria ResourceSmart School, beavering toward our fifth and final star. The College earned the fourth star earlier this year.
We have also received a $10,000 grant from Melbourne Water to revegetate the Nelson Rd creek, located on the way down to our off-campus sports fields on Quarry Rd. This work commenced last year and will continue with the assistance of VET Agriculture students and Year 11 VCAL students in the next few weeks.
The College has developed a School Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) which outlines our commitment to sustainability. It highlights our achievements to date and a plan for what we would like to achieve in the future.
This SEMP has been developed as part of ResourceSmart Schools, which we joined in 2015. ResourceSmart Schools is a Victorian Government initiative that will help our school benefit from embedding sustainability in everything we do. Our school will continue to take action to minimise waste, save energy and water, promote biodiversity and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions where possible.
