Year 8 Design and Technology students were invited to a First Nations sustainability day on Tuesday 14 March. Each Year 8 class had a lesson in the outdoor classroom with a small activity.
The students learnt about sustainability as implemented by the Wurundjeri culture. Understanding sustainability as an entire system was the focus. Darren Wandin, traditional owner Wurundjeri Country, joined me, a Nukunu man, in discussing sustainability.
Students also decorated timber leaves in First Nations symbols (pictured). Students used the leaves to connect their personal stories with the concepts of First Nations concepts of sustainability being about a system as a whole. This was introduced to them through the dual totem system.
