ResourceSmart Schools sustainability snippets
Term 1, 2025
Wheelers Hills Primary School, Wheelers Hills – a 5 Star Year 2024
This government school of nearly 600 students became a 5-Star ResourceSmart school and won the City of Monash’s Sustainability Leadership and Outstanding Leadership Award in 2024.
Key activities in 2024 included partnering with the Lions Club to fund water tank repairs, joining Victoria's Container Deposit Scheme (CDS Vic), and continuing to educate with a 5-bin system in classrooms and shared areas, as well as community recycling schemes for batteries, mobile phones, and clothing.
Kew High School, Kew East – fundraising biodiversity with CDS Vic
The Eco Crew at this government school of over 1000 students transformed drink container disposal and turned the results into cash through CDS Vic.
Students placed container collection bins in strategic areas such as canteen and kitchenette, using eye-catching signage and educated peers at assemblies. Along with changing how their school community deals with waste, they’ve raised over $700 towards gardening activities and supplies.
Sacred Heart College, Kyneton, and their journey to reduce resource use
This catholic school, with over 800 students, had a busy 2024. The school attended the Climate Change Education Forum, participated in summits and planting activities, added FOGO to its waste streams, and introduced sustainability year-level captains to support junior and senior leaders, as well as the Green Team.
The campus features recycling schemes for batteries, e-waste, cartridges, pens, and markers, as well as LED lights, timers for watering and heating/cooling and water tanks. These initiatives have reduced CO₂ emissions by 448 tonnes and cut waste and water consumption.