Wise Words to Fuel Your Passion for the Environment

“We have a responsibility toward the other life-forms of our planet whose continued existence is threatened by the thoughtless behaviour of our own human species. . . . Environmental responsibility, it is up to us to put things right.” 
― Jane Goodall, Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey

Protect the Reef Campaigns

I know this isn't school related, but here are some campaigns you might be interested in taking part in. We can be environmentally active both in and out of school :)

 

Join the global TWITTERSTORM to #FIGHTFORTHEREEF – June 17

The World Heritage Committee is meeting in Cambodia from 16-25 June and will make some big decisions about the future of the Great Barrier Reef.

Join our 24-hour Global Twitter Storm on 17 June and show Australia’s political leaders and the World Heritage Committee that you want the Great Barrier Reef protected!
The Reef belongs to all of us. We need you to tweet your concern about the impact mega ports and shipping superhighways will have on the Great Barrier Reef. This is the perfect opportunity to get the attention of decision-makers at the highest level – let’s make it count.

How to participate:
Tweet #FightfortheReef on 17 June – use one of the below or come up with your own Share the images below on Twitter or Facebook Spread the word – tell your friends, family and networks to tweet for the Reef

Tell Tony Burke to reject dredging at Abbot Point

Within weeks, our government could allow shipping port developers to start tearing enormous holes in the seabed inside the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - a practice known as dredging. Some 3 million cubic metres of sediment (enough to fill 1,200 Olympic-sized swimming pools!) would be ripped from the ocean bed, destroying the homes and food sources of turtles, dugongs and rare snubfin dolphins. Environment Minister Tony Burke has the power to stop this. So we’ve launched an emergency petition to demonstrate massive community opposition to this dreadful plan. Sign on today and we’ll hand deliver the petition to Burke in front of journalists during the UN World Heritage Committee meeting in June.If we act now we can make sure mining companies don’t get away with it.
Take action and sign: https://www.greenpeace.org.au/action/?cid=40&src=EM1

Recycle Your Old Ink Cartridges!

Hi! Just a friendly reminder that you can now recycle your used ink cartridges at school with our new initiative.

I know you all have thrown out your old ink cartridges or don’t want to throw them away but don’t really know what to do with them. Well, there’s a quick and simple solution, just recycle them at school. Remember, the next time you open a new cartridge, please keep the original packaging, and when it’s used up, place it back into the packaging and bring it to school. The packaging is just for identification of the ink  so just keep that in mind. There’s a large grey box located in the print room, so just drop it off there. Thanks!

Know that you’re doing your bit to help the environment. Benefits of recycling your cartridges: 
Diverts waste from landfill, electronic waste is one of the fastest growing forms of waste. 
Recovering resources, material is collected and reprocessed, the plastics and metals can be used to make new products. 
Saving energy used to make them from raw materials. 
Reducing greenhouse gases, we can save 16 000 tonnes of greenhouse gases from being released by recycling instead of producing from new materials.

From this:

Ink Cartridges

To this:

Metal Benches