National Tree Day (Part 1)

Mark from maintenance teaching us how to plant trees.

Jason Quek hard at work.

Danny, Julia and Erica are planting a tree together.

President Vincent planting a tree

On the 18th of September, Hurlstone environmentalists gathered for part 1 of National Tree Day. Gum trees were planted along the railway line and it was a great, fun experience for all involved. Big shout out to the Agriculture teachers who lent us their equipment, maintenance who taught us how to plant trees and was there with us for the majority of the day, and our photographers, Kesson from Year 10 and Elizabeth from Year 11. Overall the day was a success and this wouldn't have been possible if members didn't volunteer. So a huge thank to you if you helped out! Please keep an eye out for National Tree Day part 2, which will be bigger, better and just as enjoyable!

Country Fair 2013

Finger-print tree

Panda Made Me Do It with Ex-Hurlstonians

The panda made me hug a tree

Daniel Zhao playing the Ping Pong game

Plant A Wish

Vincent and Julia with Kate Ritchie

Hurlstone held its annual Country Fair on the 31st of August. This was a great opportunity for us to have our own stand with many fun awareness games and booths. Our aim this year was to promote sustainable practices and raise awareness in our school and community.

Games included the Ping Pong and Slime game. Many people who tried our games out, found it extremely difficult to win. We also had many booths along with our fun games. A finger-print tree banner was hung at the back wall for people to come by, contribute and decorate our tree with their own finger prints. We had a Plant a Wish Scheme towards the right side, where those who approached us with a plastic bottle which was to be recycled and used as a tree pot, were given a free plant. There was also a Panda Made Me Do It booth where those who came by, could write a message on the whiteboard and take photos with our lovely panda, Jason and Andy. Accompanying the booth was Pin the Nose on the Panda game. The Environment Committee also handed out pamphlets to raise awareness for different campaigns.

We were lucky to have a special guest visit our stand, ex-Hurlstonian actress Kate Ritchie!

Thank you to everyone who dropped by our stand and we hope we've enlightened you to become more environmentally friendly!

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