 We aspire to create a school community where students, teachers and parents learn, work and live in a holistic and sustainable way that protects and enhances the environment now, and for the future Firbank.
We will aim to foster a culture at Firbank where we create awareness and educate for environmental sustainability. We will be proactive in developing and implementing sustainable programs and projects for the school, involving all the stakeholders in the Firbank community and seeking to influence others.
We will structure our environmental programs to
- Measure our use of our resources as well as the waste we produce
- Set goals to reduce our environmental impact
- Prepare a School Action Plan of smart, simple sustainable activities we can do to achieve our goals
- Take action
- Monitor our progress, review our plan, and seek continuous improvement
- Celebrate and communicate our achievements as a school community
Implementation
Actions of Board members, Students, Staff, Parents, Maintenance, Contractors, Building and Grounds Staff mandated by Policy
Focus
- Better management to reduce consumption of Energy (electricity and gas)
- Reduce water usage
- Reduction of waste generation
- Incorporate sustainability concepts in infrastructure planning
Practice
- Targets set, and to be annually reviewed
- Senior school teacher appointed as Co-ordinator of Environmental Group to lead students
- The Heads of Campus and Business Manager as part of the Senior Management Team will oversee and monitor policy implementation in the daily practices of each campus
- Environmental projects will be developed as part of the curriculum where appropriate, across the school from ELC 3 - Year 10
- The student group in the senior school will be resourced and guided to initiate projects which will help to change attitude and practice, and will develop a profile for Climate Protection across the school
The ESD committee will remain involved as an Advisory Group to meet each semester to review the progress of the school in meeting targets
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