Select Victorian schools are set to be recognised at the 2020 ResourceSmart Schools Awards for their efforts to minimise waste, save energy and tackle climate change.
The Minister for Environment, Lily D’Ambrosio announced the theme for 2020,’People and the Planet’, and encouraged all schools to enter the State’s largest sustainability awards for schools before 16 March 2020.
“The awards are part of the Government’s ResourceSmart Schools program, which teaches students the knowledge and skills required to help build a sustainable future,” Ms D’Ambrosio said.
“Since 2008, the program has reached more than 1,400 schools and more than 200,000 students,” she said.
Ms D’Ambrosio said participating schools had saved $27 million through energy, waste and water efficiencies and savings.
She said the program had received international recognition earlier this year from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and its Energy Smarts Communities Initiative as the 2019 Gold winner in the Smart Jobs and Consumer category.
“In 2019, Carrum Primary School won the ResourceSmart ‘School of the Year’ award for embedding sustainability into its school curriculum and inspiring other schools to act on climate change,” she said.
Ms D’Ambrosio said the award categories were: Teacher of the Year; Student/Student Group of the Year; Community Leadership School of the Year; Curriculum Leadership School of the Year; Campus Infrastructure and Operations School of the Year; and Community Leadership Volunteer of the Year.
Further information, including how to enter can be accessed at this PS News link.
