Sustainability At Glen Katherine Primary
Triple Bottom Line Benefits of Glen Katherine Primary School's Participation in the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative
Sustainable Schools helps create triple bottom line benefits at Glen Katherine Primary School by:
• Supporting the school in being a leader in the education of sustainable development.
• Creating a more engaging learning environment for students.
• Focusing on student involvement and learning.
• Creating flow-on effects from the school to the local community.
• Involving the whole school community including students, teachers, non-teaching staff and parents in sustainable practices.
Educational and Social
• Provides numerous opportunities to achieve learning outcomes across the curriculum.
• Caters for a diversity of learning styles.
• Provides leadership opportunities for students as well as teachers.
• Empowers the school community to work on meaningful real-world problems and outcomes.
• Encourages collaboration and teamwork.
• Forms partnerships with the community.
• Increases pride and self-esteem within the school community.
• Provides positive publicity for the school.
Environmental
• Reduces resource consumption eg. energy, water, gas, paper
• Reduces the school's greenhouse gas emissions.
• Influences more environmentally sustainable family behaviour at home.
• Cleaner, more attractive school grounds that students take pride in.
Economic
• Cost savings from reduced consumption of resources.
• Income from grants and prizes supporting and recognising sustainability projects.
To read the schools new policy on Sustainability, go to the Blogs, Resources and Links page.
Click here for a PDF copy of AuSSI Vic Core Workbook.