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The Double Helix Sustainability Squad: Kidz KAB
Environmental champions: The Double Helix Sustainability Squad have shared some inspiring stories with us, and they're here to show you that teamwork can lead to enormous change and sustainable triumphs. Keeping Beaches Clean: Millie Driven by her love of her local [...]
Paint Australia Beautiful Schools Competition – 2023
COMMENCING FEBRUARY 2023Get your kids excited, as we’re taking early registrations for our inaugural Paint Australia Beautiful competition. This competition aims to engage children in primary schools nationally to think deeply about how they can care for the environment, expressing their vision through a beautiful mural art project. In partnership [...]
Living ASAP (As Sustainably As Possible)
Our long-term supporter Shirley the Bag Lady has created a video to encourage everyone to live ASAP = As Sustainably As Possible by joining the Eco-Schools program. Thank you, Shirley, you are such a great ambassador for our program!
Nakara Primary School (NT) Takes on the Challenge to Become a Cleaner and Greener School
Nakara Primary School grows fruit & veg, reduces waste, and improves recycling through the Eco-Schools whole school approach. Nakara Primary School
Oxley Park Public School (NSW) receives award for going green
Penrith City Council congratulates Oxley Park Public School on being recognised as a leader in sustainability. Last week the school became the first in NSW to receive and raise its Green Flag – the top award given by the Eco Schools program, which is a branch of Keep Australia [...]
Oxley Park Public raises a “Green Flag” with environmental award
Oxley Park Public School is the first school in NSW to be awarded a prestigious Green Flag; a Keep Australia Beautiful Award through the Eco Schools Program that promotes environmental awareness through education. Department of Education Deputy Secretary, School Performance - South Murat Dizdar said it’s the highest recognition [...]
The Litter Less Campaign: Seven Years of Positive Change
The latest phase of the campaign reached 357,516 students from 546 schools across 15 countries and marks changes in students’ perceptions and behaviour about litter. In September 2018, the Litter Less Campaign will enter its eighth year and since its inception has engaged over 2 million students around the world. The [...]
The Litter Legends Campaign is back!!!
The Litter Legends Campaign Grants Program is back in 2018!!! Keep Australia beautiful is excited to announce that the Litter Legends Campaign will be back next year!!! The Litter Legends Campaign is an exciting global schools project to implement a project to reduce litter and improve recycling in their school [...]
Eco-Schools and Kids Teaching Kids
Kids Teaching Kids is a free, national, peer teaching program that uses the environment as a theme and focus for learning. Students of all ages find solutions to complex problems such as climate change, water, waste, conservation and energy. This is done through researching an environmental or social topic [...]
Steps Around Australia – Eco-Schools in Action
Parap Primary School – Sew Sustainable! Parap Primary School in Northern Territory are launching a Boomerang Bags project to reduce plastic bag waste in their community. Upcycling fabric scraps and cast-offs students honed their sewing skills to manufacture bags for use in the local community. Bags will be distributed to local [...]
2017 Litter Legend Grant Recipients Announced
20 Australian Eco-Schools have received seed grants of $500 to kick-start a litter management project in their school. The 2017 Litter Legends grants have been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Wrigley Company Foundation as part of the International Litter Less Campaign. The Litter Less Campaign aims [...]
Burnie Primary School Cleans Up
Well done to Burnie Primary School, Tasmania who have just been awarded their first Bronze Award. Choosing the litter and waste theme, the students reviewed the school’s waste management and found that there were no recycling facilities, with nearly 100kg of rubbish heading to landfill every school week. Their [...]
Attention All Eco Schools
Participate in the 2017 Eco-Schools Australia Wrigley’s Litter Legends Campaign, and receive $500 in seed grant funding to jumpstart a litter reduction and recycling campaign at your school. In 2017, Eco-Schools Australia, operated by Keep Australia Beautiful, is running the Litter Legends Campaign (LLC), (known internationally as Litter Less [...]
2017 YRE Winners Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) competition winners. The YRE International Jury met in Denmark last month to decide who would take the top prizes in the field of photo, video and written journalism. You can view all winners here. Will 2018 see [...]
Burnie Primary School Cleans Up
Well done to Burnie Primary School, Tasmania who have just been awarded their first Bronze Award. Choosing the litter and waste theme, the students reviewed the school’s waste management and found that there were no recycling facilities, with nearly 100kg of rubbish heading to landfill every school week. Their [...]
2016 Eco-Schools Litter Legends Grants Recipients
The Eco-Schools Litter Legends Grants recipients for registered Eco-Schools have been announced. Grants of up to $500 have been awarded to 24 schools to assist Australian Eco-School committees complete a Litter Legends project. This project is funded by the Wrigley Company Foundation and contributes towards the International Litter Less Campaign. Peter McLean, [...]
