MAC TEAM GREENMAC TEAM GREEN

Mount Aspiring College Sustainability Club

History, Vision, Outcomes

Mount Aspiring College Sustainability Club

History, Vision, Outcomes

MAC and MAC and sustainability sustainability

In 2008, was organised Sustainability week, involving many teachers-led out-of-class initiatives.

In 2009, sustainability enters MAC mission statement and is one of its 7 values

Today, many teachers are well aware of environmental issues.

Before 2000, tree planting events

Individual teachers “push”

the idea up

20082008Then called “sustainability club”, managed by Science teachers.

Who is Team GreenWho is Team GreenA group of MAC students

Aim: to campaign for sustainability in the college and learn about sustainability issues.

The college direction supports Team Green in principle.

First Year achievements:

Recycling bins set up and campaign, Paper 4 Trees first year (10 trees won), Purchase of a worm farm

20092009New Team: Carol Bradley, Physical Education and health teacher, and me, well supported by Simon.

New venue : libraryNew name: MAC Team GreenNew blog http://macteamgreen.wordpress.com First appearance in the College Magazine

• Regeneration workshop

15th June, Jinty McTavish and Te Rawhitiroa Bosch taught us how to share ideas, draw visions of the future and organise our projects

2009 Actions2009 Actions• Earth Hour Campaign

Our first time in assembly:- showing the official video - introducing Team Green

College-wide event (Year 7 to 10) to plant 150 trees with the help of community members, followed by a 350 shape on the college ground.

• Design competition

To Raise recycling awareness, we create a competition to design a paper recycling bin poster

• Tree planting on 350 day

350 event : Friday 23rd 350 event : Friday 23rd

October October

2010 Actions2010 Actions• Advertised Earth Hour again

• Launched MAC Team Green Snippets A weekly appearance in the newsletter with eco-facts related to the

college.

Wanaka Change Makers starts in

May

Paper recycling set up, launched school-wide in whanau with:•a poster to paste on the paper bin• a poster to explain how to use it •a transport survey •a packed lunch survey

World Enviro Day 8World Enviro Day 8thth June June

26 trees won

2011 Changes2011 Changes• New Regeneration workshop• Many ideas to recycle food waste: We study different composting systems…

• We promote Unpackit campaign who visits the college on the 28th March• We manage to do an Earth Hour in the college only on the 27th May (it was

on the 26th March)• We choose the trees we have won (19)

• Meeting with Jenni, regional enviro-school coordinator

Energy campaignEnergy campaign1 hour

granted per

fortnight

Switch labels &Switch labels &

Energy saving postersEnergy saving posters

When not needed, pleaseswitch off the lights,turn the heater off,

and close the doors and windows.

Save energy!

Care about the earthSwitch off the lights

Open the blindsand Recycle

Thank you!

• A small club with growing credibility• Vision to lead Mount Aspiring college towards an

enviro-school

Follow our activities on

http://macteamgreen.wordpress.com

Just a start…Just a start…

Questions ?Questions ?