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MAC TEAM GREEN

MAC TEAM GREEN. Mount Aspiring College Sustainability Club History, Vision, Outcomes. MAC and sustainability. Before 2000, tree planting events Individual teachers “push” the idea up. In 2008 , was organised Sustainability week, involving many teachers-led out-of-class initiatives.

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MAC TEAM GREEN

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  1. MAC TEAM GREEN Mount Aspiring College Sustainability Club History, Vision, Outcomes

  2. MAC and sustainability Before 2000, tree planting events Individual teachers “push” the idea up 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.

  3. 2008 Who is Team Green A 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. Then called “sustainability club”, managed by Science teachers. • First Year achievements: • Recycling bins set up and campaign, • Paper 4 Trees first year (10 trees won), • Purchase of a worm farm

  4. 2009 New Team: Carol Bradley, Physical Education and health teacher, and me, well supported by Simon. New venue : library New name: MAC Team Green New blog http://macteamgreen.wordpress.com First appearance in the College Magazine • Regeneration workshop 15th June, JintyMcTavish and TeRawhitiroa Bosch taught us how to share ideas, draw visions of the future and organise our projects

  5. 2009 Actions • Design competition To Raise recycling awareness, we create a competition to design a paper recycling bin poster • Earth Hour Campaign Our first time in assembly: - showing the official video - introducing Team Green 350 event : Friday 23rd October • 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. • Tree planting on 350 day

  6. 2010 Actions Wanaka Change Makers starts in May • Advertised Earth Hour again • Launched MAC Team Green Snippets A weekly appearance in the newsletter with eco-facts related to the college. 26 trees won World Enviro Day 8th June • 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

  7. 2011 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 1 hour granted per fortnight Energy campaign

  8. Switch labels &Energy saving posters

  9. Save energy! When not needed, please switch off the lights,turn the heater off, and close the doors and windows.

  10. Care about the earthSwitch off the lights Open the blindsand Recycle Thank you!

  11. Just a start… • A small club with growing credibility • Vision to lead Mount Aspiring college towards an enviro-school Follow our activities on http://macteamgreen.wordpress.com Questions ?

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