Sustainable Schools

“Do more with LESS”

Helping students to create a MORE sustainable school with LESS impact on the Earth.What is LESS?

LESS stands for Leaders in Environmentally Sustainable Schools.  The program is designed to train student action teams in how to organise and carry out school sustainability projects.  It caters for a range of students, from those who love working in the garden to those who are in leadership positions.

With hands-on and team action-based activities, LESS workshops empower students to create significant change in their school.  Students are guided through an action planning process to prepare for an upcoming school year, a single term or specific sustainability project. They are encouraged to work in a team to achieve their project goals.

Use LESS to train a student action team or host a LESS day to network with other schools!

How can LESS help our school?

• Support students with sustainability projects.
• Create an effective student action plans for sustainability projects.
• Provide students with real-world opportunities to develop skills and knowledge about sustainability and the environment.
• Develop student team-work and communication skills.
• Support a student leadership program.
• Reduce school consumption of natural resources eg. water, energy, paper.
• Network and share ideas with others.
• Contribute to ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic certification requirements.

LESS workshops can be tailored to suit your school’s specific needs. Workshops can cover a broad range of sustainable practices or cater more specific areas of sustainability ie. Waste, Energy, Biodiversity, Water.

How can LESS help me get certification in ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic?

• Student involvement in planning and managing school sustainability programs.
• An active School Environment Club.
• School Environment Captains/Leaders.
• An incursion to provide students and teachers with knowledge about a module.
• Visits by guest speakers/in-school education programs.
• Action planning.
• Monitoring school resource use.
• Working with other schools on sustainability projects.

How much does LESS cost for schools?

Prep - Grade 6 $590 (4 hours duration)

Year 7-Year 12 $590 (4 hours duration)

Year 7-Year 12 $700 (5 hours duration- for a more in depth expoloration of sustainability for schools whose students need deeper understanding of sustainability practices)

1.5 hours $320 (basic action planning)

What else do I need to know?

* Each workshop can be run for an individual school or a cluster of schools.
4 and 5 hour workshops can be delivered to a maximum of 50 students
1.5 hour workshops can be delivered to a maximum of 30 students.
Travel charges may apply to schools outside of the Melbourne metropolitan area

* ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic schools outside the Melbourne metropolitan area please note: Primary School and 1.5 hour workshops are available at no extra travel cost if they coincide with your AuSSI Vic teacher professional development session.

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