ResourceSmart Schools is an initiative of the Victorian Government, and is managed by Sustainability Victoria. ResourceSmart Schools is the umbrella that links the wide range of sustainability programs available to Victorian schools.

Integrating state and federal programs, ResourceSmart Schools brings together a consortium of sustainability educators and delivery organisations to help Victorian schools minimise waste, save energy and water, promote biodiversity, and cut their greenhouse gas emissions. Most of all, ResourceSmart Schools is about making it easier for Victorian educators and students to actively build sustainability into the fabric of everyday school and community life.

Beneath the umbrella of ResourceSmart, Sustainability Victoria is helping to deliver key components of the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI) framework to help Victorian schools embed sustainability into their school.

AuSSI Vic provides a holistic approach to sustainability. It integrates educational, environmental, social and economic outcomes so that schools do not see each area in isolation but as components of the bigger picture of sustainability.

As a combined program, the facilitation of the Core module of AuSSI Vic, management of the qualitative and quantitative data that comes from AuSSI Vic, and the implementation of the ResourceSmart 5 Star Certification System are all being managed in 2009-2011 by a consortium of organisations lead by the Victorian Association of Environmental Education (VAEE) and CERES.

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Click on the links below to find out more about ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic:

ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic Overview Read More
Support for Schools/ Get involved  Read More
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Certification Read More
Core Module Read More
Resource Modules Read More
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