Glossary

Sustainable Schools - term first used by CERES when working with a small number of Nillumbik schools in 1999-2000

Victorian Sustainable Schools Initiative (SSI) - pilot developed by CERES and Gould League that ran between 2000 - 2005

CERES Sustainable Schools Initiative (CERES SSI) - supported by Councils, fee paying schools and the DEECD's Strategic Partnerships program 2006 - 2007. Merged into…

Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI) - (Federal Government) and the local Victorian version AuSSI Vic.

ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic Schools - this is now the central Sustainable Schools program in Victoria. Connects to DEECD initiatives and to the National Solar Schools Plan. ResourceSmart will apply to a range of organisations in Victoria such as ResourceSmart Schools- Waste and the Core Module. ResourceSmart Schools, financed by Sustainability Victoria, merges with and complements the AuSSI Vic framework.

Planet Savers School - the energy and core modules delivered in 50 schools by local Greenhouse Alliances, CERES, Planet Savers and Carbonetix with support from councils from North Eastern Victoria and the Western Port locality and the Australian Greenhouse Office.

Carbon Sink Schools - pilot funded through AuSSI to explore, with 20 leading schools, the implications of becoming carbon neutral and carbon sinks.

ZeroWaste Schools - the Sustainable Schools aligned program, financed by Sustainability Victoria and the Mornington Peninsula Shire and delivered by CERES in 53 Mornington Peninsula Shire Schools.

Find out more about ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic

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
Register to Participate Read More
Certification Read More
Core Module Read More
Resource Modules Read More
Resources  Read More

How to get involved.

For further information or enquiries about getting involved in ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic, please contact:

Michelle Sanahon (Administration), Lorna Pettifer (Facilitator)
Sustainability Projects Group
CERES Community Environment Park
Cnr Roberts and Stewart Streets, East Brunswick Vic 3057
Phone : (03) 9380 1556 (direct) or 9387 2609 (reception)
Fax : (03) 9381 1844
Email : rssaussi@ceres.org.au, lorna@ceres.org.au

For further information or enquiries about AuSSI in your state, please contact the National AuSSI Coordinator or go to the Department of Water, Environment, Heritage and the Arts website.