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Enviroschools is an environmental action based programme where young people are empowered to design and lead sustainability projects in their schools, neighbourhoods and country.

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Creating Change

"The Designery” outlet shop showcases creativity at Spotswood College

Spotswood College students are making the most of their produce and creative artwork from their learning programmes through an enterprising business approach. "The Designery" is a place where the public can purchase student products on sale each Thursday and Friday. Read more about the work...

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Tiny Build creates big opportunities at Opunake High School

Opunake High School teachers and Board of Trustees saw the benefit of engaging students in a hands-on trade skills project. They wanted to move learning from technical drawing and design of scale model tiny homes further, creating an actual dwelling, so that students could gain...

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Why did the penguins come to live at Sue's house?

When a little blue penguin chose to move in beneath teacher Sue’s house, her students started a learning journey about the habitat and plight of this native bird. Find out more about this enquiry that led to ecological building construction on a small scale.

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Ecological building principles are woven through Landscape design at Waikino School

In 2018 students at Waikino School worked with a local permaculture designer to explore ways of incorporating ecological structures in their garden area. This resulted in a combination of approaches that were integrated to create a diverse living landscape.

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Well-constructed process supports building an Adobe Wall at Raglan Kindergarten

This story was shared by the teachers and tamariki at Raglan Kindergarten in 2017 after they followed a process of ecological building discovery and learning. They explored adobe building as a way to connect to people and place and worked with community experts to create...

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132Enviroschools
Northland

3 Regional partners

282Enviroschools
Auckland

5 Regional partners

186Enviroschools
Waikato

15 Regional partners

61Enviroschools
Bay of Plenty

5 Regional partners
5 Collaborators

27Enviroschools
Gisborne

4 Regional partners
6 Collaborators

60Enviroschools
Taranaki

6 Regional partners
10 Collaborators

67Enviroschools
Hawke's Bay

5 Regional partners
2 Collaborators

80Enviroschools
Manawatu-Whanganui

10 Regional partners

136Enviroschools
Wellington

9 Regional partners
7 Collaborators

29Enviroschools
Nelson

2 Regional partners

29Enviroschools
Tasman

2 Regional partners

36Enviroschools
Marlborough

3 Regional partners

15Enviroschools
West Coast

4 Regional partners
5 Collaborators

100Enviroschools
Canterbury

10 Regional partners
2 Collaborators

89Enviroschools
Otago

8 Regional partners
3 Collaborators

49Enviroschools
Southland

5 Regional partners

NATIONWIDE
1,381
Enviroschools
342,900
Tamariki and students
15,700
Teachers and other staff
145
Regional Coordinators and Facilitators
89
Regional
Partners
36
Regional
Collaborators
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