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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

Sustainable Communities Through Kai

Kai is central to any sustainable community.  Growing, cooking and sharing kai can bring communities closer together and closer to te taiao - the environment. Over five years, two groups of Enviroschools from Waikato and Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland, delved deeply into the many aspects...

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Generation of Changemakers Emerges at Greytown School

An air of confidence and clarity is evident in 11-12 year old Greytown School students as they grapple with and address real world problems through their in-class sustainability inquiry. “You can’t sit around waiting for someone else to do it,” says Petra. “You need to...

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Tuakana/Teina Relationships Alive and Well in Wainuiomata Schools

Mā te tuakana te teina e tōtika, Mā te teina te tuakana e tōtika. The older will lead the younger and the younger will lead the older. When, in September 2018, Wainuiomata High School called and asked their neighbouring primary school for help, Konini Primary...

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Sustainability Thrives in Inner City Environment

When the students at Tinui School in the Wairarapa countryside heard there was a small urban Green-Gold Enviroschool (roll of 70) on a tiny little site within the Wellington Central Business District, they wondered how that could work. How could such a small school, in...

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Whole School Approach to Tackling Waste Takes Off at Trentham

Starting with a few interested students learning about waste in their lunch hours, over two years Trentham School have put in place a comprehensive waste minimisation system with the whole school involved. The key to getting whole school involvement in the system was in dedicating...

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111Enviroschools
Northland

3 Regional partners

253Enviroschools
Auckland

5 Regional partners

170Enviroschools
Waikato

15 Regional partners

61Enviroschools
Bay of Plenty

5 Regional partners
5 Collaborators

27Enviroschools
Gisborne

4 Regional partners

48Enviroschools
Taranaki

7 Regional partners
9 Collaborators

62Enviroschools
Hawke's Bay

6 Regional partners
1 Collaborator

64Enviroschools
Manawatu-Whanganui

10 Regional partners

134Enviroschools
Wellington

9 Regional partners

27Enviroschools
Nelson

2 Regional partners

25Enviroschools
Tasman

2 Regional partners

36Enviroschools
Marlborough

3 Regional partners

13Enviroschools
West Coast

4 Regional partners
4 Collaborators

96Enviroschools
Canterbury

11 Regional partners
2 Collaborators

78Enviroschools
Otago

8 Regional partners

43Enviroschools
Southland

5 Regional partners

NATIONWIDE
1,248
Enviroschools
168,500
Tamariki and students
15,700
Teachers and other staff
155
Regional Coordinators and Facilitators
91
Regional
Partners
18
Regional
Collaborators
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