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New Shoots Pakuranga - Growing a sustainable community
Shifting mulch seemed insurmountable until a group of young people came to the help of New Shoots Pakuranga. The now transformed community garden is just one element of their environment that supports children to become connected with their place, their people and their kai. This is their story.
Dotterel dilemma overcome by student advocacy and action
Anne Zhang has been a genuine activist and leader for the protection of northern dotterel/ tūturiwhatu for a number of years at Saint Kentigern College and now in the wider community. She, Sara and Maddy and their school dotterel society members do a great job protecting your dotterel on a daily basis, supported by the school community - all vital for their chicks to fledge. Here Anne shares some
Waharoa celebrates cultures and values at Clayton Park Kindergarten
In the corner of the playground at Clayton Park Kindergarten in Tāmaki Makaurau an aging structure needed some love and attention. Through a process of working with tamariki and whānau, with advice from the local hapū and an artist, a beautiful waharoa emerged that celebrates local cultures and values.
Growing a great community at Glenfield
Glenfield Kindergarten is an engaged Green-Gold Enviroschools Kindergarten in Tāmaki Makaurau. They have developed many strong relationships within their local community, and these have helped grow one project they are proud of, their Garden Project.
 
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Empowering Youth for Environmental Action
The Rangatahi Environmental Action Leaders (REAL) programme saw 48 students from 21 different secondary schools across Tāmaki Makaurau come together for a transformative three-day wānanga during the term one school...
Mana ora: students decarbonising schools
In 2023, Auckland Council’s Sustainable Schools Team (SST) piloted a project called Mana Ora: Students Decarbonising Schools. The aim of Mana Ora: Students Decarbonising Schools was that students, with guidance and support from...
Local curriculum alive at Papatoetoe South
A morning at Papatoetoe South School was recently spent sharing and celebrating the learning and action for a sustainable future that has taken place in the school. Students were strongly...
Motivated and gaining momentum at Macleans
Enthusiastic enviro group students from Macleans Primary School recently shared how motivated they were to take action for sustainability. They spent time talking to Enviroschools Facilitator Cate and her colleagues...
 
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