Sustainability Project Plan
Date
30/4/2015
School name
St Patrick’s School
Project Title
Sustainability
GOAL:
To ensure long-term suitability at St Patrick’s School through the development of environmentally conscious measures.
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:
St Patrick’s school has identified the need to develop initiatives that ensure the environmental sustainability of the school as one of the focus
areas of development.
St Patrick’s school aims to implement a range of initiatives to develop a vision to reduce the environmental footprint of the school. Our approach
will be based on areas of the school’s current practices that have been identified needing to be more environmentally conscious. The initiatives
aim to ensure that the school can maintain sustainability in the future.
The project also aims to development the student’s awareness of the need to develop practices that are sustainable. The initiatives that are
intended to be implemented will be adopted by the whole school community and students will be made fully aware of the need to reduce the
school’s environmental footprint.
The initiatives that aim to be implemented have the added element of enhancing the school’s visual appearance.
OBJECTIVES:
- To reduce the school’s electricity costs, minimize waste and to ensure sustainability into the future.
STRATEGIES:
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Investigate the electricity tariffs to
ensure that St Patrick’s is on the most
economical tariff.
Progress:
- Paul Bryant (DCEO) contacted St
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
-
Mary-Anne
WHEN?
-
Beginning of May 2015
Patrick’s school to propose that St
Patrick’s school
- 24/7/15
Paul Bryant and Mark
Effeney, Max Martin and Kylie
Heinemann have met with Gem
Energy about the proposal of St
Patrick’s being a trial school for the
implantation of sustainably measures
for the school. Data is currently being
collected to determine the energy
saving measures that will be
implemented in the trial.
- Investigate
the
possibility
of
separating the food scraps from the
lunch rubbish to provide local
industries with food for their animals.
- Conduct a school light efficiency audit
and explore the cost involved in
replacing current lights with energy
efficient lights.
Progress:
- This is to be conducted as part of the
trial from Gem Energy looking at
implementing sustainability measures
for the school.
- Explore the costs and procedures
involved in installing solar panels to
generate power for the school.
Progress:
- This is to be conducted as part of the
trial from Gem Energy looking at
implementing sustainability measures
for the school.
-
Explore
the
environmentally
conscious grants that are available
through Rio, CHDC, Planet Earth.
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Juliana – Wheelie bins of scrap food can be
collected by Rod Pelgrave – 0412143141 or
beehivemaintenance@bigpond.com
Each wheelie bin - $10 per bin or $50 for skip
Kylie
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Gem Energy
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Mary Anne
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Gem Energy
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Mary Anne
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Beginning of May 2015
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Beginning of May
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Beginning of May
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Beginning of May
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Discuss with Paul Bryant the
possibility of applying for grants that
are available through DCEO.
Placing paper recycling bins in all
classrooms and educating the staff
and students to recycle paper.
Explore the possibility of planting
shade trees along the fence line of
the drop off zone.
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Kylie
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Beginning of May
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Kylie
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May
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Juliana – 5 shade trees along 57m along drop off
area – possible trees include:
Ficus microcarpa hillii or at either $9.35 or
$24.20
for
more
established
plants
-
Beginning of May
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Or Parrot trees – like at 59 Borilla Street on
corner for the same price.
CHECKPOINTS:
- In the beginning of June a meeting will be arranged involving Kylie Heinemann, Juliana McCosker and Mary-Anne Uren to discuss the feedback from
the Board and identify progression with sourcing the information regarding the identified strategies that are to be implemented.
BUDGET:
- A budget will be determined once information has been gathered about the identified strategies to be implemented.
EVALUATION: