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Have students recycle 'rubbish' by creating something wearable that they then can present to a wider school group.

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garden and lavender bags made and sold at school.

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Children connect with the community to replant unwanted trees, flowers etc within the school grounds

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Encourage ākonga to forage in the undergrowth to retrieve balls, sports equipment, clothing etc. At a recent school community working bee, several trees/shrubs were cut back revealing an alarming number of rotten balls, vortex, school clothing etc.

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Encourage more kids to walk or bike to school. There are so many cycle paths now, which means it is safer to do so.
Also encourage children to put food scraps in a compost bin, and show them the benefits.

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Now that soft plastics can't be recycled, create a system where families can bring their soft plastics + plastic milk containers and turn these into Ecobricks by stuffing the soft plastic inside! Use these to create wall features with the children's help.
Encourage people to use less plastic by buying in bulk.

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We are very happy to present the EcoBrick Exchange's Progress Report 2015 for download. It is the first of its kind and is intended to be a resource to present the status quo of our work, share information we gained in the process, and foster critical discussion to improve the way we work.

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Make a water collecting device to collect the rain water that can then be used to water the school plants/vegetable garden, rather than having to use the  hose and if rural pump water

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Make a water collecting device to collect the rain water that can then be used to water the school plants/vegetable garden, rather than having to use the  hose and if rural pump water

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Children to organise, advertise and managed a short walk in public area to pick up litter that includes local businesses and wider communities.

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I'd love it if the local school had a way of re-using grey water to flush toilets.

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create green wall in classroom to explore how plants help us in our everyday lives and why we should look after them.

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Art class with recycled items

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Artwork in schools using recycled materials

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Artwork in schools using recycled materials

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Have everything in the fair be made from recycled items

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- Trump

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re use old things from home to make art

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encourage ākonga and whanau to walk ride, scoot... establish a culture of cooperation within the community e.g. walking school bus, road safety instruction and activities...

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Bike, skate and scooter gang to get to school and back.

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This could include bringing cans, bottles, etc from home to reuse in the classroom. Their could also be a monthly reward system for children bringing in a certain number of recycling either from home, or in the community.

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Any pieces of paper that have a blank side could be reused.

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make a competition of who can pick up the most garbage each week in each classroom

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make a competition of who can pick up the most garbage each week in each classroom

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Set up a free garage sale with unwanted items

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Encourage students and staff to bike to school for one week. Install additional bike racks for people to safely park their bikes and have prizes for students who cycle for all five days of the school week.

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wear one outfit per week. no washing, save water.

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Collect food scraps from kids' lunchboxes to compost

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Collect food scraps from kids' lunchboxes to compost

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Rubbish-free lunchboxes

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They can grow their own veges, create their own compost, eat their own food.

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Unwanted toy swap, children bring unwanted toys and give them away for free to other children

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Weekly grounds clean,  students can go around the playground and clean up trash

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Collect old and unused batteries, phones, laptops as well as other electronic devices before bringing to the right place for their disposing.

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Plastic free policy
Have workshops in creating reusable storage for lunches. Wax paper covers etc.

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Encourage students and teachers to walk/bike to school, rather than drive!

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Rain water collection and redistribution 

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Rain water collection and redistribution 

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Recycling bins, compost bins, worm farms and bee farms, and planting gardens (using compost and worm tea), to teach about life cycles.

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Solar panels to charge electronic devices 

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Solar panels to charge electronic devices 

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dig a well

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ask parents to pack food in Tupperware containers and limit trash

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Class garden activities

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Encouraging walking school-busses or biking groups 

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Encouraging walking school-busses or biking groups 

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Upper year students helping with recycling for guidance

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Bringing lunches to school that do not contain rubbish - e.g. no plastic and wrappers.

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Put waist paper into a muncher for reuse as something else or for recyling

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Planting native plants, habitat to insects and birds

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Have students supplement their lunches once a week with school grown foods.

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Plant native plants on either side of a local stream to help clean the water, filtering out excess fertilizers etc

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Turn off the AC when it’s cold outside

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- opportunities to work beside school animals/pets

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"Adventure" playground
Planting
Local litter picking
Walk week
worm farm
Raise orphan lambs
wash recycling items
toy library
Make your own soap
Mend it club
Native planting
Grow food

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Child centred contribution to create fruit and veg garden. Engage them with planting, caring, harvested and enjoying the ' fruits of labour
Litter free lunches - have diffent bins as a starting point so children have a visual of the amount of rubbish generated ech lunchtime and how much is compostable. Talk about what can be composted. What can't be composted can go into a worm farm. Explore what worms don't like. Wh y can't we use citrus peel in a worm farm.

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Collect fruit waste at lunch and morning tea, grass clippings and other gardening waste.

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Turning off the lights if the sun is bright enough to shine through the windows, will save energy.

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Encourage students to reduce the amount of garbage thy produce in a week. Bringing snacks and lunches in reuseable containers can greatly reduce the amount of plastic that goes to landfill.

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having a place to properly dispose of old electronics

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Having a cafeteria that is predominately plant based. 

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Having a cafeteria that is predominately plant based. 

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Set up Solar panels per class, This means that all electronic devices are run off the naturally generated electricity

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Startng a worm farm to make worm tea and compost to sell back to the community

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Set up a bin in school to encourage student put the wasted batteries in the bin, also can be used for whanau and community.

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Encourage ākonga to bring litter free lunches to school. Provide a scraps bin for leftover fruit scraps which can be given to local pigs or used in compost/worm farm at school

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Encourage students to grow vegetables at school garden and use them in cooking class or share with community members.