Environment Club

I was so excited to be elected as Environment Captain for 2022. It gave me a platform to voice my passion for the environment and organise fun and engaging initiatives to capture the School’s attention and direct it to the environmental crisis. The Sustainable Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Haigh’s and Koko Black, was organised to promote the importance of ethical and sustainable consumption of chocolate and the effects of chocolate production on the environment. I asked these two chocolate brands for any donations they could provide, as they are two local businesses that have environmentally friendly practices. The Recycling Market hoped to inspire conscious consumerism. The concept of four fashion seasons is no longer a strategy in the fashion industry, which is detrimental to our environment as clothing’s life cycle decreases and consumer’s desire to purchase increases. Providing an opportunity to sell unwanted belongings at the Market decreases our contributions to landfill and we generated $300 from everything purchased, which was donated to Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots Program. Throughout the year the Environment Club endeavoured to change the School’s environmental rating by composting, implementing soft plastic bins, working with CERES to increase our rating, having the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sally Capp, speak of the environmental endeavours in the city, and offering a Tip of the Week each assembly to demonstrate the importance of leading environmentally aware lives.

2022 Environment Captain