Education

Supporting sustainability in schools

"Education doesn’t give you the answers, but enables you to ask the questions!"  Suzanne Connelly.

The Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board's Education Program supports environmental sustainability in Eyre Peninsula schools through activities, lessons and support tailored to each school's individual needs. 

Our main focus is providing relevant, practical and powerful learning opportunities for students and educators and encourage enquiry-based learning, problem solving and future orientated thinking.

We are strong and active advocates for the adoption of the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AusSSI-SA) and we are here to assist local EP schools in registering and developing their own sustainability plans. Please contact us via email or call us on 8688 3111 to speak with an Officer and start your schools registration process.

Thank you to the following 13 schools for already coming on-board and congratulations on your significant progress to date: Lake Wangary Primary School, Samaritan College, Tumby Bay Area School, St Josephs School Port Lincoln, McRitchie Crescent Children's Services Centre, Nicolson Avenue Primary School, Hincks Avenue, Samaritan College (OLHC campus), Samaritan College (St Teresa’s campus), Gabmididi Manoo Children and Family Centre, Cowell Area School, Kimba Area School, Kirton Point Primary School and Cleve Area School.    

Support to schools includes: 

  • links to expertise, resources, grants, contacts and loan equipment for environmental sustainability projects
  • visits and meetings with principals and staff to discuss needs and opportunities
  • implementing the principles of Education for Sustainability and engaging the whole school.

Support to teachers includes: 

  • professional development sessions on a range of topics
  • classroom education sessions on a range of environmental issues
  • on-ground action projects, such as kitchen gardens.

Resources

A number of resources are available for downloading and use in the classroom. These include: 

References

Further Information

For further information about how we can help you or your school, please contact us.  

Funding partners

This project is supported by the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.

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Related links

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