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Celebrating ideas
There are many different ways you and your students can celebrate your achievements in your local community. We have gathered some ideas but the possibilities are endless.
Keep it simple
- Present students with their Sustainable Living Challenge certificates in class or school assembly.
Make it fun
- Honour school staff involved in sustainability projects at a no-waste lunch or morning tea.
- Create a mock United Nations General Assembly with students and staff in role-play to represent the schools achievements. Research quotes from the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development to share at the presentation.
- Organise a lunchtime environment film festival for students. Watch a DVD or some internet short films about environment and sustainability issues. Click here for online resources, but don’t be limited by this selection.
- Make your celebration democratic and participatory – get students to plan and manage their own celebrations.
- Get students to research different environment websites and share their favourites in class.
- Get creative – read some poetry, write a song, paint a mural, celebrate with music and movement.
Make a statement
- As a class, develop your vision for a sustainable future. Use the Compass of Sustainability to ensure you cover all four aspects of sustainability.
- Present your priorities and visions for a sustainable future to your community decision makers.
- Present your vision to the Principal at assembly, write a letter to your local Councillors and present to your local Council your priority sustainability issues.
- Brief key people of your project outcomes and learn about what is happening locally in this area. Perhaps you can work with your local decision makers to progress your issues.
Share your story
- Present your projects at your school assembly. Invite all the people that were involved in the project (including mum and dad!) and local community members to the assembly so they can celebrate your project outcomes. Click here to download a PowerPoint file that you can adapt for your own needs.
- Create a display about your projects and exhibit it somewhere in the school.
- Present your projects to students in another class or at a nearby school.
- Ask your school library to create a book display on sustainability issues and exhibit your projects next to it.
- Contact your local paper to let them know about your school celebrations and achievements.
Learn more together
- Invite a guest to your classroom to speak about their sustainable living initiatives. Click here for some ideas for possible speakers.
- Invite a guest to your assembly to speak about local sustainability initiatives. This could include someone from the local council, or a representative of a local environment or community group.
- Hold a local or regional school forum to explore sustainability issues addressed in your project.
- Organise a workshop for staff on school sustainability issues. Use the Compass of Sustainability as a framework for discussions.
Click here for some tips on planning your celebrations.
