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25.01.2022 Greg Smith was Guest Speaker at our recent Sustainable Communities - Community Kindness Awards. Greg cares for his lovely mum Lyn and is the founder of Men Care Too Greg received a Kindness Award for his generosity in arranging regular events to help keep other male carers connected socially. Greg does a lot more than that though! Too much to mention here. Congratulations Greg! And thanks for your inspirational talk. It was a real eye opener.

25.01.2022 Sustainable Schools Congratulations to Latrobe Primary School Isabella had the idea for the tote bag initiative so very proudly accepted the novelty cheque on behalf of the school. She said that her next job was to communicate with the supermarkets. Isabella is a quiet achiever whois looking forward to the results of the sustainability challenge.

25.01.2022 Wow! What an achievement. Congratulations Huonville High!

24.01.2022 Sustainable Schools Another successful school was OHSTasmania The Ogilvie High School Eco-Schools Group is celebrating their 5th year of outstanding commitment to providing leadership, infrastructure and encouragement to foster awareness and participation in recycling at the school. KABTas was delighted to assist with the purchase of additional mixed recycling bins from Ecobins to compliment the bins previously purchased from money raised from school based fund raising. Congratulations!

23.01.2022 Latex balloons are often recommended as a biodegradable option for environmentally safe balloons. Not so - says this new study.

23.01.2022 Know any cafes or restaurants returning organic waste to the soil?

22.01.2022 Dealing with the 'waste' from a demolition site hasn't changed much for several decades. A great opportunity awaits. There's certainly been some interesting discussions in Tasmania in recent times. Be good to see something happening.

21.01.2022 Some wonderful projects here. Very inspiring.

20.01.2022 Montello Primary School received a KABTas Sustainable Schools Grant for their Frog Pond project. We love this video made by fellow project sponsor Waterscapes Australia. The frog pond may be the star of the show but what an awesome school. Just look at that wonderful garden and the care and love all around. This project was also sponsored by Lifestyle Gardens, Latrobe Kerb and Landscaping, Aquascape Australia, Nutrien Water Tasmania, Cape View Nursery & Image Signs and Promotions

20.01.2022 2019 Tidy Towns 2001 - 4000 Population Category Winner, Penguin is featured on ABC TV Backroads today!

19.01.2022 A Community Kindness Certificate was recently awarded to East Coast Constructions Tas Pty Ltd ECC were nominated by members of the Swanwick community who were so grateful that this local business built safe access steps to the local beach. Well done East Coast Constructions for going above and beyond to help your community.

19.01.2022 The Summary, a lovely diverse business in Burnie, offering grazing platters, event styling and more was a 2020 Community Kindness Award recipient. Their award recognised kindness towards NW health care workers during the Covid crisis, however kindness for this business is not a one off event. As you can see from the comments on their page, Bekk Taylor is much loved and often recognised for her care and kindness.

19.01.2022 We were delighted to receive so many worthy nominations for the 2020 Community Kindness Awards and have some lovely, heart warming stories to share. Here's Part Two of The Stagg Midtown story.

18.01.2022 Sustainable Schools Montello Primary School was another winner this year with their fabulous approach to environmental practice. Every student, every week , has the opportunity to be part of the program. Already they have numerous garden beds with seasonal produce. They have also constructed bee hotels. Within their garden complex they have constructed a pizza oven and the latest addition is a large chook house with 3 beautiful hens, almost ready to lay eggs. This whole area... is very much a go to place and part of the school ‘playground.’ Some of the students were thrilled to show me their next project, the frog pond construction. They already have an area chosen and talked a lot about the recycled things they could access to help with the construction. The students were very sure that the $600 provided by K.A.B.Tas along with the donated materials would ensure the success of their pond. See more

17.01.2022 What a great idea!

17.01.2022 When you find a donation dollar in your change....

16.01.2022 Sustainable Schools Another winning entry was submitted by Port Dalrymple School Georgetown When we visited to present their cheque, the grade 3-4 students very proudly showed the work they have already started in renovating their garden beds. The school has numerous, large, easily accessible above ground garden beds directly outside their classroom. They also have a garden shed next to the garden beds. The students have been weeding, improving the soil and some of the beds have already been replanted. The environmental leaders have taken on responsibility for their own garden bed and their class peers can choose to join them. The students were excited that they now had money to purchase more plants.

14.01.2022 2019's Tasmanian Sustainable Communities - Tidy Towns winner, wonderful Wilmot, will hand over the crown this Friday 6th Nov at the KABTas State Awards. We can't wait to reveal all the winners and their magnificent achievements, but first a huge thank you and acknowledgement of Wilmot's achievement. At the recent national awards Australian Sustainable Communities - Tidy Towns judge, Gail Langley said the community of Wilmot demonstrated an enormous respect for their unique ...environment, ancestry and each other’s well-being. Wilmot we are so proud of you! Sincere thanks also to Kentish Council for hosting the 2020 Awards at Cradle Mountain Hotel.

14.01.2022 Free Community Events - responding & recovering to the impacts of Covid-19

13.01.2022 Congratulations Penguin!! Crowned today the 2020 Sustainable Communities - Tidy Towns Tasmanian Overall Winner. Special mention to the inspirational 7 Day Makeover Penguin team and Congratulations to Central Coast Council

12.01.2022 Hot off the press. What a wonderful resource for schools and Tassie home schoolers and community gardeners and landcare groups etc...

11.01.2022 KABTas Citizen of the Year 2020 One of the major awards presented at the KABTas Sustainable Communities - Kindness Awards this year honoured Jess Nesbit. Jess who works at City of Launceston Council was named KABTas Citizen of the Year. ... This award recognises a person who is not only a great supporter of KABTas but is also a valued and high achieving member of their community and/or workplace. Jess Nesbit is a most deserving winner of the 2020 award. Her role in waste management, including the roll out of FOGO kerbside collection and CBD mobile bin collection in Launceston, has made a great difference to minimising waste in Launceston and improving resource recovery. Her work colleagues agree that Jess’ can do attitude and warm personality make her a joy to work with. Well done Jess from all your friends at work and the KABTas team. Image below shows Jess with KABTas Program Coordinator, Lesley Gardner

11.01.2022 Unfortunately this is becoming a big problem. Even if people dispose of their rubbish responsibly things happen, bins fall over, rubbish bags split open, landfill sites are exposed to wind and rain. But if you cut the straps, entanglement risk is greatly reduced.

11.01.2022 The Stagg Midtown Part One of a KABTas Community Kindness Awards story.

10.01.2022 ABBA & KAB!! What's not to like? http://abbaphenomenon.abbaomnibus.net/kab/kab.htm

10.01.2022 A very important facet of the KABTas annual awards is the Sustainable Schools Program, With generous sponsorship from Mars Wrigley, we are able to offer grants or prizes to Tasmanian schools to assist with sustainability projects. The Hutchins School Student Sustainability committee is aiming to make the process of separating waste and recycling easier and simpler by replacing the existing bin system with ‘waste stations’, composed of smaller, but separate recycling, general waste and compost bins. City of Hobart Council will collect the recycling and the compost, which will be processed through the HCC FOGO program. Congratulations on your successful submission The Hutchins School.

10.01.2022 Happy Penguin Awareness Day! (for yesterday...)

10.01.2022 We can probably all learn something from this article. Have you ever analysed your own 'over-dispensing' habits?

09.01.2022 Sustainable Schools Next on our Sustainable Schools winners list is St Thomas More's Catholic School The whole school assembly was a lovely way for the Conservation Team to accept the novelty cheque. It gave them an opportunity to tell everyone about the beeswax lunch wraps that they intend to make for all the students. With Mrs Kidd’s wonderful support the students were learning about the need to use lunch wraps that could be used more than once. They agreed that sourcing some of the equipment from second hand shops would be a positive demonstration of sustainable practice.

09.01.2022 Burst bean bag at Adventure Bay, Bruny Is. Emergency Clean up on Weds if you can.

09.01.2022 Sustainable Schools Awards Our team have been busy visiting the successful schools in the 2020 Sustainable Schools Awards. These awards are made possible through the generous sponsorship of Mars Wrigley. Congratulations to all the successful schools... Smithton High School Montello Primary School St Thomas More's Catholic School Latrobe Primary School Port Dalrymple School Havenview Primary School Albuera Street Primary School Campbell Street Primary School Hilliard Christian School The Hutchins School St Michael's Collegiate School Austins Ferry Primary School OHSTasmania - Olgivie High School Illawarra Primary School Howrah Primary School Photos of the schools receiving their cheques coming soon....

08.01.2022 Wow Penguin!!! Another amazing win today with Penguin Surf Life Saving Club being awarded DHL Club of the Year! Congratulations! Details of why they won are in the comments.

07.01.2022 Congratulations Ingrid! Great achievement and well deserved.

07.01.2022 Amazing acts of kindness and courage involved in this rescue. Thank you to everyone involved.

06.01.2022 Congratulations to the organisers and volunteers of the Street Seed Libraries, Northern Tasmania

06.01.2022 Huge effort but what a great result. Who knows how many sea creatures King Island District High School have saved!

05.01.2022 Congratulations Oatlands District High School What a magnificent achievement!

05.01.2022 Sustainable Schools Winner Hilliard Christian School The school's 'Love the Earth' project plans to achieve an outdoor area with plenty of trees, plants, and natural resources for wildlife and student engagement including bush kinder. Students will plant Tasmanian native seedlings and each class will research a species, plan the best place to plant it, design an information sign, then plant, and take responsibility for maintaining that area of the outdoor environment.

04.01.2022 National Tree Day will be a little different this year There will no public get togethers to plant trees but you can still plant a tree and care for the environment in your own patch!

04.01.2022 Keeping Australia Beautiful means caring for our wildlife too. Landcare Tasmania provides some excellent information here https://www.landcaretas.org.au/webcast_on_rodenticides

03.01.2022 What an excellent initiative! Well done to everyone involved.

03.01.2022 Marina DeBris - thought provoking, confronting art. #thereisnoaway #microplastics

03.01.2022 Sustainable Schools Awards We have some lovely photos to share of the winning schools receiving their cheques. Starting with Havenview Primary School The compost leaders were most excited to accept the novelty cheque and be photographed in their veggie garden. The scarecrow and other decorative additions depicted a well loved garden space. The students said that they had been digging trenches to bury the food scraps because they just had too many to manage in their compost bins. Their worm farm was working to full capacity.

03.01.2022 One of our Community Kindness Awardees in 2020 was Tasmanian Offroad Adventures. When a significant area of rubbish was discovered on the Bellingham to Bridport 4WD traverse the group took it upon themselves to clean it up. It was a big job and a great help for the local environment and other track users. Very kind indeed!

02.01.2022 What a lovely story and beautiful thank you. Has someone showed you a random act of kindness lately? Why not nominate them for a KAB Community Kindness Award. Entries close 25th Sept.

02.01.2022 Wow! Thanks #tasmanianoffroadadventures

01.01.2022 How impressive is this!! More pictures and even a video to come.