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25.01.2022 Any followers in NSW?

24.01.2022 Thanks to all the educators who joined our Term Three Network Meeting yesterday at the Boondall Wetlands and Environment Centre. We had a lovely morning walking through the wetlands, learning about the flora and fauna of the area. During our walk along the Billai Dhagun Track we saw several totems, depicting various aspects of Indigenous culture. Then we enjoyed our morning tea under the gum trees in the picnic area. Lyndal inspired us all to think about our arts practice an...d consider ways to make them more sustainable. We will be sharing many of Lyndals ideas through our Website and Facebook soon. Megan Forward showed us her latest book, Scribbly Gum Secrets, which is a beautifully illustrated story about nature discovery in your neighbourhood. www.qecsn.org.au

24.01.2022 Great question. Where and what is away?

22.01.2022 Great coverage on #abc730 tonight. The report was done some time ago before we built the new workshop but the concept is still the same. Well done Aussie Breadtags for Wheelchairs and H.F.Dicker and Son...

21.01.2022 Which books do you share with children to inspire advocacy for sustainability? #qecsn #sdgs2030 #SDG11 #SDG4

21.01.2022 It was great to finally have the chance to present our Sustainability in Action Award winners! Congratulations to C&K Gaven Community Kindergarten for winning both the Service and Educator Awards. Well done Cherie Jenkins & Shani Mills for leading your team and community in sustainable practices. Congratulations to Harper from C&K Banks St Kindergarten for winning the Child Leading Change Award (accept on her behalf). Stay tuned to the QECSN website early 2021 for new application dates and inspirations.

20.01.2022 Gardens are Amazing for the body and mind.

18.01.2022 Well Done Tasmania!!

17.01.2022 That’s a wrap!! We are grateful to share our final 2020 network meeting face to face. Exploring UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals and being inspired by the amazing learning spaces and practices at Kindred Early Education. Watch the QECSN website early next year for a new way forward in Education for Sustainability. #qecsn #sdgs #activelearning

17.01.2022 Big day for us here at SSN! We have launched the September issue of our SSN Journal where we look at the incredible work happening at the Green School New Zeal...and, chat with a law student in Tassie who is doing great things, a teacher on the Gold Coast who is encouraging her students to think about the environment and a passionate parent and blogger, Julia Schafer from Lighter Footprints. Check it all out here https://www.ssn.org.au/ssn-journal. You'll also notice in this issue our new look SSN logo! We are all about re imagining education at the Sustainable Schools Network so we thought we would do a bit of re-imagining and re-inventing ourselves. Hope you like it! #SSN #ReimagineEducation #Education #sustainability #journal #community See more

17.01.2022 Encouraging communities to compost their food waste locally yields numerous economic and environmental benefits. Here is the latest compost produce from one of ...the recovery facilities where our team is working to turn the vision of "Zero Waste to Landfill" into reality. #swachhbharat #swachhsurvekshan2021 #changemakers #compost #foodwaste #giveback #saveourplanet #zerowaste #ecofriendly

17.01.2022 Spring is Blooming! Tell us how you connect to Place and Community with the changing of seasons?

17.01.2022 If you’d like to know more about SDG’s this is a great page to follow.

16.01.2022 To make recycling truly sustainable we need to keep accountable the full cycle. Great to know what and where the end products are. #SDG12 #qecsn

15.01.2022 Happy New Year to all our Queensland members and friends from Gubbi Gubbi country. We are looking forward to a wonderfully green and sustainable year ahead. Show us your beautiful pics from your special nature place.

15.01.2022 Brisbane’s Green Heart Fair has so many ideas and organisations to inspire Stationery Aid is a community organisation which recycles unwanted stationery to those in need Check out their list of drop off points or contact them if your community needs help.

14.01.2022 Which of these women’s stories do you teach to children? #qecsn #sdgqualityeducation #nqsintentionalteaching

14.01.2022 Excellent reads https://www.amightygirl.com/blog

14.01.2022 We are excited! One month to go til the Aussie Backyard Bird Count! Australia’s largest annual bird count event is back for its 7th year! Held between 192...5 October, the Aussie Backyard Bird Count is a great way to connect with the birds in your backyard, no matter where your backyard happens to be. You can count in a suburban backyard, a local park, a patch of forest, down by the beach, or the main street of town. In fact, you don't even have to leave home, making it the ultimate Covid-safe activity! To take part all you need is 20 minutes and your favourite outdoor space. Not only will you be contributing to BirdLife Australia's knowledge of Aussie birds, but there are also some great prizes on offer. Head over to the Aussie Backyard Bird Count website and register as a Counter today! https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/ The yearly bird count gives us a snapshot in time of bird numbers around the nation so if you’ve participated before and are raring to go remember the app doesn’t kick in until the count begins on 19 October (one month to go!). #AussieBirdCount See more

14.01.2022 Are you looking for a professional network of like minded advocates for Sustainable Education? Join us and be a part of the change our education system needs. https://www.qecsn.org.au/membership-form.php

13.01.2022 Join in the last network meeting for the year. Our extremely patient award winners will also be presented with their prizes in person! What a year!

10.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/936147539773859/posts/3167344119987512/

10.01.2022 Let us know what you think? On the 5th Anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals it’s time to consider how we as educators can embed a broader understanding of Education for Sustainability. http://www.youtube.com/unitednations

09.01.2022 Check out these great ideas and resources #qecsn #SDG4QualityEducation

09.01.2022 Great to see so many PD opportunities in Education for Sustainability. Correction, it’s Wednesday 23rd September.

08.01.2022 As well as being a teacher, I'm also an avid home gardener and I often talk to the children in my class about what I've been doing in my garden. Gardeners gener...ally know about the benefits of banana skins in their compost or just cut up and sprinkled around the bottom of your plants. There is also another way of extracting that beautiful potassium from banana skins, by making 'banana water'. Because we have so many children bringing in bananas for morning tea, we decided to start a little project in my kindy room (children aged 4 - 5 years). We now make our own banana water and sell it for $1, although in the long term, we will give it away to families or use it on our kindy garden. Children from other classes are also donating their banana skins; sometimes we get about 30 skins a day! My class designed the labels and we use recycled milk bottles. So, it's easy. Give it a go! Cut up banana peels and place in large bowl, cover with water. 1/3 peels to 2/3 water but no need to be too fussy. Leave for 2 or 3 days, then strain through a colander into the bottles. Attach labels and you're done. A perfect natural fertiliser for all plants - veges, flowers, indoor plants too. Use straight from the bottle. The bottles may swell a bit due to fermentation, so we just 'burp' the bottles by taking the lid off for a few seconds. We also attach some notes about the benefits of banana in the garden. You can obtain this online. And, the left over, slushy banana skins can go into your compost. Have fun!

07.01.2022 Thank you for this important reminder

07.01.2022 Have you seen these Caper White Butterflies recently?

07.01.2022 Come and join us on July 24th for a wonderful network meeting at Peregian Beach Community Kindy. This meeting will focus on intergenerational sustainability learning with volunteers from the Veggie Village joining us to discuss their collaboration with the Kindy. We can't wait to see you there!

06.01.2022 This festive season, pledge to boycott glitter and plastic confetti as it leads to #microplastic pollution. Make yours from discarded leaves. A fun project for the kids too!

05.01.2022 Something to consider?

03.01.2022 So many great resources!

03.01.2022 Listening with our First Nations People

03.01.2022 Come on out to the Brisbane Green Heart Fair Marchant Park and say hi. There is SO much here to see and explore. A great day out for families!