“Look around, our earth is quite clean. Come back in 20 years and there’ll be a big difference. What’s the difference? Rubbish everywhere.”
Year 5 Sustainability Ambassadors being filmed to promote their Sustainable Bags initiative. View the video at youtu.be/RAjyF0SRaH4
With the supermarket plastic bag ban coming into place on 1 July this year, our Year 5 Sustainability Ambassadors came up with the idea of making sustainable bags to do their part in reducing plastic waste in the local community. Fabric for the bags was kindly donated by St Hilda’s families, and some parents also kindly volunteered to help with the cutting and sewing. Supervised by Mrs Beth Stubbs, the girls dedicated many hours to the planning and making of the bags before selling more than 30 of them. A great success! The Sustainability Team also took part in rubbish collections, planting seeds to make a herb and vegetable garden, battery recycling, and Waste Free Wednesdays; an initiative to provide minimal packaging in lunches.
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