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February 2, 2024
Merici College Green Tip #1 – Welcome and the yellow bin….
The weekly Green Tip is intended to share ideas about how you can reduce your environmental footprint at school, home and work.
December 8, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #50 – A more sustainable Happy Christmas
Christmas is upon us, and there are decorations and preparations all around us.
December 5, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #49 – Congratulations to Matilda Ross and the Sw(op) Shop
Sustainability at Merici (SAM) has ended 2023 on a high with Sustainability Captain Matilda Ross announced as the Winner of the Sustainable Leadership Award.
December 1, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #48 – The Seventh Generation Principle
“In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.”
November 22, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #47 – Laudate Deum
The Pope reiterates and further develops the themes from his second encyclical in which he expressed his “heartfelt concerns about the care of our common home”.
November 16, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #46 – Heard the buzz? It’s Australian Pollinator Week!
11-19 November is Australian Pollinator Week.
November 9, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #45 – All aboard the no-waste sushi train….
You can take your own container and set of re-usable chopsticks with you when you know you are planning to order sushi!
October 31, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #44 – Please keep your dogs off Merici’s Biodiversity Restoration Project
At Merici we are taking this threat seriously and have taken action to restore a section of the grounds on the Wise Street side of the oval.
October 25, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #43 – Merici and the ACT Government’s Sustainable Schools Program
Merici College Memorandum of Understanding with the ACT government's Sustainable Schools Program.
October 18, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #42 – Sw(op) Shop- we are receiving donations now!
SW(op) shop will be in Term 4 on Tuesday 7 November at lunch-time in C1/C2.
October 10, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #41 – Sustainable Canberra Expo on 13 and 14 October
September 20, 2023
Merici College Green Tip #40 – No such thing as away … and what you can do!
There is no such thing as 'away'. When you throw anything away it must go somewhere.
