Co-curricular Activities Expo
Submitted by mericiadmin on March 4, 2021 - 2:08pmThank you everyone for supporting our Expo today. It was wonderful to see so many of our students signing up for one or more co-curricular activities, with over 40 clubs to choose from.
The full list of activities are listed below.
Merici College What's On Newsletter Term 1 Weeks 6 and 7
Submitted by mericiadmin on March 4, 2021 - 12:39pmFor news and information on upcoming events, please click here
Merici College Green Tip #5 - Clean Up Australia Day this weekend!
Submitted by mericiadmin on March 3, 2021 - 11:24amFind our latest Green Tip here:
Merici College Green Tip #4 - Reduce waste and increase garden productivity!
Submitted by mericiadmin on February 24, 2021 - 1:54pmThis is great! You can use your eggs shells to make little seed starter pots!
To make your own seed starting pots from eggshells, fill each half with good potting soil and set them in an egg carton. Plant seeds in these DIY "pots" and care for them as you would any other seed. When the seedlings are big enough to go out in the garden, simply give the shell a little squeeze. This cracks the eggshell and allows the seedlings to send roots out through the eggshells and into the garden more easily!
Merici College What's On Newsletter Term 1 Weeks 4 and 5
Submitted by mericiadmin on February 18, 2021 - 1:31pmPlease click here to find all upcoming news and events.
Merici College Green Tip #3 - Biodegradable, Compostable and Degradable, which to choose?
Submitted by mericiadmin on February 16, 2021 - 10:28amThe terms biodegradable, compostable and degradable all create the impression that they offer better environmental outcomes to conventional plastics and that they disappear harmlessly into the environment, right?
No, this is not the case.
As the world moves to ban single-use plastics, biodegradable plastics are increasingly in focus as an environmentally friendly alternative. However, some plastics degrade into microplastics, others take a very long time to disappear from the environment, and in certain conditions they produce powerful greenhouse gases.
Merici College Green Tip #2 - One roast chicken, five people, three meals and zero waste?
Submitted by mericiadmin on February 9, 2021 - 12:29pmAs a committed sustainability practitioner, I will always promote plant-based eating most of the time for its lower environmental impact. However, I am also a realist and understand the diversity of food people may select.
In continuing our waste reduction theme in Term 1, I refer to the great book which was the focus of last week's Green Tip.
The family in A Family Guide to Waste Free Living use one roast chicken to serve five people over three meals with zero waste.
Merici College Green Tip #1 - A Family Guide to Waste-Free Living
Submitted by mericiadmin on February 4, 2021 - 1:58pmDuring Term 1 at Merici we focus on reducing waste and hope that this translates into action here at school, at home and wherever you may go.
I was recently introduced to a lovely and inspiring book, A Family Guide to Waste-Free Living, which can assist us all to do better with reducing our waste. It is about a family of five living near Hobart who have produced no waste or recycling since 2015. They remind us that even through recycling, we are using energy and resources.
Costa Georgiadis provides the foreword and states that:
Merici College Green Tip #39 - When will Australia be effected by climate change?
Submitted by mericiadmin on December 8, 2020 - 11:19amBOM and CSIRO State of the Climate 2020 shows Australia is experiencing climate change now!
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-13/bom-and-csiro-state-of-the-climate-2020/12871690
Key points: