Co-Curricular

Sw(op) Shop to be held Tuesday 12 November at lunch time in C1/C2!

Donate pre-loved clothes and accessories before Thursday 7 November. Please place items in the clothing bin near Student Services.

Come along to C1/C2 on Tuesday 12 November to Sw(op) till you drop! No charge for items.

#NationalReyclingWeek

Felicity Maher

Sustainability Officer

Actsmart Mobile Round up (National Recycling Week)

 PLEASE TELL EVERYONE to collect their phones to be part of a Guinness world record attempt for the largest amount of mobile phones collected for recycling in 24 hours.

A collection box can be found here at Merici opposite Student Services, next to the Terracycle Oral Care collection. 

Donations accepted until 13 November.

Accepted items include:

This week’s Green Tip has been written by Imogen Simmons.

In Week 10 of Term 3, SAM had a guest speaker come in to talk about ACT Healthy Waterways and why it is important for Canberra to have healthy waterways.

So why is it important for Canberra to have healthy water?

The water in Canberra’s suburban creeks, wetlands and ponds mostly comes from stormwater and run-off from residential blocks, streets, retail and industrial areas. This water ends up in our lakes and rivers, largely untreated.

When you turn on the tap, do you consider where your water comes from? Or goes to afterwards?

https://www.iconwater.com.au/Water-and-Sewerage-System/Water-and-sewerage-system.aspx

Prior to arriving at your tap, water goes through many stages. 

First it is collected through river catchments and makes its way to our dams, which store water before it is transferred to one of our two water treatment plants. 

This week’s Green Tip has been written by two students, Imogen and Jemma.

Recently we had a tour of the school grounds to look at water management on campus.

At Merici we have adopted a range of strategies that help us save water.

Some of the things that we do at Merici include: