Category: Reflections
June 25, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #19 – Plastic Waste at Merici
Using an online calculator, the students in Ms Heydenrych's Year 9 Science class worked out that they each generate an average of 7.29kgs of plastic waste per year at school.
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June 16, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #18 – Environment or Economy?
Protection of the environment is sometimes argued to come at the expense of the economy.
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June 2, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #16 – A modern day inspiration – about Greta!
Greta is known for her youth and her straightforward speaking manner, both in public and to political leaders and assemblies.
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May 7, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #11 – Your soft plastic waste can become something useful!
Do you know that you can recycle your plastic packaging through REDcycle with collection points at most Coles stores?
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March 31, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #8 – While we are at home more than usual, we can reduce our food waste…..
It's a staggering figure, but about one-third of all food produced for human consumption around the world goes to waste.
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March 10, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #5 – Not all chocolate is the same!
When thinking of Easter eggs, there are some that are better than others...
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March 4, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #4 – Net Zero Emissions needed by 2050
Australia would need to reduce emissions by 40 - 65 per cent by 2030, with no carryover credits!
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February 25, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #3 – Oceans, Sea Life and Plastics
The ocean is the largest ecosystem on Earth, it is the planet’s life support system.
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February 13, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #1 – A summer of climate change impacts and Sustainability at Merici in 2020
After a summer of fire and smoke many times the maximum hazardous level, loss of life and property and the catastrophic impact on so much of our precious wildlife, many are ex
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November 28, 2019
Merici College Green Tip #37 – Something to think about…
The information pictured speaks for itself and gives us all something to think about....
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