Category: Reflections
December 1, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #39 – How many litres of water does it take to produce a chocolate bar? Your dietary water-scarcity footprint!
It takes 21 litres of water to produce a small milk chocolate bar!
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November 18, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #36 – A different approach to buying clothes!
According to https://www.onegreenplanet.org/ fashion is the second largest water polluter in the world.
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November 4, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #34 – Oceans Over Plastic Dress
Chelsea Giovinazzo, Year 11 student, designed a dress partially made from recycled plastic bags to highlight the perilous dilemma of plastics in our oceans and environment.
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October 29, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #33 – Save clothing from landfill at Merici Sw(op) Shop event Tuesday 3 November
Australians buy an average of 27 kilograms of new textiles each year and then discard about 23 kilograms into landfill
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September 15, 2020
Green Tip #29 – Call to action: What are you going to do?
House Competition! Collect as many beauty product packaging for House points!
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August 31, 2020
The Road to Academic Excellence
Everyone's road to academic excellence is different. When we support each other, that is when we really thrive.
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August 31, 2020
Merici College Green Tip #26 – Action to reduce your environmental impact and save money at home
A couple of simple actions can reduce your water consumption and save you money.
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August 19, 2020
Merici Green Tip #25 – How to make your household sponge better for your wallet and the environment…
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August 13, 2020
Merici Green Tip #24 – What does the Pope say about climate change?
The Pope has called for the de-carbonization of the global economy and urges investment in clean and renewable energy to protect the world's oceans and ecological systems.
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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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