School children learning about the Ross River

The Environmental and Sustainability Education and Awareness program details exciting, informative and action orientated activities for young people of all ages.

This includes a curriculum education focus with units including;

• Total Water Cycle Management
• Sustainability and;
• Biodiversity

School students at Louisa Creek

The Sustain environmental education and awareness program details exciting, informative and action orientated activities for young people of all ages.

The interactive sustainability program provides an opportunity for young people to see, learn and be involved in our environment within and out of the class room facilitating unique perspectives and understaning, while building and consolidating integration between Local Government and the community.

• The Total Water Cycle
  • Water and Us
  • Water in our Catchment
  • Waterways and Wetlands

• Sustainability in Action
  • 'EBalance' Classroom Sustainability Workshop
  • Sustainability Learnscape
  • The What a Load of Rubbish Recycling Game

 

• Our Unique Environment
  • The School Shade Tree Program
  • Green Tree Ants Program
  • Mud and Mangroves
  • Biodiversity

The "Hand's On" education and awareness program provides young people with opportunities to undertake practical and on ground environmental and sustainability activities as part of their school program.

"Hand's on" activities include participation in:

• Creekwatch
  
  
• Town Common Conservation Park Program
  
  
• Community Greening

• Community Events
  
  
• School Shade Trees
  
  
• School Holiday Program

Click image to enlarge - Colour and texture of a pandanus

Townsville City Council Environmental Management Services (EMS) staff are currently engaged in supporting students as part of a school based environmental scientific mentoring program.

Students are currently involved in a water quality monitoring project. EMS staff are providing specific information and data interpretation as well as project feedback and scientific rigour to the school based projects.

← Activities for students.