Sustainability Classroom Activities

Sustainable Bingo

Great ice breaker to introduce sustainability concepts and see how much individuals currently practice. Download Sustainable Bingo

Comparing Apples to Earth

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Ecological Footprint

Completing your ecological footprint shows your demands on the planet and natural resources. The National Centre for Sustainability has collected a Per Capita Footprint. Complete your individual footprint and read suggested improvements and come up with 3 changes towards reducing your ecological footprint.

Life Cycle of an Object

The Life cycle of an object assesses a range of environmental impacts of a product or material across its whole life cycle – that is from the extraction of raw materials through to manufacturing, transportation, use and eventual disposal. It is useful in making more informed decisions about appropriate choices of products and materials. Example: Lifecycle of an Aluminium Can

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

In your workplace how can you reduce the amount of waste? Think about food, paper, water usage and energy consumption. Research the Links page for information.

Conduct and develop an audit checklist of your workplace. Use this Sustainability Checklist as a guide.

Identifying Risk

In your workplace analyse the OHS and environmental hazards and risks with a sustainability change. Use this Risk Management Template for your analysis. Look at Being Green but Being Safe and Healthy.

Group Work

Collaboratively identify problems and reflect on solutions and actions. Use an Action Plan or Consequence Wheel in group discussions.