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SUSTAINABILITY
This year Spencer has been working with the Advisory Service and other teachers on the Coromandel on Sustainability in Schools. This approach to environmental education has been spearheaded by advisers Mary Loveless and Lyn Rogers. Room one at Tapu School have taken the concept seriously and a long term plan has been developed to support the following projects.
Each project has an action plan to support it indicating which children have ownership of the projects, how parents might be able to help, probable costs and a time frame.
The big challenge for us now is to find funds to support the various projects and co-ordinate people to make our plans a reality
These are projects we want to do in 2007 and beyond to make this small part of New Zealand a better place for us and those who come after us. These projects are just the start of our sustainability journey.
CLICK HERE FOR "OUR JOURNEY - TAPU SCHOOL" (PDF file)
PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY STARTED BUT NEED TO BE FINISHED
Worm Farms
Recycling
Front Entrance
The Container
EXISTING PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED
The Commemorative Garden
Playground Markings
Tree removal area
Composting
NEW PROJECTS
Develop a kumara plantation and potato plots.
Fence between the Camp and our top field
Become more involved in Koastal Kiwi Kare project
Develop a plan to care for our road front and seashore at the end of the field