Two students of the College have been accepted to be part part of the Youth Environment Council, an organisation that provides young people with a voice in key environmental issues in South Australia.
As part of the Youth Environment Council, the students have a strong interest in the environment.
To be accepted into this role they had to complete a 26 page application form that was open to all students across Year 7-10 in South Australia. This was the first stage of the process and needed to be approved by our parents, a teacher and the Principal.
We were lucky enough to have been accepted and we were really excited about this.
We attended a forum at the Botanic Gardens and formed into groups with people that had a similar interest to us. This was really good because we made connections with new people. We were then lucky enough to spend some time in the Botanical Gardens which are just beautiful.
The next time we met as a group was for a camp at Arbury Park Outdoor School. There were a variety of activities including; bird watching and frog hunting. The frog hunting involved catching them, observing them then releasing them back into the water. We had an Aboriginal speak about a dreaming story and the strong connection the Aboriginal people have with the environment. We also created a bonfire and toasted marshmallows.
As part of our involvement with the Youth Environment Council we need to come up with a project. We are working on an initiative to get recycling rubbish bins into the College which are for 10cent recyclables.
Our aim is to raise awareness within our College and the wider community about ideas that benefit the environment.
Mia and Brooklyn
