AAEE(WA) seeks to develop an understanding of the relationships between the elements of the local environment, positive attitudes towards it and skills which will enable people to actively engage in promoting its wellbeing.

The Clean Schools program aims at changing the littering behaviour of students through a whole school approach to litter prevention and provides a range of free resources to help.

FreshSNAP (School Nutrition Advisory Program) offers a free, comprehensive, all-on-one-plate nutrition advisory service for all schools in Western Australia. The whole school community — leadership, educators, canteen and food service staff and students — can access free tools and resources to foster healthy and sustainable school food environments.

FreshSNAP is delivered by National Nutrition Foundation, with funding from the WA Department of Health.

Give Write is a Western Australian charity that repurposes donated school supplies, giving them a second life and supporting a circular economy in stationery. Lovingly sorted and packed, these items are distributed to disadvantaged students across WA reaching over 10,000 children each year. By running a school donation drive, you can support another child’s education while reducing landfill and promoting sustainability. It’s a simple, powerful way to turn waste into opportunity.

Kings Park Education and Learning offers hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences for Kindergarten to Tertiary-aged students in three streams of the WA curriculum: E-STEM, Cultural Heritage and Wellbeing. The programs highlight the unique plants, people and places of WA and the actions we can take to ensure a sustainable future.

Little Green Steps WA is a not-for-profit program that supports Education for Sustainability (EfS) in early learning centres in Western Australia. It works together with an extensive range of educational resources, networks and local communities towards our common goal of giving children the confidence and skills to have a positive impact on their lives and their environment.

Millennium Kids Inc is a not-for-profit, environmental youth organisation, that empowers young people with a ‘skills for life’ approach so they can become leaders and change-agents in their communities today.

Discover the great variety of education experiences for children of all phases of development, ranging from early childhood to tertiary. Learning experiences are linked to the Australian Curriculum, connecting students with nature and empowering them to take positive action for our environment.

A Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions’ program working with riverfront businesses, Local Government, and the community to reduce single-use plastic packaging entering the Swan and Canning rivers. Through this program, schools within 500m of the Swan and Canning rivers are eligible for a grant of $500 to help their canteen or associated food and beverage operators on campus to transition from single-use plastic to reusable and zero waste alternatives. The program also aims to deliver education to students through talks and activities surrounding topics of river health and plastic pollution.

The South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare (SERCUL) brings together the community, Local Governments, businesses, educational institutions and Government agencies to develop and implement projects that improve the health of our waterways and other ecosystems. It offers a range of education programs for schools.

Sustainable Schools WA is an initiative that supports a whole-school approach to education for sustainability, consistent with the Western Australian Curriculum and Australian Curriculum cross curriculum priority of sustainability. Teachers can also network and share ideas with other teachers on sustainability via ‘Connect Communities’.

Switch Your Thinking offers sustainability education and support to schools located within the City of Armadale, City of Gosnells and the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale. Delivered by experienced facilitators, the program offers a suite of assembly presentations, class incursions and policy development assistance designed to support schools in embedding sustainability into their learning programs and broader goals, including presentations on waste and recycling, and the waste hierarchy, and inspiring students to take meaningful action in their everyday lives. Switch Your Thinking also supports schools in integrating sustainability into their learning environments and operations, including workshops to help a school to become an accredited WasteSorted School.

For more information about Switch Your Thinking’s schools sustainability education and support program, contact mail@switchyourthinking.com.

The Waterwise Schools Program is a multi-sensory experience in which students can learn about our water cycle and sources, supply and history, and how to be waterwise through conservation and sustainability. It supports the WA curriculum from early learning through to high school and offers incursions, excursions, virtual tours, lesson plans, and more.