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Sustainable Practices at APOS - Curriculum
Walking our talk
This list documents sustainable practices the school is currently involved in.
These provide a sound model of how we 'walk our talk' to client groups. Students are actively involved in as many of the actions as practical.
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Curriculum
- Energy leak signs on light switches in dorms, dining room, administration area
- Last out - lights off policy
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 15 grid connect solar panels installed on dining room roof
with interpretive panel that demonstrates to clients how they work and shows amount of energy being produced
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 Solar powered waterfall constructed to demonstrate one way in which solar energy can be used
- Program activities , "Nature's Recyclers" and "Edible garden" demonstrate use of a worm farm for composting and recycling
- Program activity, "Nature's Recyclers" addresses the 5 Rs - Refuse, Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Rethink
- Minimal impact practices are demonstrated to students when studying the natural world, eg leaf litter replaced, pond life returned
- Maintaining habitat for tree hollow dependant species by constructing nest boxes and placing them appropriately in the school's stringy bark forest
- Plantation timber used in nest box construction
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 Students and staff are asked to use recycling facilities
for paper and containers
- Causes of global warming posters in all dormitories
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 Student duty roster includes emptying kitchen foodscraps into compost tumblers twice a day
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Arbury Park Road
APOS 2008