Sustainability Education
At Great Forest Australia, we believe that with simple, effective and empowering sustainability education, we can move mountains
Why reduce our environmental impacts? Because we can. In fact, our planet and our future generations are depending on it.
Our programs show people how our every day actions affect the planet, and how to reduce these impacts.
Sustainability Education
At Great Forest Australia, we believe that with simple, effective and empowering sustainability education, we can move mountains
Why reduce our environmental impacts? Because we can. In fact, our planet and our future generations are depending on it.
Our programs show people how our every day actions affect the planet, and how to reduce these impacts.
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When communicating and educating people about sustainability, we bring a mix of:
- Giving the facts in a way that people can really hear (guilt free!)
- Providing information and choices that leave people empowered
- Just the right amount of humour
- Expert knowledge
- Speaking from experience – our staff ‘walk the talk’ in their own lives
- Practical solutions that make a difference
- Listening to people’s ideas and concerns
We have a knack for educating people about sustainability without being too ‘heavy’.
Just ‘knowing’ something is not enough, people need a reason to change, and the change needs to be clear, simple and realistic.
Some examples of the sustainability education sessions we have developed include:
- Running an education session for a Melbourne law firm. After completing a Sustainability Assessment of the company’s annual carbon emissions, we put ?? reams of paper in the middle on a large table to show staff how many reams of paper were being used per staff member, each year. We then gave specific, practical examples of how staff could reduce their paper usage.
- We have worked with a local council to educate retail business owners and staff on the new waste management and recycling facilities implemented various CBD laneways. This included speaking with staff in both English and Chinese, and being present in the laneways during the day and night, and on weekends.
- In office towers where we run recycling and waste management programs, we conduct min-waste audits in the office environment. We bring in common items of waste from an office, and go through each one, asking staff to nominate where the item goes. For example, where does the disposable coffee cup go? Recycling or landfill?
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our Knowledgebase
If you have more questions or a desire to reduce your personal, community or workplace environmental footprint, our Knowledgebase is for you!
Expand your mind, expand your knowledge, expand what you think is possible, and expand your capacity to make a difference!
Here, you can take your efforts to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions to another level, through engaging with a community of people who are out to make a difference.We have designed this knowledge-base to be a place of inspiration and information.
Check it out! We have created is as place that you can find the information that you need, ask questions, and contribute to the ever-growing movement of environmental sustainability.