Students from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder will be taking part in TravelSmart EatSmart in Term 4 when the Millennium Kids Sustainability Roadshow returns to the Goldfields.
The Millennium Kids ran an initial Sustainability Roadshow in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday 19th July 2009 with over 40 student’s exploring what sustainability meant through a series of inter-related activities. The result was the development the Big Switch Experiment Map of Change.
The Big Switch Experiment Map of Change describes the problems and threats within each sustainability area, as well as practical actions to make change with ideas from the students to develop a practical project.
The sustainability areas of ‘air’ and ‘energy’ were the identified as the greatest concerns and participating schools were given the opportunity to take part in TravelSmart EatSmart program.
The Millennium Kids ran an initial Sustainability Roadshow in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday 19th July 2009 with over 40 student’s exploring what sustainability meant through a series of inter-related activities. The result was the development the Big Switch Experiment Map of Change.
The Big Switch Experiment Map of Change describes the problems and threats within each sustainability area, as well as practical actions to make change with ideas from the students to develop a practical project.
The sustainability areas of ‘air’ and ‘energy’ were the identified as the greatest concerns and participating schools were given the opportunity to take part in TravelSmart EatSmart program.
TravelSmart EatSmart will allow students to create a campaign that encourages kids to walk, ride or catch public transport to school in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase physical activity and promote healthy eating.
There are range of benefits to schools participating in the TravelSmart EatSmart program, which covers a number of curriculum areas including English, IT, Society and Environment, Music, Maths and Health. The program also increases the health and wellbeing of students and can significantly decrease number of cars in and around the school area during peak times.
There are range of benefits to schools participating in the TravelSmart EatSmart program, which covers a number of curriculum areas including English, IT, Society and Environment, Music, Maths and Health. The program also increases the health and wellbeing of students and can significantly decrease number of cars in and around the school area during peak times.
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