Three Davidson electorate schools have collectively received $10,500 for environmental projects through the NSW Government’s Eco Schools Grants Program.
Member for Davidson, Jonathan O’Dea said the Program aims to provide students with hands-on environmental education within their school environment.
Mimosa Public School in Frenchs Forest will receive $3,500 to regenerate part of a state forest within the school grounds, reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfill and cultivate school gardens.
St Martin’s Catholic Primary School in Davidson will use its $3,500 grant to enhance an outdoor learning/play area by incorporating raised vegetable gardens, local native plantings, waste reduction measures and a dedicated space for celebrations of thanksgiving and remembrance.
The Corpus Christie Catholic Primary School at St Ives will create several edible gardens to help enable students explore how living things grow and change. Students will gain an understanding of sustainable food sources and an appreciation of how fresh food reaches the supermarket. The students will share their produce with school families and through the school canteen.
Mr O’Dea said, “Funding such grassroots eco projects is about teaching young students how to live more sustainably.
“These three grants are an important investment in our future as research shows that projects such as these can help create better environmental awareness later in life,” he said.
Across NSW, almost $260,000 in grants were awarded this year for projects due to commence in the first term of 2018, with 74 schools each receiving $3,500 to fund hands-on environmental education.
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