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Schools taking climate action

Students across Yarra are coming together to talk about the climate emergency and take action.

Our students recognise the urgency and scale of the climate crisis and want to be part of growing climate action and encourage other students to step up too. 

Schools taking climate action in Yarra - Melbourne Girls College

Yarra’s support for schools and young people

Yarra City Council’s New Deal for Schools aims to provide travel choices by creating a safe and comfortable environment for students, parents and staff to walk, ride, or scoot to school. Active transport is a great way to reduce emissions. Stay tuned for more information about this program as it gets developed further. 

Other support and opportunities for schools and young people

  • Bike Ed : VicRoads (FYI there’s a bicycle trailer at Fitzroy Police available to borrow)

  • Environmental Education - Merri Creek Management Committee (mcmc.org.au) - Incursions and excursions about our local environment and waterways are offered to schools by qualified environmental educators at the Merri Creek Management Committee. These are available free of charge thanks to funding from the Cities of Yarra, Darebin, Merri-bek, and Whittlesea.         

  • Other biodiversity programs and resources offered to residents in Yarra can be useful for schools, namely:

  • Free mulch can be collected from the Depot in Clifton Hill

Other support and opportunities for schools and young people

  • VINC - Victorian Indigenous Nurseries Co-op, Fairfield

Other support and opportunities for schools and young people

  • SWEP offers electricity monitoring for schools that are already monitoring their water

  • Access to a Dropbox folder with a variety of teaching resources 

 

Other support and opportunities for schools and young people

  • Talking with young children about climate action (youtube.com) Psychologist and Adjunct Associate Professor Dr Susie Burke, along with local early years educator Jenna Naim and parents, discuss ways in which to talk to young children about climate change. They also explore how to build these conversations, and a connection to the earth, into everyday life.

  • Talking with young people about climate change (youtube.com) Hear from local high school students about what gives them hope and leads them to take climate action. Psychologist and Adjunct Associate Professor Dr Susie Burke also discusses how parents and carers can help young people learn more climate change. 

Other support - Youth Wellbeing & Climate Distress

Youth Empowerment & Engagement in Democracy

Climate Action & General Sustainability programs

  • climateclever.org  measure and reduce your school’s carbon and environmental impact. Join the program and access curriculum resources.

  • TROP ICSU  - Climate Change Education – resources, lesson plans, and more 

 

Other

Young People at a Crossroads was a research project about how second-generation immigrant young people and their parents are responding to climate change in Manchester and Melbourne. Some students from Yarra were involved. Several resources accompany the creative book, including an educator’s guide and an eco-anxiety workshop. 

 

Resources for early childhood educators

Other support and opportunities for schools and young people

  • SWEP offers electricity monitoring for schools that are already monitoring their water

Students at Melbourne Girls' College in Richmond show us the power of humans and renewable energy at their annual Pedal Power Cinema Night and Sustainability Fair.