When an event occurs please move it to the past events section.
If more people are interested in the event than there are places available, discuss it in the events section of the forums.
Also, if an event is considered major, please create a dedicated page for it and link to it here.
As always, if you think the format of this page should be changed, discuss it and don't just change it
Upcoming Events
Open Day
As per the meeting today (16/8/11), we need a list of people interested in manning the Open Day table. Please make sure your name is here by midday on Sunday, and you will need to attend a meeting during Lunch on Monday in Lab 6.
Those interested:
- Jonathan Zaharias (Project Leader)
- Saroop Philip (CO-Leader)
- Michael Wang
- Bryce Ku
- Aston Pei
We also need some people to set up the tables before roll call.
Those interested here:
- Jonathan Zaharias
- Saroop Philip
Student Leadership Events - 28/6 and 7/9
In 2011 the Field of Mars and Gibberagong EEC are planning two student leadership events for Northern Sydney Region.
These events will occur on:
Tuesday 28 June - Environmental Forum - Venue Macquarie University
This event is aimed at stage 3-5 students (Years 5-10) with activities focusing on building student capacity for leadership in sustainability.
List of those attending:
- Jonathan Zaharias
- Edward Chang
- Mehul Gahjwani
- Aaron Khoo
- Victor Teh
Wednesday 7 September Environmental Expo - Venue Gibberagong EEC Kuring-gai Chase National Park
This event is aimed at students in stages 3-5 (Years 5-10) with a focus on starting sustainability and environmental projects in schools.
List of those attending:
*
Past Events
Clean up the cage near the canteen
I need a list of boys who are willing to clean out and sweep the cage near the canteen. Once the cage is clean, we can store the recycle bins there.
BTW: The cleaning of the cage will occur during school hours
Members interested in Helping
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Ansh Dhaliwal
- Nelson Chen
SENS Meeting: 5th May
For information about SENS click here.
More details to come soon…
Venue: Monte Sant Angeo
Date: 11th May
Time: 3:30pm
Members interested in attending:
- Ansh Dhaliwal
- Felix Yau
2011 WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE - July 19 - 23
The 2011 World Environmental Education Conference is happening from July 19th - July 23rd at the Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Members interested in attending:
Daniel Chen
Green Day
Green Day is on the 11th of November at St. George Girls High School.
List of those attending:
- Ansh Dhaliwal
- Simon Luk
- Aaron Liu
- Daniel Cao
- Raymond Lin
- Justin Chen
- Daniel Chen
- Richard Wang
Sir Henry Parkes Sustainability Convention - Parliament House Sydney Monday November 15
Please refer attached docs below.
List of those attending
- Edward Chang
- Jonathan Zaharias
- Bill Chen
- Alex Peng
- Amogh Sarda
- Saroop Philip
- Anthony Chan
- Justin Chen
Annual Environment Group Planning Day: Friday December 10
List of those attending (due by December 3)
- Jonathan Zaharias
- Alexander Peng
- David Xu
- Ansh Dhaliwal
- Amogh Sarda
- Daniel Chen (Won't be able to stay for the entire day however)
- Edward Chang (Possibly)
- Aaron Liu
- Alex Greenbank
- Bill Chan
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Simon Luk
- Jin Lee
An invitation
May SENS MEETING
Monday 3 May, 3:45 - 5:00pm at Cammeray Public School
Please place name on list below. Please add agenda items you would like to see discussed.
List of teachers/ students attending
Kenny Ng
Austin Yoo
Peter Im
Navid Behzad
An invitation
27 May - A Green New Deal
Michael Renner, Senior Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute
In an era marked by deep global recession on one hand and the spectre of climate change on the other, the pursuit of so-called green jobs could become a key economic driver in sectors like energy, transportation, buildings, and infrastructure. A portion of many national economic stimulus programs contain environment-friendly investments, and additional momentum toward a low-carbon global economy could be gained with the help of a so-called “Green New Deal.” In addition to greening production technologies, skill-building will be critical both for new employment and for transforming existing jobs.
Michael Renner is a Senior Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research organization headquartered in Washington, DC. His work has mostly focused on the connections between environment and employment as well as the linkages between environment, resources, and conflict. Michael was the lead-author of a September 2008 report, Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World, commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Labour Organization.
Co-presented with the Workplace Research Centre at the University of Sydney
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THIS PLEASE PLACE YOUR NAME HERE
An invitation
NSWDET South West Sydney
Youth Environmental Network and University of Western Sydney Presents:
Youth Environmental Conference–June 10th 2010
NSWDET Environmental Education Centres and the University of Western Sydney invite students and teachers to attend the one-day conference on environmental issues that affect our lives today.
MR WEBSTER WILL DRIVE YOU THERE IN THE SCHOOL VAN!
Presentations and workshops include:
• “How to go from sitting on the couch to changing the world and why we have a responsibility to the developing world” – Dr James Arvanitakis
• “Climate change, sustainability and YOU” – Professor Peter Phibbs
• Youth Lead with OzGreen
• Australian Youth Climate Coalition – Young Leaders working to save the planet
• Energy expert David Brown and simple effective tips for Energy Saving
Where: Building 23, University of Western Sydney Bankstown Campus, Horsley Road and Bullecourt Avenue, Milperra, entrance via Bullecourt Avenue.
When: 10 June 2010
Cost: Free
Times: Registration begins at 8.30 am for a 9.00 am start. Day concludes at 3.00 pm.
Food: Morning Tea and Lunch will be provided.
Transport: Individual schools are responsible for organising their own transport. Venue is close to public transport, see http://www.uws.edu.au/campuses_structure/cas/campuses/bankstown for more details.
Parking: Daily parking permits of $6.00 to be purchased at the venue. Please advise the organisers if your school is arranging buses.
RSVP: on this site by 25th May 2010 as they have rung NSBHS to ask for numbers
Guest Speakers, Workshops on sustainability
Success Stories, Learn from other Students, Create a Project for your School, Prizes, Competitions, Student Performance and much more!!
“Although we are hosting an Environmental Conference, our aim is for kids to act…to make change, positive change…for students to become inspired and empowered to make a difference…
however that may be”
LIST OF BOYS WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND
- Daniel Chen
- Edward Chang
- Jonathan Zaharias (is interested but not sure)
LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY VIDEO CONFERENCE FESTIVAL
To celebrate the 2010 DET Year of Learning for Sustainability the Field of Mars Environmental Education
Centre and Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre are hosting a video conference festival to share best
practice in environmental and sustainability education.
Over one week, 27 video conferences are available that will cover topics such as sustainability, climate
change, worm farms, biodiversity, waste reduction, leadership and technology. Each session is free.
Each video conference covers one topic and is held in A1. Please write your name under the conference that you would like to attend ASAP, so we can register. Since, we have to register for each conference seperatey.
Monday 31 of May
_ 9:30-10:30__
Keynote: Steps to Sustainability
Target Audience: K-12 All Staff
Presenters: Jon Dee - Do Something
In this video conference Jon Dee will outline some of the
sustainability steps your school can undertake that guarantee a
reduction water, waste and energy use.
11:30 -12:30(Choose One)
Video Conference 1: Low Waste Lunches
Target Audience: K-12 Teachers and Students
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Jan Rasborsek and Kerry Brady - Royal National Park
Environmental Education Centre
In this video conference participating schools will be able to
examine ways of reducing waste in schools by encouraging low
waste lunches.
Video Conference 2: Weird and Wonderful Wetlands
Target Audience: Stage 3 Students
VC Delivery Style: Interactive
Presenters: Carolyn Gillard and Chris Prietto - Wetlands
Environmental Education Centre
In this video conference students will learn about wetlands and the
macro-invertebrates that inhabit them. Students will participate in
a quiz and view wetland inhabitants using a macroscope.
Video Conference 3: Get Involved, Environmental Project
Ideas for SRCs
Target Audience: Student Representative Councils
VC Delivery Style: Interactive
Presenters: David Smith and Stephen Wright - Gibberagong
Environmental Education Centre
This video conference is aimed at providing SRCs with ideas for
starting an environmental project in their school. Opportunities will
also be provided for SRCs to share some of their current projects.
1:30-2:30 (Choose One)
Video Conference 4: Water Quality
Target Group: Stage 4 & 5 Teachers and Students
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Amanda Gregory - Waterwatch and Carolyn Hayden -
Lambton HS
This video conference will involve several high schools students
leading a fun, engaging an interactive demonstration of simple
water quality monitoring procedures.
Video Conference 5: Appreciating the Environment through
Art and the Senses
Target Audience: Year 7 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Matt McKenzie - Thalgarrah Environmental Education
Centre and Wayne Grafton - Duval HS
As part of the Year 7 Visual Arts course, students are taken
outside into the natural environment. Teachers will explain the
background to the lessons and students will discuss their
experiences and the artworks they built based on this experience
Tuesday 1st of June
9:30-10:30
Keynote: Listening to our Birds!
Target Audience: All staff K-12
VC Delivery Style: Keynote
Presenter: Aimee Freimanis - Birds Australia
Content:
Birds provide an excellent medium for engaging the school
community. The species composition, behaviour and movements
of birds provide a superb learning vehicle for exploring and
understanding biodiversity, the school landscape and the
student’s context within it. In this video conference Aimee
Freimanis will outline some of the tools and resources available to
help you listen to the call of nature and to respond in practical
ways.
11:30-12:30 (Choose One)
Video Conference 1: Webgraphs and Energy Conservation
Target Audience: Stage 4/5/6 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenter: Peter Jones - Callaghan College
Webgraphs is an online tool for monitoring energy use in schools.
Find out how it can be used as a whole school teaching and
learning tool.
Video Conference 2: Carbon Cops
Target Audience: Stage 2/3 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Mark Edwards and Damien Feneley - Brewongle
Environmental Education Centre.
This video conference includes a demonstration and explanation
on how to conduct an energy audit in your classroom or school.
Video Conference 3: Who Wants to be a Global Survivor?
Target Audience: Stage 4 Students
VC Delivery Style: Interactive
Presenters: Meg Leathart - Warrumbungles Environmental
Education Centre.
This video conference will operate in the form of a game show
with student from different schools competing. Questions involve
sustainable action and knowledge, values and skills related to air
water soil energy and connectedness.
1:30-2:30(Choose One)
Video Conference 4: Platypus: A truly amazing animal.
Target Audience: Stage 2/3/4 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Lynette Fletcher - Newcastle University and Cathie
Williams - Platypus Awareness and Conservation Team and
Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre
This video conference provides and overview of the amazing
Australian animal the Platypus as well as a successful education
program developed on the Central Coast to help stop the
drowning of platypus in illegal Yabby Traps in local waterways
Video Conference 5: Sustainable Design using Google
Sketchup
Target Audience: Stage 2/3 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Interactive
Presenters: Michelle Dickson and Students - Narrabeen North PS
and Charmaine Scannell - Field of Mars Environmental Education
Centre.
Content:
This video conference will cover the basics of using Google
SketchUp to design a sustainable house/school. Google
SketchUP is on most DET computers or is a free download.
The software will be demonstrated by students from Narrabeen
North PS. Its use as a powerful tool in teaching and learning
programs will also be discussed.
Wednesday June 2, 2010
9:30-10:30
Keynote: The New Environmental Education Policy – a
policy revision presentation
Target Audience: Teachers and school executive
VC Delivery Style: Keynote
Date: Wednesday 2nd June
Presenters: Mark Caddey, A/Leader, Environmental Education
Unit.
This video conference provides an overview of the new
Sustainability Education and Management Policy (formally the
Environmental Education Policy for Schools). The policy will require
schools to provide students with learning opportunities that
increase their understanding of the environment and build their
capacity in managing issues related to sustainability.
11:30-12:30 (Choose One)
Video Conference 1: Web 2 Spider
Target Audience: Stage 2/3/4 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Sue Lewis and Martyn Robinson - Australian Museum
Web 2 Spider is an amazing tool to assess biodiversity by looking
at spider webs. The tool aims to create an interest in spiders in the
local environment and to provide a resource to collect data,
identify and monitor spider diversity and behaviour.
Video Conference 2: Resources to help celebrate
Environment Days
Target Audience: Stage 2/3/4 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenter: Keith Collin - Riverina Environmental Education Centre
Explore some of the amazing resources that are available to help
you celebrate environmental or green days.
Video Conference 3: Australian Urban Biodiversity
Target Audience: Stage ES1/1/2/3 Teachers and Students
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Taronga Zoo Education Staff - Taronga Zoo Education
Centre
In this video conference Taronga Zoo will introduce a range of live
animal species that can be commonly found in urban
environments.
1:30-2:30(Choose One)
Video Conference 4: Green Day & Enviro Inspiro!
Target Audience: Stage 4/5/6 Students
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: NSW Student Representative Council & Noel Grannall
- Coordinator, Student Participation and SRC's
Find out how secondary schools can run an environmentally
themed Green Day school assembly or larger-scale event in
September.
Video Conference 5: Reducing, Recycling and Worm Farms
This session is now fully booked and registrations have
closed.
Target Audience: Stage 2/3 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Interactive
Presenters: Tristen Vella - Chipping Norton PS and Georges River
Environmental Education Centre.
In this video conference students and teachers will outline ways in
which Chipping Norton PS has begun to reduce lunch time waste.
Participants will build a worm farm during the video conference.
__Thursday June 3rd, 2010
9:30-10:30__
Keynote: Opportunities and Consequences of Climate
Change
Target Audience: Stage 3/4/5/6 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Keynote
Presenter: Andrew Turnbil - Discovery Coordinator North Coast
Region - National Parks and Wildlife Service
This video conference takes a look at the consequences and
opportunities associated with climate change.
11:30-12:30 (Choose One)
Video Conference 1: Creative Visions using Nature
Target Audience: Stage 2/3 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Eliza Greening - Wambangalang Environmental
Education Centre.
This video conference looks at methods of creating sculptures and
land art using natural and found objects. It is based on the works
of Andy Goldsworthy.
Edward Chang has expressed interest in joining conference 1
Video Conference 2: Mobile Technologies - Taking Students
Outside
Target Audience: Stage 2/3/4/5 Teachers
VC Style: Lecture
Presenters: Cate Fredrickson and Debbie Evans - Macquarie ICT
Innovations Centre
To enable students to learn about the natural environment they
need to be taken outside the four walls of the classroom. This VC
shows how a project being run by Macquarie ICT Innovations
Centre is assisting schools to do this by using mobile technologies,
such as iPhones and Nova 5000s (hand-held computers).
Video Conference 3: Lizard Lounges
Target Audience: Stage 1/2/3/4/5 Students and Teachers
Presenters: John McQueen - Cascade Environmental Education
Centre
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
This video conference will examine the steps required to keep
reptiles in the classroom and ways of improving habitats in school
grounds to attract reptiles.
1:30-2:30 (Choose One)
Video Conference 4: Whats in the Box - Freshwater
Target Audience: Stage 2/3/4 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Karen Player - Australian Museum & Hayley Bates -
Sydney Water
This video conference will focus on the connections between water
quality and biodiversity and how to conduct water quality surveys
and audits in and around your school.
Video Conference 5: Biodiversity of Western Region
Target Audience: Stage ES1/1/2/3 Teachers and Students
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenters: Tarong Western Plains Zoo Education Staff - Taronga
Western Plains Zoo Education Centre
In this video conference Taronga Zoo will introduce a range of live
animal species that can be commonly found in western region.
We will discuss ways in which you can identify them, why they are
important to your local area and ways you can help them including
creating habitats to help their survival into the future.
__Friday June 4, 2010
9:30-10:30__(Choose One)
Video Conference 1: Sustainability Forums and Student
Leadership
Target Audience: All DET Staff
VC Delivery Style: Discussion
Presenters: John Bailey and Megan Craig - Sustainable Schools
NSW
In this video conference John Bailey and Megan Craig will facilitate
an open discussion that explores the effectiveness of sustainability
forums in promoting effective learning for sustainability.
Video Conference 2: Bare to Biodiverse - Creating habitats
in school grounds.
Target Audience: Stage 2/3 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Interactivie
Presenters: Sue Mayo & Jannet Clark - Narrabeen Lakes PS and
Steve Papp - Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre
In this video conference participating schools will examine ways
they can plan for increasing biodiversity in school grounds using
interactive whiteboards. Teachers from Narrabeen Lakes will also
outline their experiences in implementing biodiversity focused
teaching and learning programs.
Jonathan Zaharias would like to participate in Conference 2
11:30-12:30(Choose One)
Video Conference 3: Slowmation and Sustainability
Target Audience: Stage 2/3/4 Students and Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Interactive
Presenters: Gaye Braiding - Field of Mars Environmental
Education Centre
This video conference will cover the basics of creating a
“Slowmation” (abbreviated from “Slow Animation”) to explain
environmental or sustainability concepts.
Video Conference 4: Quality Literature for Sustainability
Target Audience: Stage 1/2/3 Teachers
VC Delivery Style: Lecture
Presenter: Michele Mawer - Literacy Consultant Northern Sydney
Region
The video conference will demonstrate how picture books and
quality picture books can be used to explore sustainability
concepts in classrooms.
NORTH SYDNEY BOYS’HIGH ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
RUNNING SHEET: REGIONAL DIRECTOR VISIT
DATE: MARCH 25 2010
LOCATION: CONFERENCE ROOM
9am: meet in Conference Room
9am – 9.25am: Practice session
9.30 – 10.00am: Meet with the Regional Director, Jane Simmons
Teacher in charge: Tanya Hofler
PROGRAMME
Welcome and facilitation Alexander Greenbank (Year 11) (1 min)
Introduction to the Committee and its functions: Justin Chen (Year 12) (3 min)
Communicating via the wiki: Alexander Peng (Year 11) (3 min)
Our work with North Sydney Girls High Daniel Chen (Year 11) (3 min)
One current priority: grant application to NS Council: James Fan (Year 12) (3 min)
One current focus: plastic reduction (5 min)
Thomas Zhou (Year 8)
Dileepa Dayananda (Year 9)
Edward Chang (Year 8)
Jonathon Zaharius (Year 8)
Questions: 10 min
F McCrossin Wednesday March 24
P&C Working Bee this Sunday March 21 9am - 1pm (arrive any time after 9; stay as long as you can)
This Sunday the P&C will be runing a gardening day. Will focus on: weeding; mulching and cleaning up around the water tanks; the frontages to Miller Street and Falcon Street. Hours worked will go towards your community service.
Those attending:
GCS MEETING AUSTRALIA: MARCH 19
MARCH 19 2010
MEETING ROOM: 810 PACIFIC HWY GORDON.
9.30am: Arrival Self Serve Coffee
10 am: Welcome
Kartikeya Sarabhai: Director CEE India
10.20 am: The GCS So Far:
Prithi Nambiar and Syd Smith
How the GCS began, its original goals, changes since 2008 and suggestions for discussion.
11.20am: Morning Tea
11.50 am: Feedback Session School Reports: Successes, Challenges and Plans
An opportunity for schools to report on progress, plans, future ideas, issues that require further clarification and resolution
1.15 pm: Lunch
2pm: Embedding AuSSI into GCS
Round Table Discussion for enhancing the program and expanding it Australia wide.
3.00pm: Afternoon Tea
3..15: Action Plan for 2010.
Syd Smith, Prithi Nambiar and all participants
4pm: Close
SCHOOL CLEAN UP DAY - FRIDAY 5 MARCH 2010
LIST OF BOYS ATTENDING
Boys on list as of 4 March 5.15pm
Jonathon Zaharius
Dileepa Dayananda
Edward Cheng
Thomas Zhou
Nathan Isaacson
Nirvan Gelda
Raymond Lin
Sama Rahman
Navid Bezhad
Alex Greenbank
Adrian Yiu
Carlos Xu
David Pan
Paul Mai
Kevin Shum
Kenny Ng
Wenxi Liang
Matthew lam
Raymond Lin
Saroop Philip
Dharmaraj Krishanthan
Jason Xu
David Xu
Richard Wang
February 28 draft
RUNNING SHEET FOR THE DAY
Location: Staff Common Room
NSBHS Environment Committee (to be seated by 9.45am)
Guests: greeted by members of NSBHS Environment Committee – Clean Up Australia; North Sydney Council; SENS schools (to be seated by 9.55am)
10 – 10.05 am: Welcome to North Sydney Boys High: Ms Robyn Hughes, Principal
10.05 – 10.10 am: 2010 waste objectives: representatives of NSBHS Environment Committee Waste Team: Jonathon Zaharius; Dileepa Dayananda; Edward Cheng; Thomas Zhou
10.10 – 10.20 am: Ian Kiernan AO, Clean Up Australia
Location: J Block Lawn
10.20 – 10.30 J block lawn to view construction of “plastic bottle tree”
BOTTLE TREE CONSTRUCTION: COORDINATORS
Tuesday March 2 (pm): Nathan Isaacson; Sama Rahman; Nirvan Gelda
Wednesday March 3 (pm): Daniel Chen; Sama Rhaman; Raymond Lin
Friday March 5: Jason Xu; Nathan Leung (NSBHS Environment Committee Waste Leaders)
Media Liaison
Fiona Douglas; Sama Rahman; Navid Bezhad (NSBHS Environment Committee Communication Leaders)
Fiona McCrossin NSBHS Environment Coordinator
Wasteland Working Bee: Monday, Tuesday December 14 and 15
WE WILL ALSO BE HAVING AN END OF YEAR LUNCH ON TUESDAY DEC 15 - pizzas! Pavilion - lunchtime!
Contact Executive: Mr Ovens
Co-ordinator Ms McCrossin
Members attending
Alex Peng
Daniel Chen
Kenny Ng
Wenxi Liang
Hubert Wan
Marvin Law
Roger Lu
David Zhu
Alexander Cox
James Tian
Andrew Liu
Anton Zhang
Pizzas currently requested - please add to the list
3 BBQ chicken and bacon
3 vegetarian/ vegorama
1 Super Supreme
1 Godfather
1 Magherita
1 Meatlovers
1 Spinach and Feta
School to Work: Creating Future Pathways Tuesday December 1
NSBHS asked to present at this forum for Northern Sydney Region
Ms McCrossin
Tim Green
Jaiden Stevens
Andrew Chan
Daniel Chen
Anthony Chan
Dileepa Dayananda
Thomas Zhou
Edward Chang
Walk Against Warming Saturday 12th December 1pm Martin Place
On Saturday 12th December there will be a coordinated walk to raise awareness about global climate change.
This day has been chosen to coincide with the international climate treaty that is being negotiated during this week in Copenhagen. This treaty will replace the Kyoto Protocol that expires in 2012.
It is vital that our leaders understand that we are concerned about this issue and we want to send them a strong message that we want to cut emissions to a safe level.
A safe level of CO2 in the atmosphere is 350ppm (parts per million) .We are currently at 390. So we have some work to do.
The rally is being organised by the Nature Conservation Council and more details can be found on their website www.nccnsw.org.au or at www.350.org
Our group, North Shore Climate Action, is promoting the walk to all but particularly high school groups as a positive fun way that the students can get involved in the debate. It is a peaceful, non political walk aimed at raising awareness. We feel that there is so much negative news about the climate and children are getting quite anxious about it. This will give students a feeling that they can make a difference and their voices are important.
Students are encouraged to make their own banners and signs so they can express their views. Perhaps this could be part of students’ community service hours?
For students on the North Shore we will be walking from 12pm from the steps to the bridge to join the main group in the city at 1pm. Sky blue is the official colour and our theme is “Here comes the Sun”.
We will be handing out free sun flowers on the day for North Shore walkers.
If you would like anymore information then please contact Janet.
ua.moc.tensutpo|ecnarftenaj#ua.moc.tensutpo|ecnarftenaj or call 0403868592
NSBHS Coordinator Paul Mai - meet on Friday December 11 lunchtime Lab 6 so we can organise our participation
Send Indigenous and Pacific Delegates to the UN!
This year the AYCC has had a great year. We’ve organised Power Shift – Australia’s first national youth climate summit. We’ve run Youth Decide, where over 37,000 young people voted for the world they want to inherit.
Now we’re taking all our hard work, and the results of Youth Decide, and going to the UN!
We’ll be sending 20 young Australians to the most crucial international negotiations of our time – the UN climate talks in Copenhagen this December.
Our delegation includes two indigenous Australians, as well as young people from the Pacific Islands who are already facing the impacts of climate change.
We will be asking governments around the world to accept the results of Youth Decide and commit to a good global climate agreement.
It’s extremely important that young Pacific Islands and indigenous people are represented at these negotiations.
Your fundraised money will be going to two young indigenous delegates, who have been selected to take part in the UN negotiations because of their previous involvement in youth and climate issues and their exceptional leadership qualities. They are also supported by their communities.
We are also planning on helping to send Pacific Island youth to the UN – through Project Survival Pacific.
It is extremely important that indigenous and Pacific Islanders are represented at this conference – as these communities are some of the most vulnerable to climate change in the world, and are already feeling the impacts of increased drought, rising sea levels, changed weather patterns, increased flood and more.
—
Australian Youth Delegate
United Nations Climate Change Conference
Copenhagen 2009
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To the Principal,
Your students could WIN up to $10,000 for your School, simply by creating a
Play or Film to show how all of us need to change to achieve a sustainable
environment for our future.
Creatively employ humor, drama, satire or music, or a combination of any,
to take the message in your 'work' to your school and wider communities,
and you will 'Make a Difference'.
All great creative works driving change have had their beginnings in good
research.
Research the competing interests of the big retailers, their supplier
manufacturers, government, media, and the consumers of today and tomorrow;
all have their own different priorities and ways of achieve them — their
competing interests.
For decades, the environment has been the looser. The winds of change are
blowing. Portraying self interest, in contrast with the community interest,
will accelerate the understanding process, and with it, the winds of change
will gather strength.
Your school's play or film needs to have its audience leaving the 'theatre'
wanting more change faster, with a clear understanding of who and what are
changing for the better; as well as knowing who and what are holding us
back from achieving the sustainable development, our survival demands.
Invite your community and its leaders to the screening of your film or your
play's performance.
Make the premiere the most successful mouthpiece for a sustainable
environment your community have experienced.
Find interesting ways to depict the behaviors we all need to adopt, 'sing
out' the slogans you want brought to life, select local celebrities or
community leaders to get even more attention for our messages. Have it
captured and told in all the media of your choice.
The ARC Schools Competition makes a real difference.
The ARC National Schools Competition has been the central activity of the
ARC recycled cartonboard packaging campaign since it started its life in
1994. At that time, cartonboard was the only primary grocery packaging that
was made largely from recycled waste.
The success of Australian school children in making a difference is proven
by industry now also using aluminum (64%) and some plastic (21%) and glass
(35%) packaging.
Switching to Australian recycled packaging not only promotes recycling and
saves Australian jobs, it also takes away the market for High Conservation
Value Forests, the habitat of such endangered species as the Sumatran
Tiger.
To get started, visit the ARC web site www.arc.org.au for more background
information, ideas and Conditions of Entry.
All entries (the DVD of your Film or Play, and any media coverage you've
received) must be in the mail to The Australian Recycled Cartonboard
Campaign, PO Box 980, Fortitude Valley, Qld 4006 by 5pm Friday 17
September, 2010.
To register your school's entering the Competition, please fax or email
your contact details to ua.gro.cra|ofni#ua.gro.cra|ofni OR Fax 07-32681262 and we'll
send to you further information to assist your entry.
Name of School
Contact Teacher's
name__
State Post CodePhone
Number
Email
Address__
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Australian Recycled Packaging Campaign Inc
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Right now, carbon levels are much too high and scientists have determined that the safe level is 350 parts carbon per million. 350 is an event that is designed to increase awareness for that fact, climate change being the big picture.
This will be another project that NSB and NSG will work together. Already we have begun exchanging ideas and we want more people to participate in order to gain more ideas for this.
Put your name down if you want to work on this:
- Daniel Chen
- Kenny Ng
- Thomas Suo
- David Xu
- Charly Chen
- Ben Ma
- Raymond Shi
- Stephen Wu
- Jason Y Liu
- Ike Bai!~
- Jason Xu
- Navid (added by ike)
- Alex Peng
- Nathan Isaacson
- Alex Kim
- Jonathan Au
- Alex Greenbank
- David Zhao
- Ivan J Yang
- Alexander Cox
NSBGHS Meeting
There will be a meeting at NSG E6 this Tuesday (29/09/09) at 8am to 9:30am to discuss 350, Youth Decide, Enviroweek and Coles plastic bag challenge. If anyone wants to come, please put your name down on the list below.
- Daniel Chen
- Alex Kim
- Kenny Ng
- Navid Bezhad
- Dileepa
- Jason Xu
- Marvin Law
- Ike Bai
- Stephen Wu (coming late at 9~ish)
- Cadmus To
NSBHS P&C Working Bee Day Sunday September 20 2009
Contact person is Colin McNaught and he would like to know what the school would like to focus on for the working bee day. He is interested in the views and involvement of the Environment Committee. Please place your name on the list below if you can attend - usually runs from about 9 - 1pm with morning tea and lunch provided. We will discuss priorities at the next Enviro Group meeting!
List of boys who can attend the working bee on Sunday, September 20 2009
- Justin Chen
- Kenny Ng
- William Chen
- Marvin Law
- Edward Chang
- Stephen Wu
YOUth DECIDE
http://www.youthdecide.com.au/About-Us/Vote-information.aspx
HI everyone. The following was sent to me when I signed up for YOUth Decide. We need a team to work on this. NSG are working on this too. Let's collaborate. Ms McCrossin (29/08/09)
Thanks so much for signing up for YOUth Decide '09, the first ever national youth vote on climate change.
YOUth Decide '09 is our best chance to send the government a strong message that youth want a say in their future - before it’s too late.
The vote aims to let our government know what really matters to us - safeguarding our future. It's about fighting for our future, as well as the future of those people in countries that will be most affected by climate change yet have the least resources to deal with it.
Between 14th - 20th September this year we hope to see hundreds of voting events held across the country. This will only happen if people like you make it happen! You can check out more about local events on http://www.youthdecide.com.au/Get-Involved/Hold-a--Local-Event-.aspx and we'll be in touch soon.
Remember to check out our latest videos and blogs from the campaign on http://www.youthdecide.com.au
The YOUth Decide Team
(a partnership between the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and World Vision Australia)
List of NSB students who want to work on YOUth Decides
- Stephen Wu
- William Chen
- Kenny Ng
- Daniel Chen
- Nathan Isaacson
- Thomas Suo
- Alex Kim
- Alex Peng
- Raymond Shi
- Richard Wang
- Ike Bai
- Navid Bezhad
- Charly Chen
- Marvin Law
- James Tian
Tuesday Meeting (slight change)
There will be a meeting on Tuesday 8 of September. The aim of the meeting is to discuss YOUth decide. Meeting is from 8am-9:25am at NSGH. If there are any questions about what will be discussed at this meeting, please ask me (Daniel Chen) on either msn or by email or even chat box.
Also anyone who genuinely wants to contribute or wont interfere with the meeting negatively can go. However, if you do intend on slowing the meeting down, please do not attend as it has taken much effort to organise this due to the NSG teachers reluctance to have this meetin during certain time slots. Thanks.
Location of the meeting
People who want to go to this meeting we will be meeting up at the amphitheatre of NSG at 8 so that we can go tohether to the room. however, if you dont know where the amphitheatre is, wait around the stairs near the front of NSG and I (Daniel Chen) will come and lead you to the room before 8 am. Thanks
List of people who will be attending this meeting
This is basically a list to go to Dr Hadjichari so he can put our names on the absentee sheet.
- Daniel Chen
- Thomas Suo
- Alex Kim
- Richard Wang
- Stephen Wu
- Ike Bai (did not show up)
- Nathan Isaacson
- Dileepa (yr 8)
- Kenny Ng
OPEN DAY September 1st 9am to 12pm
Put your name here if you want to staff Lab 6 on Open Day.
- Alex Peng
- David Xu
- James Tian (uncertain - Yearbook)
- Raymond Shi
- Daniel Chen
- Alex Kim (uncertain- music)
- Daniel Huynh
- Allen Huang
- Stephen Wu (can't do 1st period, uncertain - yearbook?)
- Kenny Ng
Assembly August 31
Please list members who will be speaking
- James Tian - wiki
- David Xu - wiki
- Alex Peng - envirodocs
- Nathan Isaacson - Calling On You phone recycling
- Daniel Chen - Visy Bins
- Alex Cox
Also need a facilitator or two to introduce the others and speak to meeting times
Waste update:
VISY
Plastic/ Plastiki/ mobile phones
EnviroDocs: begins this Friday
Kartikeya Sarabhai -EEC India visiting NSBHS Thursday August 27 11am
Please place your name on the list on the GCS page if you would like to be involved on the day - 11am - 1pm
The Age of Stupid - Film Premiere - August 19
Josh has just emailed information about this. If anyone would like to attend the Green Carpet premiere in Sydney, it will cost either $30 (city) or $25 (Chatswood). I will be booking seats this week for the city premiere. We could attend as a group. M rating.
NEED NUMBERS BY TUESDAY AUGUST 4 - MORNING -NEED TO BOOK
PUT NAME HERE PLEASE
Ms McCrossin
Ian McCrossin
Rachel McCrossin
http://www.ageofstupid.net/news/Australia_NZ_premiere_19_August
The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future, which had its world premiere in London on March 15th 2009.
SYNOPSIS
Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, Brassed Off) stars as a man living alone in the devasted world of 2055, looking back at “archive” footage from 2007 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?
FORMAT & LENGTH
Drama-documentary-animation.
92m25s. HD.
Green Carpet Premieres
Sydney: Sydney Theatre, 400 public tickets on sale from the theatre box office from Tuesday 4th August. A total bargain at $30 each.
You'll get to wave at the cameras, take pics of the celebs and even walk the green carpet.
Postscript
Went last night. Premiering in New York next week. Will raise at the next meeting.
National Tree Day on Sunday 2nd August: message from NS Council
Dear Bushcarer,
Once again the North Sydney Council Bushland Team is organising a big tree planting
event for National Tree Day on Sunday 2nd August! This time we are greening up a section in Primrose Park, Cremorne. The planting site is situated on the corner of Young St & Denos Lane.
We would like to extend an invitation to all our volunteers, your neighbours, grandchildren and everybody to come along and help plant the-more-than 3000 tubestock! Can you help us get others involved by letting them know?
It's a great opportunity to promote your Bushcare group activities, get to know other volunteers and help raise awareness about our beautiful bushland.
We are also looking for some keen volunteers to help at theregistration table, cook a tasty BBQ and provide planting advice to those who have come along to be a part of this fun annual event.
So if you're coming along to enjoy National Tree Day, please register by emailing ua.vog.wsn.yendyshtron|yenbed.hterag#ua.vog.wsn.yendyshtron|yenbed.hterag
and
if you are interested in helping us to run the day (setting up, registrations, cooking, planting advice etc), please let Gareth know as soon as possible.
Here's a link for more information! Download the flyer and stick it up at a location near you.
http://www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/www/html/2978-tree-planting-days.asp
Look forward to hearing from you and seeing you there!
Megan Hughes
Bushcare Officer
Why History Matters: The Past in the Present
Does history matter? How does the past shape the present? Should history play a role in shaping politics today? How do studies of race and slavery, the American Civil War, Guantanamo Bay, the ANZACs and the Stolen Generations affect the way we see ourselves, and others? Leading visiting American academics join former Premier of NSW Bob Carr and others in an open discussion on these and other issues.
6.30pm Tuesday 28 July
Tickets: $20 Full, $15 Conc
Venue: Seymour Theatre Center, University of Sydney
Bookings: Book online or call (02) 9351 7940
Extremophiles and Exoplanets
6.30pm Tuesday 21 July 2009
Jill Tarter
Since life-as-we-know-it is so extraordinarily hardy, might it exist today (or in the past) on any of the exoplanets that are being found? A group of scientists known as astrobiologists are trying to answer that question. It might even turn out that our first indication of another inhabited world will be the signals deliberately generated by its inhabitants.
6.30pm Tuesday 21 July
Tickets: $20 Full, $15 Conc
Venue: Seymour Theatre Center, University of Sydney
Bookings: Book online or call (02) 9351 7940
The Rebirth of Nature and the Climate Crisis
6.30pm, Tuesday 7 July
Clive Hamilton
In recent times a new theory of a living Earth has captured imaginations. According to James Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis, the Earth is a living system in which the biosphere interacts with other physical components of the Earth to maintain conditions suitable for life. To prevent climate catastrophe, do we need a shift to a new consciousness, one based on a rediscovery of the idea of a living Earth?
Lecture Information
6.30pm Tuesday 7 July
Tickets: $20 Full, $15 Conc
Venue: Seymour Theatre Center, University of Sydney
Bookings: Book online or call (02) 9351 7940
Powershift 2009
Date/Time: 11-13 July
Venue: UWS
Cost: $80/person if we register a group of 10 or more - talk to Ms Hughes, SRC, OFU if the cost will present a barrier, they should support you!
Available places: As many as possible
Members interested/involved:
- Nathan Isaacson
- Alex Kim
- Nitesh Dhanekula
Members who have already registered:
- Justin Chen (Check!)
- Edward Lee?
- Nathan Isaacson?
- Alex Kim? (YES)
- …you?
- Josh Wyndham-Kidd - I've registered under TEAM NSB as one extra :-)
Forum Thread: N/A
Description
Australia's first national youth climate summit. Over 11-13 July, Power Shift will feature incredible speakers (Al Gore, Tim Flannery, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - just to name a few), workshops and expert panels to skill us up on every climate issue, a Green Careers Fair, an awesome concert and the chance to meet over a thousand young people working on the same issues as we are - it's going to be pretty amazing & a great chance to learn all about climate change and to be a part of stopping it.
You have until Wednesday 8 July to register! To register, go to www.powershift.org.au. Registration has 3 steps: fill out the online form, pay online, and send in the consent form by post. When you fill out the online form, put TEAM NSB in the field for your group name - if we get 10 people to register under this name, we all receive the $10 discount. As soon as you register, put your name in the list of NSBs who have registered so we can track our progress!
Josh WK is tracking down a bus from North Sydney Council to help with transport.
Working Group Day - Thursday July 9th - Periods 3 and 4 - Holland Room
Members interested:
- Alex Kim
- Mike Fan
- Justin Chen
- Matthew Kwan (may not be there for whole time)
- Mathew Chong (will be leaving early)
- Garry Diep
- Abhisht Gupta
- George Xue
- Jonathan Zaharias
- Alex Cornish
Leadership Assembly July 6
Assembly will be outside - hope it doesn't rain!
Summary - people involved
a) An MC for the group - James Fan
b) Someone speaks to waste - ie paper update/ introduction of co-mingling next term (Charly Chen and Alexander Cox) (1 minute)
c) Three boys speak to plastiki and the aim to stop use of plastic bottles at the school (Alex Cornish; Jonathan Zaharias; Dileepa) (1 minute)
d) Ms McCrossin/Andrew Lin speak to Envirodocs/GCS (2 minutes)
f) Martin Stonis and Alex Williams sing the song (need amplification for this - have asked Martin and Alex to arrange - but this needs to be finalised)
Lunch with Ms Hughes
Date/Time: Tuesday, 30th June - Lunchtime
Venue: Meeting Room
Cost: none
Available places: Limited space dictates Years 12 and 11
Members as determined by Year Group; sustained involvement and space limitation:
Year 10
Alexander Cox
Alexander Greenbank
Nathan
Jaiden Stevens
Tim Green
George Xue
Andrew Lin
Yuchen Lui
Abhisht Gupta
Vincent Pan
Kevin Wen
Winston Quan
Sravan Anne
James Vodjani
Year12
Alan Lui
Daniel Leung
Damien Pan
Darren Lau
Matthew Kwan
Dickson Yip
Mathew Chong
Thomas Brereton
Martin Carroll
Jun Leem
Ian Hemming
Tony Chen
Forum Thread: N/A
Description
In order to celebrate our achievements, Mrs Hughes will be hosting a lunch. Members invited - based on past and present roles. We will also be discussing waste and energy. Ms McCrossin will be contacting individuals by email as well as placing a list in this space.
Ultra Eco Tour
Date/Time: 18/5/2009 9:00AM - 3:00PM
Venue: North Sydney Boys High School
Cost: Free
Available places: At least one per group
Members interested/involved:
- Mathew Chong
- Matthew Kwan
- (add your name here)
Forum Thread: N/A
Description
A tour where schools will be coming in to see what the environment group has been doing for NSBHS. The schools will be arriving in three sessions.
Field of Mars
Date/Time: ?
Venue: Field of Mars
Cost: Free
Available places: At least six
Members interested/involved:
- (add your name here)
Forum Thread: N/A
Description
NSBHS Environment group has been invited to this formal event to represent the North Sydney Region in front of other influential parties.
