Clean up Schools Day

For over 30 years, Australians have come together to participate in the nation’s largest community-based environmental event, Clean Up Australia Day. 

Our College has been involved in this event for many years now and to extend our support this year, members of the student environment committee spent their lunch time on 3 March picking up rubbish around the Strathfield commercial precinct. In the short time that the girls were there, it was surprising to see how much waste they managed to remove from the public gardens and community spaces.

Our environment leader, Rosanna Cartwright, also encouraged members of the College community to join a clean-up event in their neighbourhood on the official clean-up day. While Australia’s environmental challenges cannot be solved in one day, this event plays an important role in continuing to raise awareness and encourage people to take action in their local area and see firsthand the impact of many individuals acting together to address this pressing issue. Well done and thank you to all those who participated in this event.

Kate Corcoran
Action Research Coordinator and Teacher of Social Science