Sustainability @ Santa

The Gioia House Kitchen Garden Club has joined forces with the Environment and Sustainability Action Team to introduce a number of initiatives focusing on the environment and sustainability at a local level.

1. Vegepods – The Kitchen Garden Club has established two large Vegepods that currently house a range of vegetables and herbs. The KGC girls maintain these plants with regular watering, fertilising and harvesting/pruning.

2. Return and Earn – The Gioia House Action Team has implemented a Return and Earn Scheme that encourages the Gioia House girls to deposit eligible containers in an attempt to reduce the amount of recyclable containers entering landfill, while raising funds to support the composting program.

3. Composting – The Gioia House Action Team has also implemented a composting program whereby suitable organic waste is collected during recess and lunch in small composting bins, before being added to the larger composting tumbler bins. The composted waste will be used to fertilise the soil of future gardening projects.

Eamonn Dunphy
Year 6 Teacher