Since 2020 Spotswood College has been implementing many sustainable initiatives. We met with Aly to discuss their actions and programmes.

Monitoring data shows that kiwi pair Puanga and Aroha, have hatched a chick in mid November…

In term 3 this year the Impact for Youth Programme worked with kids from three schools across NPDC. Each group explored their understanding of environmental issues…

Te Ara Taiao o Ngāmotu enables a collaborative education model and is particularly happy with the potential of aligning Hapū aspirations to that of the kura (schools), their whānau, organisations, and the community…

A series of events saw Tawhiti School and Hāwera High School students prepare the land for raised planter gardens. Pupils also had the opportunity to contribute their ideas for the garden plan…

On Friday 21st May 2021, another Kiwi was released at Pukeiti, and Tuesday 25th May the last Kiwi was released at Maungaraka under the current permit - the culmination of 3 years of planning and collaboration among many stakeholders…

Waitara High School has been leading the way with sustainable practices and initiatives and the students are benefiting from the collective energies of a number of school staff…

We found that through educating our children and getting them involved, positive change can happen in our community…

Taranaki was arguably the most unique in its way of celebrating this year’s Earth Day. Yes, we brought a hot air balloon to the raceway for kids and their families to ask questions, learn, and ooh and ahh.

Elvisa Van Der Leden is one of our newest team members at Sustainable Taranaki, and she’s come on board wearing a few hats but mainly will be our Zero Waste Educator at The Junction - Zero Waste Hub.

Tane Manu has joined the Sustainable Taranaki tīma as an Education Coordinator for Te Ara Taiao o Kaitake Conservation Education project in the Kaitake rohe/region.

It's been a positive start to the new year for the Impact project with the good news that we have secured funding from the Ministry of Youth Development for another year. This is good news indeed and means we can roll out the programme until July 2021.