General Criteria
- The School is registered with Eco - Schools Australia, up to date with annual subscription & has provided all requested “Baseline” reporting data
- The School keeps a portfolio of evidence of Eco - Schools activities and projects completed (Eco - Schools Portfolio)
- The School completes the relevant online application form with supporting documents from their Eco - Schools Portfolio
Eco - committee
- The school has an Eco - Committee that meets at least once a term , and members include:
- Pupils
- Teachers
- Minutes are kept of meetings and progress reported back to class
Environmental Review
- The Eco - Committee has completed an Environmental Review of the school against their chosen Eco - Schools themes
- Results of the review have been recorded and discussed by the Eco - Committee to generate project ideas
Action Plan (work on themes)
- The Eco - Committee has produced a basic Action Plan , influenced by the Environmental Review, covering 1+ Eco - Schools theme
- The action plan details timescales , targets and who is responsible
- The Eco - Committee can identify progress towards achieving elemen ts of the Action Plan
Monitor & Evaluate
- School has submitted baseline data as required by Eco - Schools Australia
- The Eco - Committee collects evidence of completed Eco - Schools activities & action projects into their Eco - Schools Portfolio e.g. samples of work, before and after photos, data collection
Curriculum Links
- The school can demonstrate that Eco - Schools themes are explored within curriculum work
Inform & Involve
- The school has a prominent, designated notice board , detailing Eco - Schools activities
Eco - code
- The Eco - Committee has started to collect ideas for an Eco - Code for the school
