Bronze Award Application

Wow, you're ready to apply for your first award!

Congratulations on getting this far on your school journey to environmental sustainability. What follows is a checklist to make sure you have met all the criteria to take home your bronze award. We're going to ask you to expand on some detail, you can keep this brief and dot points are fine. Don't forget to include supporting documentation so we can witness the path you have travelled so far.

First up a bit of admin. Eco-Schools Australia will only approve awards to schools who are up-to-date with their annual registration fee and their annual survey. Make sure your school has met these criteria before you start – not sure? We can find out for you, simply email eco-schools@kab.org.au to ask the question.

Thank you. Now let's get started.

Themes

Which themes are you reporting on? (Please select a minimum of 1) *

Biodiversity: Habitats and Homes

Energy & Climate: Super Smart Power

Fair Go: Global Citizens for Social Justice

Lifestyles: Healthy & Active

Litter & Waste: The Lifecycle of Stuff

Waste and Waterways: Developing our Next Generation of Waterway Keepers

Water: Drink, Think, Save the Sink

Eco-Committee

We have an Eco-Committee made up of students and teacher(s) or other staff member (garden coordinator, etc.) that meets at least once a term

We keep minutes of all meetings and try to keep the rest of the school updated on what we are doing

Tell us a little bit about your Eco-Committee (e.g. committee name, structure, how often you meet, how you keep the rest of the school informed of your work): *

Environmental Review & Baseline Survey

The Eco-Committee has completed an Environmental Review of the school against all Eco-Schools themes

An Environmental Review has not been submitted in the past 12 months. Please ensure you complete and submit an Environmental Review. Once it is submitted, this checkbox will be automatically ticked.

Results of the review have been recorded and discussed by the Eco-Committee to generate project ideas

Action Plan

The Eco-Committee has completed an Action Plan of the school against all Eco-Schools themes

The Action Plan details time frames, targets and who is responsible for action

The Action Plan has been shared with the entire school community

Monitoring & Evaluation

The Eco-Committee has completed an Baseline Review of the school against all Eco-Schools themes

The Eco-Committee collects evidence of completed Eco-School activities and projects in a portfolio or scrapbook

The Eco-Committee identifies and monitors progress towards achieving the actions stated in the Eco-Action Plan

The Eco-Committee can demonstrate progress towards achieving elements of the Action Plan

Briefly describe the progress the Eco-Committee has made towards achieving elements of the action plan: *

Curriculum Links

The school can demonstrate that Eco-Schools themes are explored within curriculum work

Briefly explain how the school explores Eco-School themes within curriculum work. Where possible, include direct links to Australian or State curriculum: *

Inform & Involve

The school has a prominent designated noticeboard detailing Eco-School activities

We'd love to see what you're up to. Can you upload a photo? *

Eco-Code

The Eco-Committee has started to collect ideas for the school's Eco-Code

Please upload at least one photo that best demonstrates your achievements in the Eco-School program *

Is there anything else you would like to share about your journey so far? (e.g. good news stories, quotes from students, parents or teachers, challenges you've overcome, etc.): *

Virtual high five! Thank you for taking the time to apply for your award. Once you're ready, click Submit, and we'll look over your submission and get back to you as soon as possible to ask for more information if needed or to approve your award.