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Wanaka Wastebusters are passionate about Education for Sustainability (EfS). It’s always been part of our vision and daily operations. The solid waste department of Queenstown Lakes District Council also understand the need for EfS within our district and have been supporting Wanaka Wastebusters to work with our local schools to help them along their journey towards sustainability since 2007.

Simon Williams is our in house educator and facilitator. He has at his disposal two amazing programmes; Enviroschools and Zero Waste Education. This blog aims to showcase the amazing positive actions that our students and teachers are taking along their journey.

A day out at QPS and Ben Lomond

January 6th, 2012
A day out at QPS and Ben Lomond

Once a year I help arrange a student teacher hui for the Enviroschools of Central Otago, regular readers of my blog will remember last years which we held at Rippon and Te Kakano and was indeed a resounding success. One

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Worm Farming at the Copthorne Hotel

January 4th, 2012
Worm Farming at the Copthorne Hotel

A few months ago during one of my visits to Queenstown Primary, Nicky asked me if I would like to sit in on a meeting with Nathalie McAuliffe from the Copthorne Hotel in Queenstown. Nathalie is in charge of the

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Another Bronze Enviroschool – Queenstown Montessori

September 19th, 2011
Another Bronze Enviroschool – Queenstown Montessori

The Enviroschools programme isn’t just for primary schools, we have one youth group and two early childhood centres signed up to the programme here in the Queenstown Lakes District. The way that I work with the early childhood centres is

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