AuSSI

The Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative - WA (AuSSI - WA) is part of the national Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative, developed by the Australian Government (Department of the Environment and Heritage) in cooperation with State and Territory education and environment agencies, and other key organisations.

AuSSI - WA provides a framework that supports schools in the development of a whole-school approach to Education for Sustainability (EfS).

By participating in the ‘Learning about litter’ program, your school would be participating in AuSSI - WA in just some of these ways:

Reducing your school’s ‘ecological footprint’ by:

• Maintaining clean waterways
• Reducing waste sent to landfill
• Conserving flora and fauna and preserving their habitats.

Increasing your school’s ‘social handprint’ by:

• Empowering students to enable change
• Maintaining a healthy/hazard-free environment
• Forging community links.