Solar panels and carbon foot prints earns turf

School helps reduce carbon print – carbon cops

Extract of News item in Sydney Morning Herald

Most students were involved in the eisteddfod but day-to-day, the responsibility for keeping the school environmentally friendly falls on the shoulders of eight year 5 children. Dressed in fluorescent vests, they hold the highly-coveted position of carbon cop.

"The carbon cops run around at the start of recess and lunch and at the end of the school day, switching off lights and non-core appliances," Goh says.

"It's changed the way the whole school thinks about energy usage and a lot of kids tell us they're turning off the lights at home as well."

The school has solar panels and four large rainwater tanks that are used to run the toilet block and irrigate the precious grass. But while boy is pleased the school is reducing its carbon footprint, he says education is the most important thing.


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"Rather than just putting them down and saying, 'Hey look, we've got solar panels,' we're actually teaching what that means," he says. "The sustainable infrastructure at this school isn't just here to save water and power. It's here to set an example for the local community and to raise a generation of kids who know how to do the right thing."

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