Sustainability Victoria Waste Wise Schools Program
Gould Group developed the Waste Wise Schools Program in 1998 on behalf of Sustainability Victoria (formerly EcoRecycle Victoria) and continues to manage and deliver this highly successful project to over 1000 Victorian schools.
NEWSFLASH! Waste Wise Schools has been named the National Energy Globe Winner for Australia and is an International Finalist in the Energy Globe World Award for Sustainability to be announced in April 2007- see the feature video presentation here ...
About Waste Wise Schools
The Sustainability Victoria Waste Wise Schools Program assists schools to minimise waste, reduce litter and save money through meaningful integrated learning opportunities. By adopting Waste Wise Schools' practices, some schools have reduced the amount of waste going to landfill by up to 99%. As a result, these schools have saved thousands of dollars.
 Waste Wise Schools is relevant to primary schools, secondary schools and schools in specialist settings and offers substantial support for schools to develop and run their own waste and litter programs, covering both curriculum and school operating practices. This support is available to all schools that make a commitment to waste and litter education.
Australia's leading environmental education program
 The Sustainability Victoria Waste Wise Schools Program has been recognised widely as Australia's leading environmental education program. Recently named as the National Energy Globe Winner for Australia and an International Finalist in the Energy Globe World Award for Sustainability, the program also won the 2003 EPA Allen Strom Eureka Prize for Environmental Education and achieves consistently outstanding results in independent evaluations.
Independent evaluations have found that the methodology and outcomes of this highly effective waste minimisation program have achieved outstanding triple bottom line results for schools and that waste wise behaviours are transferred from schools to families in the local community.
Read the independent evaluations of the Waste Wise Schools Program here ...
The program has now been licensed to the Western Australian Department of Planning and ACT No Waste.
What Gould Group has provided
Gould Group has delivered a full range of quality project management services to develop, manage and deliver the Waste Wise Schools Program.
- Full event management service for all aspects of an annual awards ceremony hosted by the Minister for the Environment and recognising student, teacher and school achievements across eight categories. Gould Group managed sponsorship, venue, awards, entry brochures, marketing, case studies, judging tour, photography, MC and VIPs, audio-visuals, invitations and RSVPs
- Preparing and publishing cross-curriculum waste education resources
- Marketing, selling and fulfilling orders for the Waste Wise Schools Kit
- Managing and hosting the Waste Wise Schools website
- Accreditation
- Developing and supporting a network of over 50 Support Schools, exemplary Waste Wise Schools willing to provide support other schools in the program
- Coordinating and presenting workshops for over 1500 teachers to date, together with project partners
- Quarterly Waste Wise Schools Newsletter distributed electronically to all schools involved in the program
- Liaison with multiple stakeholders including Regional Education Officers, Council and waste contractor education officers, Sustainability Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Department of Education and Training, Waste Management Groups, Councils and Industry
- Training staff from the WA Department of Planning and ACT No Waste in the Waste Wise Schools program
- Program marketing through conferences and the website, and articles in respected journals and magazines
Gould Group has also provided extensive additional promotion and credibility to the project through the preparation and submission of many successful award entries.
Find out more
Find out more about getting involved in the Waste Wise Schools Program here, or contact Emily Kinns, Waste Wise Schools Project Manager, on (03) 9532 0909 or email wastewise@gould.org.au 
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