ACT Marine Debris

Marine debris clean-up (i.e. clean up a local beach/river/creek, clean up Australia Day)

Litter reduction in school (i.e. clean up proactive program)

Litter free lunches (i.e. plastic free lunch)

Education on assembly, newsletters and posters (i.e. educate school community with a talk at assembly, newsletters and posters)

ACT Reducing waste and recycling

Compost Bins

Worm Farms

Recycling program (i.e. start a recycling program at your school)

Use litter/marine debris to create art- REEFlections RGS unit of work

ACT Water conservation

Wicker beds (i.e. create wicker garden beds at your school)

ACT Reducing energy

Using/installing solar

Encourage students to turn off electrical equipment when not in use (i.e. lights, fans,)

ACT Gardens and habitat restoration

School kitchen garden (i.e. garden that produces fruit and vegetables for your schools tuckshop)

Upkeep native garden or produce garden

ACT Engage in a community/school challenge

External challenge (i.e. participate in external environmental challenge)

Celebrate Environmental days (i.e. World Ocean Day, Plastic Free July, Walk to School days, National Recycle Week etc).

ACT Citizen Science Projects

Mangrove Watch

Marine Monitoring Program- water quality

Excursions to local waterway, parks, farms, reef

How did you SHARE your achievements, messaging or achievements?

Use of education resources provided by partner organisation (excluding the Reef Authority)

Partner organisation participation in ‘school led’ environmental activity/project

Publicise within the school community (e.g. assembly, newsletters, social media)

Publicise to the broader community (e.g. media, community forums or conferences)

How did you SHARE Reef Guardian School Program membership?

Display RGS Fence sign

Reward Reef Guardians with environmental leader awards

How did your school Care, Learn, Act and Share to promote the next generation of reef STEWARDs?

Visit the inshore or outer reef for a local field trip and enter in data to ensure it is citizen science data

Learn and protect cultural heritage values of Great Barrier Reef Sea country or your local culturally significant reef

Significantly enhance a local water way with tree planting and ongoing monitoring

Complete at least one action from Care, Learn, Act and Share

Change the mind set of students to instil life long learning and positive nature behaviours

Be an active Reef Guardian School by completing an annual action plan 2 years in a row