JUMPSTART YOUR OWN PROJECT
Don't wait for the adults, make a change yourself.
PLANNING IS EASY!
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Decide on a problem to fix
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Make a list of things you could do to help
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Talk about the best idea with others
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Start working on it
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Record what you do (take photos / video)
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Email Green Cross
Australia and tell others how it went.
PROJECT IDEAS
Talk to your teacher and with your friends - you could work on some
of these ideas together.
• Start a worm farm. Compost and use all of the food scraps from
lunches
• Make a music video that teaches people how to recycle
• Do some fundraising for bike racks, solar powered bubblers,
foster an animal
• Research local endangered species and make leaflets for your
community explaining how to protect them
• Get your tuckshop green - does it sell healthy food made
locally?
Community service organisations can help
you!
Groups like Rotary, Lions, Apex and Zonta have members who have
all got incredible skills from their working lives. Each
organisation has clubs across Queensland.
They can offer your school excellent advice and might even help you
to get your projects started.
Ask your teacher to help you to get in contact with them. Green
Cross Australia can help you!
Start your own Green Group
All you need to start are your ideas, a group of friends (maybe
your diary buddies) and a shady tree to meet under.
Brainstorm all the things your group could do to help (use ideas
from your diary), write them down and arrange a meeting with your
school principal to get started. Ask a teacher to help your
group.
