Schools speak | Climate change

We’re here at the Youth Leading The World congress (where) we’re learning about climate change.

It’s been really good.

We’ve all been telling them about the actions we want to take (regarding) climate change and what changes we want to make in our schools.

We’re creating a garden and a chicken coop.

We also might be putting a worm farm in.

Isaac King, Euroa Secondary College.

We’ve enjoyed a program called the OzGreen Youth Leading The World, and today, we held a community forum to educate members of the community about what we;re trying to do for the climate.

Our school has decided to rebuild our garden and grow plants to create a fete that will hopefully be held annually and promote the buying of secondhand clothes.

I’ve enjoyed it (the day) tons — love the food, love the people, especially the food and just everything in general; the crowd’s really good here — great energy.

Mia Dainton, Notre Dame College.

Today the students finished putting together their action plans to return to the school and present them to the community.

I’ve been helping the students come up with their action plans and better ways to implement them, and helping them figure out who they need to help them and what resources they need to access.

It’s been good.

The students are really coming up with good ideas.

Aaron Fredericks, Shepparton Christian College.

The students were educated about climate change and engaged in discussions on future concerns.

They developed ideas for climate action, which were presented to the community.

As Christians, they believe in being responsible stewards of the earth and identified ways to reduce their ecological footprint, such as creating a garden using food waste and establishing a chicken coop for compost.

They also sought to improve paper recycling through new partnerships.