Sustainability association in focus

By Renae Walton
Community contribution / August 19, 2014

One of the most exciting classroom projects we have seen is…

...at Kurunjang Secondary College, where a team of students have investigated litter in their school grounds through weekly litter audits ...

This story appeared in the September 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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Sustainability association in focus

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