There has never been a more important time to respond to the needs of our environment by changing our practices for the benefit of our planet and our children’s future.
We have a social and ethical responsibility to both educate our students on environmental issues and implement practices as a College that help facilitate environmental sustainability. In order to do this, various initiatives have been established.
As a future-looking school, we acknowledge the need to embrace changing contexts and lead best educational practice to develop our girls. At Loreto College Marryatville, we have established some clear and ambitious goals towards becoming a pioneering innovator of sustainability in schools. Our overall target is to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
The backdrop for our current students as they embark on their careers and future life will include: emerging technologies to facilitate decarbonisation, greener consumer habits, urgent threats to biodiversity, increasing prevalence of zoonotic diseases from urbanisation. Our role at Loreto is to prepare our girls for this future.
As part of the goal of net zero emissions by 2030 we will focus on three key areas, each with a set of measurable targets:
1 Energy Generation and Consumption
2 Waste and Plastics Reduction
3 Local Environment Improvement
Since we embarked on our major sustainability initiatives in early 2020, we have already achieved some significant accomplishments:
As we continue our journey towards environmental sustainability, the girls will play an integral role in the achievement of our objectives. With Environmental Science now introduced as a mandatory subject in Year 10 and new environmental leadership opportunities available in the Junior and Senior Schools, sustainability will become part of the conversation across all aspects of College life. Ultimately, we aim to equip the girls with the tools to take a lead on these issues in the society of the future
We encourage you to see how your daughter’s future can take shape at one of our upcoming College Tours where you will see our curriculum in action, tour our historic grounds, and hear from Ms Kylie McCullah, our Principal, on why a girls’ school is the best investment for your daughter.
