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Environmental Education Strategy 2009-2012• Youth Summit – in 2009 the first Campbelltown Youth Summit was held. Anumber of representatives of Campbelltown’s youth met in an open forum todiscuss current issues. One of the key issues discussed was the environment.Council staff gave a number of presentations in relation to the environment andCouncil’s commitment. The Summit is proposed to be an annual event with afocus on environmental issues.• Youth Advisory Working Group – It is proposed to formulate a YouthEnvironmental Advisory Group to facilitate input from Campbelltown’s youth inregards to what they identify as important issues. It is envisaged that the groupwill provide valuable input and feedback into Council’s environmentalprograms. The group will be overseen by staff from Council’s CommunityServices and Environmental Planning Sections.• Environmental ‘e’ Newsletter – Council staff aim to produce an environmentalnewsletter to be distributed to interested residents. This newsletter will provideresidents with information regarding Council’s current environmental programs,initiatives and issues affecting the community. In the interests of sustainabilitythe newsletter will be paperless; it will be emailed to interested residents andposted on Council’s website.• School’s Education Program – Council’s Environment Unit will develop anenvironmental education program for implementation in local primary schools.An outline and objectives for the program will be developed will be developed inconsultation with the Sustainable School’s Network to ensure it is inline withrelevant curriculum and appropriate to the target audience. The Program willinclude school visits, presentations and interactive activities.• Streamcare Program – The Program is planned to expand in 2009, with anadditional three (3) groups planned for commencement. It is further planned toincorporate site visits for school and community groups to the Streamcarelocations to raise awareness about the Program and environmental issuesassociated with these sites.• Website upgrade – Council’s environmental website component will continue tobe upgraded in the future in an effort to provide easily accessed and up to dateinformation to the public. It is further planned to develop and provide anincreasing number of interactive tools on the site targeted at various audiences.• Asset Sustainability Recognition System – The System will examine keyCouncil assets and recognise sustainability features incorporated in theseassets include building design, materials, energy and water efficient practicesand infrastructure, similar to programs such as NABERS and Green Star. Theaim of this program is to recognise efforts made by Council in regards tosustainability and promote these efforts to the community and continue to strivefor further efficiencies in these assets.• Sustainability training for Council staff – This training will developed by NSWTAFE in direct consultation with Council and will be tailor made to suit theorganisation. It will be targeted at Council staff across the organisation and willeducate them about sustainability in regards to their work practices, equipmentand Council policy. The training will be web-based and in this regard requireminimal use of resources and time. On successful completion of the Program anationally recognised Unit of Competence in Sustainable Work Practices will beawarded which can be counted toward completion of a number of TAFEqualifications if the staff member wishes to undertake further studies.• Food Mile Program – The Program will survey local businesses in an attempt toidentify local food suppliers. These suppliers, there wares and location will bepromoted to the community to raise awareness about carbon emissionsVersion 2.03 18/3/10Page 22 of 48
Environmental Education Strategy 2009-2012associated with food production and transport and encourage suppliers tosource local produce.• Childcare Centre Program – Council will undertake a program to improve thesustainability of its Childcare Centres, and to also incorporate an increasedlevel of sustainability education to their activities.• Online Communication Methods – This program will explore the opportunitiesfor innovative online communication methods. The options may include, but isnot restricted to, tools such as Twitter, Facebook, a blog site and others thatmay yet be identified.3.4 Implementation and review of Programs3.4.1 Annual Action PlansGiven the lengthy implementation period outlined for the Strategy, Annual ActionPlans will be produced to provide for effective planning and management of theprograms. These plans will provide a useful tool to guide and monitor theimplementation of the Strategy. Given the shorter scope of the Plans, they will beuseful in identifying new programs or topic areas not be included within the Strategy,and provide a flexible approach. In order to monitor the effectiveness of theimplementation of these Action Plans, they will be reported to Council as they areprepared.3.4.2 Promotion of ProgramsOne of the key components of Environmental Education by Council is the promotionof awareness of environmental issues, in addition to promotion of Council’s actions inaddressing these issues. Coverage in local media sources in regards toenvironmental issues and environmental activities undertaken by Council can beconsidered to be environmental education in itself. Additionally, it also serves topositively promote the actions Council undertakes to address these issues. For thisreason, it is deemed highly important to undertake promotional activities.A number of promotional tools should be considered when developing neweducational programs. These have been outlined below:• Council’s proposed environmental ‘e newsletter’ (see Implementation Plan inAppendix 4);• Council website;• Media release;• Interview on 2MCR;• Sector Connect;• Compass, Council’s community newsletter; and• Connect, the Council staff newsletter, wallpaper image on network computers,staff emails, and frames in staff rest rooms.3.4.3 Annual reportingGiven the lengthy timeframe to which the Strategy applies, an Annual Report Cardwill be produced to measure its progress in the interim years. These cards willhighlight the programs that are being implemented under the Strategy, and gaugetheir effectiveness in their own right according to defined performance indicators (seebelow).Version 2.03 18/3/10Page 23 of 48
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