Thank you to our WEN student leaders and Mr de Vet for leading a beautiful liturgy yesterday for World Environment Day. World Environment Day is the United Nations' day to promote worldwide awareness and action for the environment. As a community, we are encouraged to make changes and desire to work together to save our beautiful planet.

Healing Our Throwaway Culture: A Focus on Plastics
Over the past 50 years, world plastic production has doubled. The world's population must work to address the plastic crisis if we are to control the climate crisis, improve the health of our air and oceans, and protect the earth's biodiversity and human health. How can we  respond to what Pope Francis calls "our throwaway culture?" 

One way our school community can make a change is through recycling plastic bottles. Many of our students are buying the new plastic drink bottles sold through our canteen. Thank you to Nicole from Lunchbox Express for her initiative. The school has set up a system where students can put these empty bottles into a special recycling bin. These bottles will be recycled through the Return and Earn Depot. Please help us to promote this initiative and educate our students on how to help the environment.

Congratulations to Year 4Blue on receiving the "Caring for our Common Home" award for displaying a responsible attitude towards recycling and composting.

Read through the commitments handout below and consider what further actions or commitments you can take on a personal and community level.