Enviroschools Archive

  • Catherine Delahunty

    SOS Enviroschools - by Catherine Delahunty



    Last Thursday night I facilitated a meeting of more than forty people in Grey Lynn to discuss the cuts to Enviroschools and how to keep sustainability education sustainable. The meeting included youth activists who have formed a group called SOS Enviroschools, plus sustainability advisers, parents, the Auckland Regional Council and supporters from the community. Heidi [...] read more
    August 3, 2009 10:41 am - 46 Comments
  • frog

    Enviroschools video series: 4 an additional plea - by frog



    In the final installment of the video series on Enviroschools, Catherine explains the success and disappointment of losing the funding in the parliamentary general debate. She also released an audio podcast this week that is highly recommended listening. “Picture this: a Dunedin 10-year-old develops a cost-benefit analysis of solar power versus wind power as energy [...] read more
    June 27, 2009 8:00 pm - 57 Comments
  • frog

    Enviroschools video series: 3 offering the solution - by frog



    In the third video on Enviroschools, we have Green Party education spokesperson Catherine Delahunty enquiring of the Prime Minister why he saw fit to cut funding to such a successful programme, and one that NZ trade negotiators are busy ‘selling’ in the trade talks with Brunei, Chile and Singapore! read more
    June 27, 2009 2:00 pm - 10 Comments
  • frog

    Enviroschools video series: the PM loves it - by frog



    In our second video on Enviroschools we have the Prime Minister himself singing the praises and importance of Enviroschools. He says, amongst other things: Most of all, we know that the environment is something that New Zealanders have for a long time taken for granted. We’re at a point we can no longer afford to [...] read more
    June 27, 2009 8:00 am - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Enviroschools video series: the problem - by frog



    One of the tragedies of the Budget cuts was the loss of funding to the highly successful Enviroschools programme. While Enviroschools began in the Waikato in the 1990s, it was boosted into the mainstream of our education system with a 2006 Budget initiative from the Green Party. Now, one-quarter of NZ schools are Enviroschools, and [...] read more
    June 26, 2009 4:47 pm - 3 Comments