Introducing the 2023 Sustainability Captains
By Josephine Truswell and Olivia Wang, 2023 Sustainability Captains and Year 12 students
We’re excited to take on this role and continue the great work of last year’s captains. Our aim is to create a more environmentally-focused school through collaboration between students and the Sustainability Working Group.
We’d love to hear from the Radford community, so if you have any ideas or questions, please contact us via communications@radford.act.edu.au.
Below are some interesting days centred around sustainability we wanted to share with you all.
Hairy-Nosed Day: 11 May
The aim of this day is to inform people everywhere about the critically-endangered hairy-nosed wombat and to thank the wombat caretakers, researchers and all those who support the Wombat Foundation. Wombats have long been considered important to the environment because their digging cultivates soil and aids vegetation growth. On Hairy-Nosed Day 2020, award-winning writer and honorary wombat Jackie French wrote a chapter of The Life of Dunny Wombat, which stars the famous hairy-nosed wombat Dunny. The first and second chapters can be read for free on the Wombat Foundation website.
World Egg Day: 14 October
World Egg Day was established at Vienna 1996 to celebrate the nutrient powerhouse that is the egg, and in 2022 more than 100 countries across the globe joined in. In Australia, farmers were encouraged to create ten-second films naming as many egg dishes as possible, and many competitions were run. Egg production is already one of the most environmentally-friendly forms of agriculture due to the fact that hens convert feed into protein very efficiently and have relatively small land requirements to do so. The International Egg Commission is driving a global initiative for sustainable egg production in-line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, which will further the way for sustainable egg production.
Earth Day: 22 April
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated to promote environmental awareness and encourage global action to protect the planet. Through community clean-up efforts, tree plantings, educational programs, and other events to promote sustainability and conservation, the day aims to promote awareness of critical environmental issues. The day serves as a reminder that we all have a responsibility to take care of our planet and its resources.
Zero Emissions Day: 21 September
Zero Emissions Day highlights the harm caused by CO2 emissions and tries to give the world a one-day break from the harmful effects of fossil fuels. On this day, people around the world attempt to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to remove our historic and unavoidable emissions from the air.