Sustainability

VESTA's Sustainability Committee hosts a movie night to view "The Clean Bin Project", a film about consumerism and who can produce the least landfill garbage in an entire year, Jen (far left, back row) or Grant.

VESTA’s newest standing committee, the Sustainability Committee was formed by members interested in looking at green practices and sustainability initiatives within Vancouver classrooms, within the district as a whole and in broader society. The committee strives to work with the sustainability contact at the school level:

• to encourage environmentally sustainable practices in schools;
• to communicate with members about topics related to environmental justice;
• to help VESTA members make links between issues of environmental justice and other social justice issues; and
• to consider, and potentially design and create projects, professional development opportunities, and lessons aids related to environmental justice topics for the use of VESTA members.

Please join your school’s Sustainability Committee to translate these ideas into action. Feel free to join the  VESTA Sustainability Committee and/or attend meetings, held once a month, 4pm at the VESTA office.

2012-2013 Meeting Dates
Thursday, 2012 October 18
Thursday, 2012 November 15
Thursday, 2012 December 13
Thursday, 2013 January 24
Thursday, 2013 February 21
Thursday, 2013 March 14
Thursday, 2013 April 18
Thursday, 2013 May 16

Links

Important Environmental Dates
Helpful Resources
Paper at School
Downsize for a Day!
Bottled Water Free Day
Beyond the 3 Rs
Social Responsibility