This year, 5,026 students and 58 schools across Australia took part in the Future Resourcers program – a free six week program offered by Veolia Australia and New Zealand for primary and secondary school students. This year, students were challenged to find an innovative solution to tackle food waste.  

After learning about the challenges and solutions to food waste through a series of interactive activities, schools could submit a solution idea via a video pitch, which was then assessed by a panel of four esteemed  judges – Matt Donovan, CEO and Founder of Food for Change, Kirsten Tibballs, Director at Savour Chocolate and Patisserie School, Mischa Hutchison, Food Waste Program Manager at Woolworths Group, and Jenny Downey, Sustainability Manager at Bulla.

Simone Looi-Briton, Head of Sustainability and Public Policy at Veolia Australia and New Zealand said “The Future Resourcers Program enables us to educate and connect with the younger generation – as we see them as critical to solving our environmental challenges in the future. We want young students to understand that solutions can be found to even the largest challenges, and to share our vision for ecological transformation where it’s possible for humans to thrive in balance with the planet.”

Kelli Brogan at Killara Primary School said “We were so pleased with how our students embraced the Future Resources program. It was amazing to see how the program brought their creativity to life, and that if we put our heads together, it’s possible to find some really interesting solutions to some tough challenges. The program enabled us to enhance the learning experience for our students, providing interactive and engaging content in line with the syllabus.”

Killara Primary School, Victoria won the 2021 ‘pitch’ submission for their Smart Bin System idea, scoring 50 out of a possible 60 points. Killara Primary won a Food Waste Reduction Strategy from Veolia, along with waste complementary management services valued at $2,500. Their winning pitch video can be viewed here. Veolia Future Resourcers will return again in 2022. To learn more visit the program website.

WHAT A YEAR 2019

100% BIODIVERSITY AUDIT 2019 – 

Killara really is a Biodiversity Wonderland.

The Lizard lounge was finished in 2019.

KILLARA SEEMED TO BE A FOCAL POINT OF MANY MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS IN 2018

EEV Magazine Article 2018 Click here to read article

EDUCATION HQ MAGAZINE

Featured in the February edition of the Education HQ Magazine is Killara Primary School. The students use their skills learnt in Performing Arts to positively influence others by educating them on what their school does to be sustainable. Check out the article below to see how the students at Killara create vodcasts to educate others on Sustainability.

RESOURCESMART SCHOOLS AWARDS 2017

This year in the ResourceSmart Sustainability Victoria Awards Killara was nominated in two categories, Biodiversity and Teacher of the Year.  Unfortunately Killara was not a finalist for their Biodiversity entry, Robyn Smith was a finalist in the Sustainability Teacher of the Year category.  The Sustainability Team would like to Congratulate Robyn on this amazing achievement.  Her leadership, determination and drive in the Sustainability field has help Killara to complete 4 of the 5 stars needed to be a 5 star accredited Sustainability School.

Read more about it here

Read more about our Coordinator Here

CHECK OUT OUR 2016 BIODIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THE YEAR ENTRY ON HERE.