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Working with Schools


NRM Education supports schools that are interested in exploring environmental sustainability in their learning programs and management practices. We work in partnership with the Department for Education and Child Development (DECD)  to implement the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative-SA (AuSSI-SA); which is an internationally recognised, best-practice model guiding schools in their exploration of sustainability.

Your school can access the following support from NRM Education:

Professional development Professional development

Provided on a range of themes including Education for Sustainability, Climate Change, Youth Voice, Water management, Biodiversity and Taking Action.

School Environmental Management Planning

We can provide resources to make planning easier.

Stradbroke School sharing Youth Voice

Encouraging students to work together and to actively participate in decision making processes is a key to their development as good environmental citizens and stewards. NRM Education values Youth Voice as a key tool in facilitating young people to take action for the environment and supports Youth Voice through PD for teachers, Youth Environment forums, group networking and resources.

Working with teachers Curriculum planning support

Have an NRM Education Officer be a resource person for groups of teachers planning learning programs around sustainability.

School visits

Involve a NRM Education Officer visiting your school to identify your successes so far, discuss your needs, assist with community links and youth voice mentoring and identify opportunities and support implementation of sustainability initiatives.

If we don’t have the information or resources you need, we will help you find those that do. We also support clusters of schools interested in investigating sustainability.

Sharing and celebrating

NRM Education recognises the importance of celebrating the success of schools, teachers and students in their efforts to become more sustainable.

Grants and Fundraising

More often than not many projects are dependent upon some financial support. There are numerous grant schemes providing money for a range of sustainability projects. Many of these are on a yearly or regular cycle. So, if you are too late to apply now, they may come up again in the future.


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