Education units
We offer 10 Waste Minimisation Education Units from Pre School to Year 8, funded by local councils. All units are supported by workbooks/worksheets, interactive games and activities, resources, relevant photos and website references.
Booking Notes & Policies:
- Programme bookings are subject to educator availability on a first-come, first-served basis.
- For the safety of our educators and students, outdoor activities (such as litter hunts or composting) may be altered or moved indoors due to unsuitable weather conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Great question! There are a number of reasons why we are still using paper booklets.
1. Access! Not all schools have devices for all students. Printing paper booklets means we can ensure that all students can work at their own pace.
2. Sharing. Students can take their resources home and share with their whānau. Our kaupapa is not just teaching the younger generation, but also the wider community.
3. Money. Quite simply, online resources would take a huge amount of money to set up and would require further costs to maintain. Zero Waste Education isn’t a huge corporation, our educators are self-employed contractors to a non profit organisation.
4. Flexibility. Using paper resources means we can change things that are out of date, or things that aren’t quite working, frequently.
Contact your local council and suggest they support us. Specifically the Solid Waste Team
In council funded areas, we can teach years 0-8. Depending on the area, there might be an early childhood teacher available as well.
ECEs have one lesson that is 30 minutes in total.
Year 1-2 have two 45mins lessons
Year 3-8 units comprise 3 x 1 hour or 4 x 45min lessons.
All units include discussion, activities and a chance to move and talk.
Each group of students can be taught once per year. A school can be visited multiple times per year, as long as a different class is taught each time.
Our specially trained educators teach all units. We do ask that classroom teachers stay with their students to help facilitate their visit.
Zero Waste Education doesn’t cost anything in our funded areas, thanks to the support of councils!
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